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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (60186)	10/25/1999 10:39:00 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

They don't miss the point they make a choice not to take a leap of faith. Kierkegaard (a Lutheran) stressed the inherent illogic - because he believed Christian faith is inherently paradoxical- thus man must either believe on faith or not believe by reason. Kierkegaard postulated one could not come to religion through reason.

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (60186)	10/25/1999 10:56:00 AM
From: Null Dog Ago	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Well, I'm not any of those three but I do understand what you are saying, CM. It baffles the crap outta me when someone tells me this is it, this is all there is, because that makes no sense to me. There's always been something that has told me, not so much in words as just in understanding, that there is something far greater waiting beyond our physical existence. To me, my faith makes perfect sense, but I can't quantify it, or explain or rationalize it. It's not based on fear of hell or death. There has to be a God, something had to get things moving for the creation of everything. And not so much our intelligence, but our perception, the way in which we can think beyond what we are, how can this not be a divine gift? We are not just creatures of instinct, programmed to follow some genetic encoding which tells us what to do via interpretation of stimuli. We've actually gone beyond that. I don't know if this will make sense to everyone, but I can't really put it any other way, and this is why, no matter what evolutionists, atheists or whoever say, my faith will remain strong. And as for Saint Nick, he WAS real, he just got turned into some sort of Christmas super hero to enliven childrens' imagination. Sorry, Del, I had to throw that in there =)