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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 12:18:57 -0500
- From: "Curtis E. Bower" <cb4m+@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Subject: Re: Religious Stuff
- In-Reply-To: <1992Nov10.065923.21891@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
- References: <1992Nov10.065923.21891@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- >Wouldn't the world be a much better place if we all could be friends?
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- >W/Respect,
- >Steven "Sgreever" Greever
-
- Gee, just makes me wanna cry and go hug someone.
-
- First of all, I want to thank this guy for at least not being forcefull
- with his opinions.
-
- However, I must wholeheartedly disagree with what he has to say. The
- worl is what it is, peopple are what they are, and this isn't going to
- change. There will always be strife and pain. People will always
- suffer, there will always be cruelty. I'm not saying promote it, but it
- will be there. Thinking, or reading about some person who might have
- existed two thousand years ago is rather pointless. Maybe part of waht
- is taught in the bible has validity, but there are other ways of
- thinking about it. Reasons I see to be "nice" to other people are
- rather selfish. The real reason people are nice is so that people will
- give something back to them. Why should I devote even part of my life
- to a person that even if he existed lived thousands of years ago?
- Religion was created by people that were too weak to be able to survive
- on their own. Tehy couldn't accept their own existence. They needed
- something to believe in or feel an emptiness. Perhaps this serves(d) a
- purpose but, I see no reason to perpetuate such dishonesty with
- yourself. Accept the fact that you are here and go on about your life.
- You may say to me, "have faith in God" I say prove that he exists, and
- of course you can't.
- So do what you feel is right.
- Later.
-
-
- -Curt
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