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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Greg or e who wrote (717)	9/7/2000 2:53:00 AM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

Should Solon by replaced? newadvent.org newadvent.org newadvent.org newadvent.org newadvent.org newadvent.org REASON TO BELIEVE (T. Harden) If I listened long enough to you I'd find a way to believe it's all true knowing that you lied straight-faced while I cried Still I look to find a reason to believe Someone like you makes it hard to live without somebody else Someone like you makes it easy to give never think about myself If I gave you time to change my mind I'd find a way just to leave the past behind Knowing that you lied straight-faced while I cried Still I look to find a reason to believe If I listened long enough to you I'd find a way to believe that it's all true Knowing that you lied straight-faced while I cried Still I look to find a reason to believe Someone like you makes it's hard to live without somebody else Someone like you makes it easy to give never think about myself

To: Greg or e who wrote (717)	9/7/2000 9:21:24 AM
From: TigerPaw	Respond to of 28931

is called pantheism Off hand it would seem that to pick a God from a multitude is a lot more personal than a one size fits all God. TP

To: Greg or e who wrote (717)	9/7/2000 10:17:48 AM
From: epicure	Respond to of 28931

Without CONDEMNING their fellow men for believing the same thing- even without believing the same thing most people can agree not to murder each other (or can agree to condemn murder- you don't need religion to condemn actions). Why do the Hindu the Moslem the Buddhist and the Christian all agree not to murder each other (usually)? Because it is convenient to live in a world where people are not constantly trying to murder you. We can deduce many moral laws, and ALL good legal ones, on the basis of what protects the most people and what hurts the least. In this country we also protect the rights of minorities (and I mean those who are in the minority- I'm not talking about ethnicity)- so that the majority cannot decide to steam roll them even when it is in everyone's best interest to do so. That makes a certain amount of sense since there is always the chance you or I will end up in the minority at some point in our lives.