Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site watdcsu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watdcsu!dmcanzi From: dmcanzi@watdcsu.UUCP (David Canzi [dcs]) Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: Response to Ken Nichols' article on Tim Maroney (part 5) Message-ID: <524@watdcsu.UUCP> Date: Fri, 19-Oct-84 01:54:02 EDT Article-I.D.: watdcsu.524 Posted: Fri Oct 19 01:54:02 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 21-Oct-84 13:32:00 EDT References: <239@qantel.UUCP>, <194@pyuxd.UUCP> Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 17 Keywords: conclusions You say that Ken Nichols assumes a god that he wishes existed, and then performs whatever mental gymnastics it takes to continue believing in this god. I seriously doubt that this is a god that Ken actually *wants*, and I have a different theory about the motivation for the efforts Ken must make to keep believing. At some point, Ken has been told that the all-powerful god (who can blow us all away with a shrug) will damn anybody to eternal torment who does not accept Jesus Christ as his saviour. Possibly his parents told him at a very early age. Young children don't usually question what their parents say. Once somebody accepts such a belief, it is next to impossible to convince him otherwise, since *belief* is *required* to avoid doing eternity in Hell. Ken Nichols is absolutely certain of his beliefs, because he is *scared* to doubt. David Canzi, watdcsu!dmcanzi