Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site cmu-cs-gandalf.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!akgua!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!rochester!cmu-cs-pt!cmu-cs-gandalf!hua From: hua@cmu-cs-gandalf.ARPA (Ernest Hua) Newsgroups: net.religion,net.religion.christian Subject: QUESTIONS FROM A FRIEND Message-ID: <221@cmu-cs-gandalf.ARPA> Date: Tue, 26-Feb-85 20:01:53 EST Article-I.D.: cmu-cs-g.221 Posted: Tue Feb 26 20:01:53 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Mar-85 02:51:43 EST Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI Lines: 37 Xref: watmath net.religion:5801 net.religion.christian:337 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- God supposedly sent his only son, Jesus, to die for man's sins. Why? If god is omnipotent, he could have just forgiven us. Why "kill" his son? But Jesus really didn't die. He went to heaven, which is better than being on earth. Then what was God so upset about? It seems God was making a sacrifice. To whom? Himself? Huh? Is there a more powerful being? If so, God can't be omnipotent. If God is omniscient, he knows what I'm thinking and what I will do. Therefore, I don't have freedom of choice. If at some point in my life I will have to choose between a or b, God knows I will pick "a". Therefore I can't pick b. But yet he gets upset at people's choices, even though he knows they had no alternative. The only way out of this is if God doesn't know absolutely everything. Therefore, he isn't omniscient. Since omniscience is a power, he can't be omnipotent. Some christians believe people make a choice whether or not to believe in God. Bull. I could no more decide to believe in God or Christ than you could decide not too. (Try it. Just not believe in God for a minute or so and then switch back. Maybe then you'll be a born again christian). What really pisses me off is when some christians (read Jerry Falwell and the like) say that christians are happier and more content than people of other religions. How can they know? They must ask people who have been both. Either they ask people who were x and switched to christianity, or visa versa. I think we can deduce which method was used. What ninnies! Do they seriously think they are getting an unbiased opinion? Comments, anyone? Chris Larsen at CMU CL1C@CMU-CC-TD [BITNET] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- END-OF-MESSAGE