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   On Thu, 05 Jun 2014 12:18:22 -0500, duke  wrote:   
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   >On Wed, 04 Jun 2014 11:44:54 -0400, mur@.not. wrote:   
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   >>On Mon, 02 Jun 2014 06:44:17 -0500, bilgat@m.nu wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>On Mon, 02 Jun 2014 01:56:12 -0230, David Dalton    
   >>>wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>These days I am having some doubts about my eight main deities   
   >>>>and am considering going atheist again as I have been twice before   
   >>>>for a good number of years.   But if I do so I would leave my   
   >>>   
   >>>being atheist is not something you go to and then go away from. Being   
   >>>a true atheist means realizing that the idea of a god or gods is so   
   >>>rediclous   
   >>   
   >>    Another way of thinking about that same thing is to think that   
   considering   
   >>how huge the universe is, it's moronic to put faith in the possibility that   
   >>there are no beings in it who are advanced enough to be considered gods.   
   >   
   >The only one that counts is the one that created the universe in the first   
   place   
   >13.7 billion years ago.   
      
       From my pov you're trying to oversimplify a very complex progression of   
   events to the point of not thinking about it realistically at all. But the only   
   thing I've been led to believe about God's relationship with humans on this   
   planet is that they accept him as and want him to be their Lord, and whatever   
   else they think about him or how they refer to him doesn't matter much if at   
   all.   
      
   >>>that one would never go back to a god. Saying that you   
   >>>become agnostic and then going back to theism isnt really an answer.   
   >>>If you ever "go back" to theism that just means tghat you never   
   >>>actually left. You just wanted a different title for awhile, but you   
   >>>were the kind of person that when you were in a pinch you would wisper   
   >>>a little prayer for some reassurance. That an atheist or agnostic does   
   >>>not make.   
   >>   
   >>    Again the moron in you displays itself by claiming no agnostic would   
   pray.   
   >>   
   >>>>main messages on my Salmon on the Thorns web site, and leave   
   >>>>the description of my past mystical experiences, but would   
   >>>>remove the deities section.  And I would still claim to   
   >>>>be similar to some past major pagan and non-pagan   
   >>>>religious figures.  That similarity serves as a backing for   
   >>>>my main messages.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>Is it true that the Buddha had no deities?   
   >>>   
   >>>I am pretty sure that buddhaism does have deities   
      
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