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Why must we believe *before* we die?

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mick
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09-17-2005 8:48 PM 		Reply to: Message 18 by Parasomnium
09-17-2005 3:11 PM

Re: Some remarks.
Hi parasomnium,
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I thought your initial question was quite interesting. It seems vindictive, childish and remarkably selfish to require adulation from the little petty creatures one has created (before or after death, to be honest).
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My best guess is that people get the God they deserve. Vindictive, childish and selfish people get a vindictive, childish and selfish God.
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Jar gets a God specially for himself.
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Mick
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09-17-2005 8:54 PM 		Reply to: Message 14 by purpledawn
09-17-2005 8:39 AM

Re: Scripture Says
Hi purpledawn,
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Your quotation from proverbs
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purpledawn writes:
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A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
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reminds me of the thinking of the dappy girl in Kingsley Amis's "Lucky Jim". She says:
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quote:
Nice things are a lot nicer than nasty ones
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