At 04:06 PM 1/24/2007 -0200, Helio W. wrote: >Charlie, > >Do you think the ancient Greeks, with their spectacular achievements, were >all fooling themselves by believing in Zeus, Poseidon, Apollo, etc? > >What about ancient Egyptians? > >What about thousands of years of chinese history and cultural tradition, >human beings doing good and bad things without your God? > >Do you realise hindus, buddhists, muslims, etc are all themselves 100% sure >that their beliefs are true? Why are they wrong and you're right? Just >because you want? > >What makes you think your God is more real than the ancient ones?
First, wouldn't you agree that in general everyone that has beliefs view others with opposing beliefs as wrong? The Hindus, Muslims, ancient Greeks, etc would all view my beliefs as wrong just as I view their beliefs as wrong. That is essentially the nature of a 'belief' in my opinion. So if you're implying I'm being unreasonable by thinking others are wrong, I don't agree. There may be some people who try to 'merge' all the beliefs and say "... we're all going to the same place...", but if you look at the religions they're trying to 'merge', the core foundations just don't agree. So I'm not one of those who believe everything will be OK as long as you believe in something. Again, I could be wrong, but that is my belief. I believe there has always only been 1 God. Like I said before, how He deals with people is at a personal level. So, did all those "non-Christians" in ancient times go to Hell? I have no idea. It doesn't seem fair to me that they would, but I don't know. I believe God is real, and the Christian religion is "right", based on faith, what I've researched, and what He's done in my life. I can't recall (that bad memory ya know) if you're a professed atheist or not. If you are, what makes you think God does not exist? -Charlie _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
