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		<title>By: Hermes</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hermes</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 04:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elija: &quot;Are you positive there’s no God?&quot;

Capital G &#039;g o d&#039;, the common Christian all knowing, all powerful, and all good deity?  Yes. That one is bullocks.

Generic &#039;g o d&#039; meaning a super powerful entity?  It&#039;s possible, though highly unlikely.

Elija: &quot;In your final moments you better hope(pray)you’re right.&quot;  

Three comments;

1. Is Pascal&#039;s Wager the reason why you have your religious beliefs?

2. If not, why do you think threats would be effective?

3. Threats like that show me how limited Christian beliefs are and how vengeful Christians will be if they run a theocracy.  Seriously; be a mensch.

Elija: &quot;It’s not too late–you too can still come to know Him.&quot;

Serious question: Why your deity and not some other deity?

I&#039;ve never gotten a good answer out of a Christian on that one.  They all assume that their unproven deity is special while some other unproven (and not-disproven) deity is not worth considering.  Maybe because you have a better version of eternal torture?

In either case, you are welcome to come to the forums;

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Elija: &#8220;Are you positive there’s no God?&#8221;</p>
<p>Capital G &#8216;g o d&#8217;, the common Christian all knowing, all powerful, and all good deity?  Yes. That one is bullocks.</p>
<p>Generic &#8216;g o d&#8217; meaning a super powerful entity?  It&#8217;s possible, though highly unlikely.</p>
<p>Elija: &#8220;In your final moments you better hope(pray)you’re right.&#8221;  </p>
<p>Three comments;</p>
<p>1. Is Pascal&#8217;s Wager the reason why you have your religious beliefs?</p>
<p>2. If not, why do you think threats would be effective?</p>
<p>3. Threats like that show me how limited Christian beliefs are and how vengeful Christians will be if they run a theocracy.  Seriously; be a mensch.</p>
<p>Elija: &#8220;It’s not too late–you too can still come to know Him.&#8221;</p>
<p>Serious question: Why your deity and not some other deity?</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve never gotten a good answer out of a Christian on that one.  They all assume that their unproven deity is special while some other unproven (and not-disproven) deity is not worth considering.  Maybe because you have a better version of eternal torture?</p>
<p>In either case, you are welcome to come to the forums;</p>
<p><a href="http://whywontgodhealamputees.com/forums/index.php" rel="nofollow">http://whywontgodhealamputees.com/forums/index.php</a></p>
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		<title>By: loved one</title>
		<link>http://whywontgodhealamputees.com/blog/?p=302&#038;cpage=1#comment-16542</link>
		<dc:creator>loved one</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 21:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[((sorry, that last anon. comment was mine.))]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>((sorry, that last anon. comment was mine.))</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 21:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[elijah,

&gt;&quot;IF it turns out that He is real, how do you think you’ll be received by Him knowing He knows you promoted Him as preposterious.&quot;

well, that would be on Him.

If I created a robot that could think and learn new things, interact with its environment and even programmed it to potentially learn that I had created it, would I be deny it entry into my Kingdom if it never acknowledged that I had created it? Personally, I&#039;m not that megalomaniacal and in the off chance that there is a god I doubt god would be either. Further, if that god was intelligent enough to create all that exists, wouldn&#039;t it be pretty silly if he even gave a rat&#039;s ass whether we &#039;believed&#039; in his existence or not? 

Gern&#039;s got a very good point. Reverse the scenario and you see how ridiculous the notion of judgement by a &#039;creator&#039; is.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>elijah,</p>
<p>&gt;&#8221;IF it turns out that He is real, how do you think you’ll be received by Him knowing He knows you promoted Him as preposterious.&#8221;</p>
<p>well, that would be on Him.</p>
<p>If I created a robot that could think and learn new things, interact with its environment and even programmed it to potentially learn that I had created it, would I be deny it entry into my Kingdom if it never acknowledged that I had created it? Personally, I&#8217;m not that megalomaniacal and in the off chance that there is a god I doubt god would be either. Further, if that god was intelligent enough to create all that exists, wouldn&#8217;t it be pretty silly if he even gave a rat&#8217;s ass whether we &#8216;believed&#8217; in his existence or not? </p>
<p>Gern&#8217;s got a very good point. Reverse the scenario and you see how ridiculous the notion of judgement by a &#8216;creator&#8217; is.</p>
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		<title>By: Gern Blansten</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gern Blansten</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 19:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elija, what if it turns out that God only likes rational and logical people, such as atheists? 

What if he despises people who are gullible, such as the type of people who would believe all the senselessness in the Bible? Maybe God created the Bible merely to identify the gullible people. 

That would mean atheists go to heaven and believers go to hell. How do you know that isn&#039;t a possibility?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Elija, what if it turns out that God only likes rational and logical people, such as atheists? </p>
<p>What if he despises people who are gullible, such as the type of people who would believe all the senselessness in the Bible? Maybe God created the Bible merely to identify the gullible people. </p>
<p>That would mean atheists go to heaven and believers go to hell. How do you know that isn&#8217;t a possibility?</p>
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		<title>By: Elija</title>
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		<dc:creator>Elija</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 19:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you positive there&#039;s no God?
In your final moments you better hope(pray)you&#039;re right.  Also, IF it turns out that He is real, how do you think you&#039;ll be received by Him knowing He knows you promoted Him as preposterious.  If He is real you will stand accountable for not only yourself but the lives of those you caused/affirmed your ideas that followed. I know you don&#039;t accept any part of this message but now you can never say you didn&#039;t know. Obviously, I know He&#039;s real because I possess Him in my heart.
It&#039;s not too late--you too can still come to know Him.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are you positive there&#8217;s no God?<br />
In your final moments you better hope(pray)you&#8217;re right.  Also, IF it turns out that He is real, how do you think you&#8217;ll be received by Him knowing He knows you promoted Him as preposterious.  If He is real you will stand accountable for not only yourself but the lives of those you caused/affirmed your ideas that followed. I know you don&#8217;t accept any part of this message but now you can never say you didn&#8217;t know. Obviously, I know He&#8217;s real because I possess Him in my heart.<br />
It&#8217;s not too late&#8211;you too can still come to know Him.</p>
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