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   From: greghall@yacht_maester.fake   
      
   On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 23:08:44 -0700, joy  wrote:   
      
   <...>   
      
   >   
   >That is probably true.  However, I was referring to atheists who have to   
   >keep forcing their atheism on people who disagree with them.   
   >   
   >One evening I was with a group of people and one man was going on and   
   >on, in a belligerent tone, about how there is no life after death.  He   
   >just wouldn't shut up, no matter what anybody said.   
   >   
   >I finally said, "Well, I believe there is life after death, which makes   
   >me better off than you are."   
   >   
   >He stormed over, leaned practically in my face and said, "Why?!"   
   >   
   >I said, "Because if I'm wrong, I'll never know it, but if you're wrong,   
   >you could be in for one hell of a surprise."   
      
   So, true. It's elementary logic.  Doesn't make one bit   
   of sense to be an atheist. There's nothing to gain and   
   EVERYTHING to lose.   
      
   >That shut him up.   
      
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