From: utzoo!decvax!genradbo!mitccc!jfw
Newsgroups: net.religion,net.philosophy
Title: Re: What would you rather believe?
Article-I.D.: mitccc.339
Posted: Wed Feb 16 20:27:04 1983
Received: Mon Feb 21 20:04:01 1983
References: floyd.1174

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Would you rather :

	- Be an atheist and believe that men created god and be satisfied
	  with it.

	- Worship many gods including one's ancestors, so that each god
	  will take care of different things in your life.  Besides its
	  fun to decide which god to pray to and which to give what
	  ...

	- Figure out your own religion, take up followers and make a
	  good living.

OR WOULD YOU RATHER BELIEVE:

	* There is only ONE God and all others are demons.
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1)  I submit that proseletyzing over the net is a waste of time.
2)  I submit that your trivialization of other's seriously held beliefs
	is deeply insulting and has no place here.  Indeed, it makes me
	want to give up being a Christian and take up Cthuluism.

I would rather believe that it is possible for people to discuss
religion without denigrating each other's beliefs.

You said,
			``Oh, but I don't have a brain ...''

Yeah, I noticed.

3)  I refuse, out of my own respect for those on the net who believe in
	Christianity, the intellectual exercise of reducing Christianity
	to a set of statements as foolish as your first set.  And thanks
	to mindless cretins like you, it would be frighteningly easy.
	Now, where are those texts on the Medieval Era...