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From: jgaylord1@dslextreme.com
On 3/18/2018 3:14 PM, Checkmate wrote:
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> Checkmate! In article ,
> greghall@yacht_maester.fake says...
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>>
>> On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 23:08:44 -0700, joy wrote:
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>>> 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.
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>
> You can't force yourself to believe something, just because there's a
> minute possibility that to do so would be beneficial.
>
That is true, and that is why I don't believe that people who don't
believe whatever are condemned to hell. I think that if people are
judged it will be based on the way they treat each other and this world,
not on what they believe.
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