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Coyote
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Message 9 of 104 (589278)
11-01-2010 11:22 AM
Reply to: Message 7 by jar
11-01-2010 11:10 AM


Original sin and satan
I have never been able to find Biblical support for the concept of Original Sin, certainly not in the Garden of Eden story.
The idea that there is some original sin is more likely just an easy cop out to not have to deal with the reality that we are human.
The idea of "original sin" is not just theological nonsense, it is one of the most evil notions ever to grace the fevered mind of a shaman.
And no, evolution is not the work of satan. It is a scientific theory. It explains what we see in the natural world. If some folks don't like it, that's just too bad. It isn't going to go away.
/morning rant.

Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.

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Coyote
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Message 27 of 104 (589376)
11-01-2010 10:58 PM
Reply to: Message 26 by Stephen Push
11-01-2010 10:50 PM


Heinlein said it best (as is often the case)
In your opinion, what standards of benevolence, omniscience, and omnipotence are consistent with a God who allows his sentient creatures to suffer from the natural evil entailed by the evolutionary process?
God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent - it says so right here on the label. If you have a mind capable of believing all three of these attributes simultaneously, I have a wonderful bargain for you. No checks, please. Cash and in small bills.
Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love, 1973

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