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Re: atheism
Date: August 08, 2019 12:20PM
One of the things which I think is among the hardest for Christians and others from exclusive proselytizing religions to understand is that their path is NOT the right path for everyone. In fact, it might be impossible for a practicing Christian to understand that others are not wrong to follow a path other than Christianity.
Built within the exclusive proselytizing religions is the axiom that the religion is the one unique path and any other path is wrong. If a person accepts that premise, then a different path being the correct one for a different person produces an inherent dilemma. And a Christian who wishes to maintain their faith has to maintain that their Christian path is correct and every other path is wrong.
So my analysis leaves me seeing the Christian unable to understand how others are correct in following another path, and anyone who CAN understand how others are correct in following another path not able to satisfy the requirements to be considered a Christian.
I'm so very glad I just decided decades ago to believe what I found believable and let the rest fall where it may.
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The view from Science Mountain, partly cloudy, chance of rain.
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All is all there is
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Thanks
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Clarification requested
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That book!
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atheism
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A Christian God, a Muslim God etc.
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God is not a "he"
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Real God
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Common Experience
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Re: Real God
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Been studied in great detail
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The trouble with the Christian religion
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Sin
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Burning in hell
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Who?
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Growing up....
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Praise God/praise my brain
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Trusting one's personal experiences
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The natural world and the universe IS God
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The big electron
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Prayers....
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God and religion
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It is well with my Soul
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Religion and Spiritual Development in Childhood
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Lots of very young children know things they "should not" know
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Is Gerda basically correct?
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Who said what?
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Who should I believe?
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No excuse--pure laziness
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Reincarnation has been researched by many
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Come, dance in the moonlight, Susan!!!
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Re: Reincarnation has been researched by many
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verified? by whom?
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Re: verified? by whom?
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The lazy way doesn't work
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Re: The crazy way doesn't work!!!
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Science
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Spiitual blindness
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Spiritual blindness
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Childhood faith
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Discovering reality
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Finding what you seek
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How about
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Re: Posting frequency
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Agreed, but
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Re: Agreed, but
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Trusting or not what we read
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13-Aug-19 05:14 |
                   
Doing her homework?
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13-Aug-19 05:42 |
                    
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GramPong
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Belief vs. Way
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10-Aug-19 14:04 |
          
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ray wakila
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