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 @Begin(Quote) 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. @End(Quote) 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...