> Only one line makes sense here, and you said it "If you deny
> the existance of God then that is one thing." Thats exactly it. We do deny that
> existence, but, if there were evidence to support it, we would consider it.
Exactly. I don't believe in God for the same reason I don't believe in Lamarck's
theory on inheritance of aquired characteristics: no evidence. I also don't believe
in cold fusion and zero-point energy as practicable sources of power, nor do I
believe in the essential kindness of the kid in the back of the bus who ripped off
my lunch money throughout third grade. For that matter, I do not believe in the
intelligence of the politician quoted in my sig. If you want to tell me why I
should believe in any of these things, be my guest.
> None
> of the doctrines you mention point to a God, and the God that you see from your
> teachings of Christ acts very differently that the God of more ancient doctrine.
> Treating your fellow man well is rarely espoused by Christ. I am willing to bet
> good money that for every nice thing Christ was supposed to say in the new
> Testament, there was at least one mean thing about suffering or torment. Yes, it
> is absurd that Joseph Smith was visited by God, Im not saying he did not see
> "God", But since I have done that, and as far as I could tell at the time it
> seem real, for a while, I am saying that if indeed he saw "god" it was a
> hallucination. My next guess is that he made it up for money, or power, or fear,
> or women.
> Sodom
The latter part of this paragraph suggests to me a way to become very rich and
famous: Go to any rock concert or inner city, buy a dose of acid, and sell your
experiences as a vision from God. Get millions of believers and give drugs to your
high priests so they too can speak to God. Sound absurd? It's very similiar to
something that happened with the Southwest Native Americans.
-- Nathan Russell frussell@frontiernet.net
"I am confident that the Republicans will pick a nominee that will beat Bill Clinton" -Dan Quayle on the 2000 presidential election