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   Kurt Nicklas  wrote in news:ceb40a38-4cf3-4dde-9bd7-   
   9a70206aea1f@e14g2000yqp.googlegroups.com:   
      
   > On May 8, 3:29 pm, Dreamer In Colore    
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   >> On Wed, 8 May 2013 12:10:10 -0700 (PDT), Kurt Nicklas   
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   >> >On May 8, 3:02 pm, raven1  wrote:   
   >> >> On Wed, 08 May 2013 14:00:03 -0400, Calvin Ramsey   
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   >> >>  wrote:   
   >> >> >To reject God's existence is to commit oneself to intellectual and mo   
   > ral   
   >> >> >isolation, which inevitably brings mental pessimism, emotional despai   
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   >> >> >and an encompassing sense of hopelessness.   
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   >> >> In other words, the author would rather believe in a pleasant fantasy   
   >> >> than deal with an uncomfortable (for him) truth. Thanks for clearing   
   >> >> that up, Cal, it nicely illustrates his (and your) intellectual   
   >> >> dishonesty and moral bankruptcy.   
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   >> >Richard, when you encounter loneliness, isolation, failure, sickness   
   >> >and pain what pleasant fantasy sustains you?   
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   >> Just to hazard a guess... friends, family, a great meal, a good book,   
   >> medicine, and the knowledge that people are working towards progress   
   >> rather than belief in a sky pixie?   
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   > In other words, your fantasy is that all the things missing will be   
   > magically provided   
   > to you and you will sail away into bliss.   
      
   Very much other words, not Dreamer In Colore's words at all.   
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   > Thank you for your contribution.   
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