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To: one_less who wrote (238)	2/28/2002 6:24:09 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

The majority of theists now do believe in one God. But pantheists and polytheists do exist. Also while you could look at Christianity, Judaism, and Islam and see them all as having different ideas about the same God there have been monotheistic religions that worshiped very different deities and there are some people who still do. Belief in God can supersede all the bickering but unfortunately this doesn't always happen. I agree to an extent with what you are saying but I just felt some qualifications on those statements would make them better reflect reality. Tim

To: one_less who wrote (238)	2/28/2002 7:33:48 PM
From: thames_sider	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 21057

Believers all agree that there is but one Except for the millions who claim there is more than one. Hindus, for example. Or shamen. Or, loosely, Shintoists (counting each emperor as a separate divinity). At least I don't remember hearing believers claiming that "my God will kick your God's butt" Nope. but they, as the only true God's people, will. I think that's what the Crusades were allegedly about, for starters. Some in each religion claims it and it alone has the one truth and the only righteous path (some opt for the version wherein they have the path underlying all the others... same diff.). Believing another is heresy. Damnable. Hence some in every religion must be wrong before you've even started. Some, in some religions, woudl allow certain points of other religions. Clearly heretical. &c. It's all a farrago of mystical nonsense, designed by the more intelligent, more deluded and/or less scrupulous as a means of grabbing and holding more power, wealth and status than their fellows. If you want to play along, fine, but don't ask for special privilege or consideration any more than the man who rolls dice or the woman following her horoscope. No offense... I''ve just had enough of admitting and subsidising someone else's superstition...

To: one_less who wrote (238)	3/1/2002 1:49:13 AM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

Believers all agree that there is but one who is their creater and sustainer who is all powerful and the alpha and omega of existence. THEY DO???? Are you familiar with Hinduism? I would suggest you need to study some of the alternatives to Christianity and Islam. "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." --Hamlet, I:5 At least I don't remember hearing believers claiming that "my God will kick your God's butt" How about "God is on our side!" Does that count? And I think some Muslims claim Allah will kick Yahweh's butt.