> At 05:08 PM 10/8/97 CST+6CDT, chardin wrote:
> 
> >Little smiley faces [:)] don't carry much weight with these folks,
> >huh?  We take our philosophy seriously I see.  
> 
> They do, but they only apply to the sentence preceding the smiley.
> 
> >Is your reasoning:  
> >There are many mutually exclusive and contradictory 
> >religions out there; therefore, they must all be false?
> 
> Nope.
> 
> >I have no desire to end up in the hell of a false religion, therefore 
> >I will deny that any hell exist?
> 
> Nope.
> 
> If Pascal's Wager is valid and I claim to be God, you should worship 
> me for the same reasons. If I am God you have much to gain, but if
> I'm not, you have little to lose. See?
> 
I do see, but you have to give me credible reasons for being who you 
say you are.  Christ asked the question and still asks:  "Who do you 
say I am?  I think we can say he was either who he claimed to be:  
God in the flesh, or  2) a madman 3) a liar and a charlatan.  I am 
not offended by anyone who chooses any of the three.
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