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Author Topic:   Rei, Why does worship concern you?
crashfrog
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Message 11 of 64 (71674)
12-08-2003 6:49 PM
Reply to: Message 8 by Same difference
12-08-2003 6:38 PM


Because, any reasonable person if they look from an outside view can see which is the real God.
Yeah, none of 'em.
The "any reasonable person" argument doesn't work when you define "reasonable person" as "anybody who agrees with you." That's circular reasoning, if you didn't know.
I mean vishnu worshippers I have never came across on theses sites, so I'm sceptical about your figures.
That information is usually concealed in "books", so I'm not surprised you might have missed it. Get an almanac. Look up India's population figures. Vishnu is a Hindu god, and the Indians are Hindus.
Now figure that since India has one of the highest rates of poverty, out of those billions of Hindus, almost none of them have computers and the internet.
Jeez, use your brain for a minute.
it's obvious that even the athiests know if there is 'God' the most likely one that could be him is the biblical one.
Here's the real explanation.
We all speak English. In the English-speaking world, Christianity is the dominant influential religion. Those of us who think religion is a sham - atheists - tend to wind up arguing against those who think religion is real. Since we can hardly argue with people who don't speak our language, we tend to wind up arguing with Christians the most.

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crashfrog
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Message 40 of 64 (71824)
12-09-2003 8:51 AM
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12-08-2003 7:06 PM


Next you'll be telling me Jesus was an english man, ofcourse he was a Jew!!!! So your thinking is bizarre. There is no rule saying ' and this testament is for the english speaking'- duh
Please, please try and read what I wrote again.
Where did I say that the Bible was only for english-speaking people? What I said was that, among English-speaking people, Christianity was the dominant religion. This is not true among Japanese-speaking people, for instance. It's true for Russian-speaking people. It's true for Greek-speaking people. It's true for a lot of people.
But I only speak English. (Well, and a little French, Russian, and Japanese, none of which I can read.) So I'm only talking about the people I can speak to. And among those people, Christianity is the dominant religion. So when I talk with people about religion, guess what religion tends to come up?
My thinking isn't "bizarre." It's actually quite obvious. You just didn't understand it. Please try and do so next time, ok?

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crashfrog
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Message 41 of 64 (71825)
12-09-2003 8:53 AM
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12-08-2003 6:58 PM


he is a complete God who answers every 'why' question
Oh, he does, does he?
Why would a good God make evil?
Why do bad things happen to good people?
Hell, how about "why do objects fall towards the center of the Earth?"
Biblical references for your answers, please. I know that last one isn't in the Bible, for sure.

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crashfrog
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Message 53 of 64 (71946)
12-09-2003 7:09 PM
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12-09-2003 9:28 AM


Biblical references, please. After all how do I know that these aren't just your answers? I want God's answers.

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