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   On Thu, 03 Jul 2014 10:43:48 +1000, Sylvia Else    
   wrote:   
   .   
   >On Wed, 02 Jul 2014 11:28:06 -0400, mur@.not. wrote:   
   >   
   >>On Tue, 01 Jul 2014 16:34:05 +1000, Sylvia Else    
   >>wrote:   
   >>.   
   >>>On 27/06/2014 6:59 AM, mur@.not. wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>      That would explain why they deny the existence of the evidence that   
   has   
   >>>> persuaded billions of people to believe God does exist.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>>The vast majority of those who believe in God were never invited to   
   >>>examine the evidence and form a view. Instead, they were indoctrinated   
   >>>into their faith from long before they had any ability to resist,   
   >>>leaving them with a mental pattern that is hard from them to remove.   
   >>>   
   >>>Essentially, they were subject to a form of child abuse.   
   >>   
   >>    I believed God must exist for many years because I was taught he must as   
   a   
   >>child. At some point I learned that there might not be a God associated with   
   >>Earth. For a while I tried to believe there is not, but before long learned   
   that   
   >>that is the most stupid position of all. From there I began trying to think   
   >>realistically about how a God could be associated with Earth and things be as   
   >>they are. That's something you atheists can't even attempt to do and never   
   have   
   >>been able to do, or you would be doing that instead of being atheists.   
   >   
   >My point.   
      
       It's beyond your mental ability....over your head....out of your   
   league....beyond your ken....beyond YOU....   
      
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