XPost: alt.atheism   
   From: les@sharnt.tell   
      
   On Thu, 9 May 2013 07:15:39 +0000 (UTC), "Catpain 'Merca"   
    wrote:   
      
   >Kurt Nicklas  wrote in news:ceb40a38-4cf3-4dde-9bd7-   
   >9a70206aea1f@e14g2000yqp.googlegroups.com:   
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   >> On May 8, 3:29 pm, Dreamer In Colore    
   >> wrote:   
   >>> On Wed, 8 May 2013 12:10:10 -0700 (PDT), Kurt Nicklas   
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   >>>  wrote:   
   >>> >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   
   >> r,   
   >>> >> >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.   
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   >Very much other words, not Dreamer In Colore's words at all.   
      
   i must admit I saw no connection between the two either. I supect that   
   his little conclusive and somewhat self-centred judgement  was   
   prepared long in advance and would have been delivered regardless of   
   what was said.   
      
   It is all the more remarkable coming from a person who   
   needs a pretend friend all the time to accompany him not   
   unlike a female Roman body slave to constantly attend to his   
   every need whispering in his ear him how wonderful and important to   
   her life he is.   
      
   What he said looks very much like the kind of fantasy   
    the relgious have regarding their claimed god. One who will   
   eventually 'save' them from their sad little lonely lives   
   and whisk them away to some paradise they call heaven.   
      
      
   >> Thank you for your contribution.   
      
   Yes i thought it was good too.   
      
      
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