'Sincere' seekers. . .

bridean bdean@osu-btc.com
Fri, 25 Sep 1998 10:02:36 -0700 (00906760956, 360BCCAC.F2DF1F87@osu-btc.com) 


> >> BRYCE

> >>      Fair question.  Why WOULD anyone try and combat something that

> >> doesn't exist?  Here are a few answers I can think of off the top of

> >> my head:

> >>

> >>   1)  We just can't seem to get away from those %&#*@ Mormon

> >> missionaries.

> >>

> >>   2)  There is a vast political movement afoot to return all of

> >> America to the precepts supposedly dictated by this non-existant

> >> being.  Even though we don't believe in this God critter, a lot of

> >> other people do, and consider their beliefs valid enough to force

> them

> >> upon the unwilling.

> >>

> >>   3)  Every time we mention the fact that we don't believe in this

> God

> >> critter, we are met with either stunned silence, or a random quote

> >> from the Big Book o' Thees n' Thous.  Your refusal to accept that

> >> atheists really DON'T believe in God is proof of how strange and sick

> >> most people consider the idea.

> >>

> >>   4)  In spite of the fact that I'm open about my beliefs, my dad

> >> still wants me to donate a tenth of my income to the LDS Church.  I'm

> >> sure others on this list are married to people who insist on forking

> >> hard-earned cash over to a preacher.

> >>

> >>   5)  The God critter has decided that I will never see my sisters

> get

> >> married.  The ceremony is for Mormons only.

> >>

> >>      I think every one of these is a valid reason to feel anger, and

> >> in none of these cases is the anger directed at an omnipotent,

> >> omniscient, otherworldly being.

>


*snip, entire post WAS seen by Ron*


> RON

>   I think the only reasons above that hold any salt are that arguing

> about it is fun or that you feel you must impart what you consider to be

> the Truth. I still fail to see how Christianity is threatening to you

> except that it makes you feel convicted, the usual area of particular

> tenderness being that of sexuality. But atheists keep assuring me it has

> nothing to do with sex. So just how does christianity or the "moral

> majority" threaten you or your lifestyle?