Nathan Russell wrote:
> sodom wrote:
>
> > Only one line makes sense here, and you said it "If you deny
> > the existance of God then that is one thing." Thats exactly it. We do deny that
> > existence, but, if there were evidence to support it, we would consider it.
>
> Exactly. I don't believe in God for the same reason I don't believe in Lamarck's
> theory on inheritance of aquired characteristics: no evidence. I also don't believe
> in cold fusion and zero-point energy as practicable sources of power, nor do I
> believe in the essential kindness of the kid in the back of the bus who ripped off
> my lunch money throughout third grade. For that matter, I do not believe in the
> intelligence of the politician quoted in my sig. If you want to tell me why I
> should believe in any of these things, be my guest.
>
> > None
> > of the doctrines you mention point to a God, and the God that you see from your
> > teachings of Christ acts very differently that the God of more ancient doctrine.
> > Treating your fellow man well is rarely espoused by Christ. I am willing to bet
> > good money that for every nice thing Christ was supposed to say in the new
> > Testament, there was at least one mean thing about suffering or torment. Yes, it
> > is absurd that Joseph Smith was visited by God, Im not saying he did not see
> > "God", But since I have done that, and as far as I could tell at the time it
> > seem real, for a while, I am saying that if indeed he saw "god" it was a
> > hallucination. My next guess is that he made it up for money, or power, or fear,
> > or women.
>
> > Sodom
>
> The latter part of this paragraph suggests to me a way to become very rich and
> famous: Go to any rock concert or inner city, buy a dose of acid, and sell your
> experiences as a vision from God. Get millions of believers and give drugs to your
> high priests so they too can speak to God. Sound absurd? It's very similiar to
> something that happened with the Southwest Native Americans.
>
> --
> Nathan Russell
> frussell@frontiernet.net
>
> "I am confident that the Republicans will pick a nominee that will beat Bill
> Clinton"
> -Dan Quayle on the 2000 presidential election