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From: MsAnthrope on 27 Mar 2005 11:14 On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 15:49:52 GMT, MarkA <manthony(a)stopspam.net> wrote: >On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 14:09:53 -0800, The great philosopher-criminologist >wrote: > >> What is wrong with saying that God works in Mysterious ways? > >It presupposes the existence of God. Any evidence of his non-existence >can be discounted as a "Mysterious way." Hopefully you cleared up that mystery for him. -- MsAnthrope http://web.newsguy.com/rubyred
From: desertphile@hot mail. on 27 Mar 2005 12:04 On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 01:17:51 GMT, "Dale" <dmgreer(a)nspm.airmail.net> wrote: > "The great philosopher-criminologist" <bedford_park2000(a)yahoo.ca> wrote in > message news:1111880705.429415.226920(a)f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... >> Well, for some people, as long as they are comforted, that >> is all that matters. Golly, cocaine also does that. Should everyone run and and get doped up? > Then your original statement is not an argument, it's just a > comforting statement. Of course. --- http://lastliberal.org Free random & sequential signature changer http://holysmoke.org/sig "In social institutions, the whole is always less than the sum of its parts. There will never be a state as good as its people, or a church worthy of its congregation, or a university equal to its faculty and students." -- Edward Abbey
From: desertphile@hot mail. on 27 Mar 2005 12:06 On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 20:44:49 -0500, "wmech" <wmech(a)bellsouth.net> wrote: > "The great philosopher-criminologist" <bedford_park2000(a)yahoo.ca> wrote in > message news:1111874993.415822.226320(a)l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... >> What is wrong with saying that God [sic] works in >> Mysterious [sic] ways? > It's an obvious cop out by those that cannot explain why > God [sic] ( nature ) is so cruel and malevolent. It is the theists' way of having their Kate and Edith too. A plane crashes and 330 people die and 1 survives--- it's a miracle! A plane crashes and all 331 people die, it's "the will of the gods!" --- http://lastliberal.org Free random & sequential signature changer http://holysmoke.org/sig "Our 'neoconservatives' are neither new nor conservative, but old as Bablyon and evil as Hell." -- Edward Abbey
From: desertphile@hot mail. on 27 Mar 2005 12:09 On 27 Mar 2005 05:28:47 -0800, "The great philosopher-criminologist" <bedford_park2000(a)yahoo.ca> wrote: > kathryn wrote: > > There is no god > > Something that doesn't exist cannot work in anyway let alone > > mysteriously > Well, this God [sic] What god is "this god?" > has been credited with the success of certain people in > this world. So has Scientology, est, Voodoo, astrology, and murder. --- http://lastliberal.org Free random & sequential signature changer http://holysmoke.org/sig "A genius is always on duty; even his dreams are tax deductible." -- Edward Abbey
From: desertphile@hot mail. on 27 Mar 2005 12:11
On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 15:49:52 GMT, MarkA <manthony(a)stopspam.net> wrote: > On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 14:09:53 -0800, The great philosopher-criminologist > wrote: >> What is wrong with saying that God [sic] works in >> Mysterious [sic] ways? > It presupposes the existence of God [sic]. Any evidence of his > non-existence can be discounted as a "Mysterious way." The Easter Bunny did not leave any chocolate eggs for me this morning, but I'm sure many thousands of other kids and adults got left chocolate eggs today--- why didn't I? The answer is "The Easter Bunny works in mysterious ways." > -- > MarkA > (still caught in the maze of twisty little passages, all different) --- http://lastliberal.org Free random & sequential signature changer http://holysmoke.org/sig "There is a wine called Easy Days and Mellow Nights, well-known on the outskirts of the Navajo reservation. It is an economical wine, fortified with the best of intentions, and I recommend it to every serious wino." -- Edward Abbey |