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   HeatWave  wrote in news:3CpDg.440$u05.242   
   @trnddc01:   
      
   >   As the 19th century wore on, critics of religion became bolder in   
   > their attack. Not content with just pointing out the failings of the   
   > churches, they began to question the very foundation of religion. They   
   > raised questions such as: What is God? Why is there a need for God? How   
   > has belief in God affected human society? Men like Ludwig Feuerbach,   
   > Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, and Friedrich Nietzsche offered their   
   > arguments in philosophical, psychological, and sociological terms.   
   > Theories such as ‘God is nothing more than the projection of man’s   
   > imagination,’ ‘Religion is the opium of the people,’ and ‘God is dead’   
   > all sounded so new and exciting compared with the dull and   
   > unintelligible dogmas and traditions of the churches. It seemed that   
   > finally many people had found an articulate way of expressing the   
   doubts   
   > and suspicions that had been lurking in the back of their minds. They   
   > quickly and willingly embraced these ideas as the new gospel truth.   
   >   
      
   Yeah?  So is there any reason to believe a god exists or not?  Tieing   
   atheism to communism and stalinism is not only dishonest, it does not   
   make God exist or the Bible true.   
      
   --   
   Enkidu AA#2165   
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   EAC Chaplain and ordained minister,   
   ULC, Modesto, CA   
      
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   The moral and religious teachings of no bible reach a higher altitude   
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   produced it.   
             -- Kersey Graves   
      
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