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   From: dreamerincolore@hotmail.com   
      
   On Wed, 8 May 2013 19:33:49 -0700 (PDT), nature bats last   
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   >On May 8, 12:29 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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   >> >> >To reject God's existence is to commit oneself to intellectual and moral   
   >> >> >isolation, which inevitably brings mental pessimism, emotional despair,   
   >> >> >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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   >And don't forget the Blues. Blues, an inexhaustible   
   >source of creativity and ineffable joy, are God's last   
   >and greatest gift to man, before He buggered off.   
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   Got any evidence for that? I think the Blues came from lack of   
   understanding of the opposite sex.... though maybe that would indicate   
   an exceptionally twisted sense of humour on the part of the sky pixie.   
      
   Cheers,   
   Dreamer   
   AA 2306   
      
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