On Fri, 8 Aug 2003 17:12:45 +0200, Christian Lheureux
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>Fred wrote, after me :
>
>>> After all, faith asks us to BELIEVE, not to KNOW.
>>
>> This paragraph was very reasonable up until the last sentence.
>>
>> Faith does not ask you to believe. A priest of some denomination of
>> some church asks you to believe. Then, if you question the
>> validity of
>> those teachings, you are asked to use faith as the basis of
>> your belief.
>
>I stand by my position. I pretend to have faith in a few things. I do not
>pretend to KNOW things, I pretend to BELIEVE in things.
>
>> The following quote is for the benefit of all believers:
>>
>> "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has
>> endowed us
>> with sense, reason and intellect has intended us to forgo
>> their use."
>> -  Galileo Galilei
>
>I could not agree more !
>
>> FW
>
>Christian
>

no God and Not God is the problem but his so-called self-
proclaimed "messengers" that speak in his name and "know" what he/she
wants/wanted to tell us.
Alot of them just serve their best interest. Money & power

Sorry to the group that I started such a huge thread.
Just thought this was an interesting article and how some(many?) see
this "new" US and its government.
Nobody including me likes dictators except themself.
Wondering when the same principles will be used for a liberian dictator.
Ups, forgot Liberia has no oil. ;-)

Have a nice wonderful peaceful weekend.

Michael

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