Sorry for the misunderstanding also. Kiggs
On Oct 12, 2010, at 3:16 PM, Bernard Bonton Obaa wrote: > Kiggs, > > For the record, I am not an atheist but a catholic who believes in > God. In fact, I take my belief in God very seriously. > > I find this essay interesting not because I agree with the issues > raised but rather because of the way they are articulated. I am sure > there are many who may enjoy very persuasive arguments when they do > not subscribe to the idea being discussed. That is why I said it may > only appeal to those who are open-minded and tolerant to views they do > not agree with. Besides, religious tolerance would do us a world of > good. Surely, with increased religious tolerance, there would be less > religious extremism, the type that breeds suicide bombers and fuels > international terrorism. My intention was not and is not to start a > religious war. Such a move would be an utter waste of time. I do not > want to be offensive and insult any body's belief on this forum > either. By the way, insinuating that I do not believe in God by > posting this article borders on what I am trying to avoid. To all > those on this forum who may be offended by this, I say I am sorry. > > Ben > > On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 1:08 PM, Kiggundu Mukasa <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Ben, >> Firstly, I do not want to get into a religious war but feel I have to say >> this. >> >> If you do not believe in God (the one of the Big 3 .... Christianity, Islam >> and Judaism) >> Then that is your right and your personal affair and I am sure I and many >> others will pray for you >> >> But to what ends does trying to encourage atheism help? >> Do we get a more moral society (I think you can look at the West and see the >> homosexual push to see that we don't) >> Do we get a society with less child-sacrifice witchdoctors? Do we get less >> corrupt politicians and civil servants? Less thieves? >> Do we get more people who help the unfortunate? Do we get more people who >> care for others? Do we get more forgiveness? >> >> How exactly does atheism help the society and the individual? >> >> Lastly, something all atheists/freethinkers/godless refuse to do..... Prove >> God does not exist >> >> Atheists claim there is no God and thus are enlightened in some way and that >> the rest of us "poor fools" are deficient in mental capacity. >> >> Well once upon a time the majority of the people in the world thought the >> world was flat >> A few enlightened people said it was round .... it was up to the few >> round-earthers to prove the earth was round. >> >> Once upon a time it was believed that the earth was the center of the >> universe and the sun went round the earth >> It was the few enlightened who had to prove this was not so. >> >> Once upon a time people believed man could never fly (let alone in a machine >> made of metal) >> But two (only two!!!! ... imagine that) brothers called Orville and Wilbur >> Wright ... proved humanity wrong and now we have planes taking off and >> landing at Entebbe. >> >> Please enlightened one ... prove God does not exist >> >> Or kindly leave us "non-enlighted" folks alone. >> >> Atheists always try and do the opposite ... they ask the believers to prove >> God exists ... but we are not the minority .... we "fools" are the majority >> So it is not up to us to prove our "foolishness" ... it is up to you to >> prove that we are the fools >> >> Please Prove to me that God DOES NOT EXIST ... and I will stop believing! >> >> Kiggs >> >> >> >> On Oct 12, 2010, at 11:23 AM, Bernard Bonton Obaa wrote: >> >>> To those open-minded, here is an interesting article on who Jesus >>> really is/was, taken from the Monitor Newspaper recently. >>> >>> Ben >>> <is Jesus God[1].pdf>_______________________________________________ >>> WestNileNet mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet >>> >>> WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >>> >>> All Archives can be found at >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> >>> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >>> attachments if any). 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