XPost: alt.agnosticism, alt.atheism   
   From: rick0.merrill@gmail.com.lessspam   
      
   thomas p. wrote:   
   > "Rick"  skrev i meddelelsen   
   > news:hme1an$t02$2@news.eternal-september.org...   
   >> St. Jackanapes wrote:   
   >> [one heck of long and rather well-written treatise]   
   >> ...   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>> To try and argue that some invisible omnipotent being was bored   
   >>> and lonely one day, so he created a race of little people to   
   >>> amuse himself with. Little people created in his image, but   
   >>> without his powers, that he would visit in forms such as burning   
   >>> bushes or a finger of lightening, all to instill terror and awe   
   >>> in his little friends.   
   >>>   
   >>> An omnipotent being that was so fucking fickle, mean and   
   >>> sadistic that he had a perverse love of torturing his favorite   
   >>> little pals - even the most loyal of them all, by torturing them   
   >>> and slaying his family and children. This deity even created   
   >>> another race of little people - or did he? - they worshiped   
   >>> another god, despite God telling his little pals that there   
   >>> weren't any other gods. Obviously God created this distinct race   
   >>> of little people just so his chosen little pals could perform   
   >>> genocide and be as sick, murderous, sadistic, hateful, and even   
   >>> baby killers just like their creator and torturer, God.   
   >>>   
   >>> Am I the only person on this planet who sees the Universe this   
   >>> way?   
   >>   
   >> You are not alone in that.   
   >>   
   >> But you do sound particularly angry and bitter about the god whom you deny   
   >> exists yet to whom you attribute such vile intent.   
   >   
   > Do you really and truly believe that he was expressing anger at a god?   
      
   Not angry at god ("about god") just plain angry at all and sundry.   
      
      
   > Why do theists always pretend that they do not understand the concept   
   > usually called "for the sake of argument"?   
      
   I think I understand, but I'll try not to be defensive about it.   
      
   Perhaps your point is that many people take things too seriously!   
      
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