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To: epicure who wrote (38530)5/25/1999 12:15:00 AM
From: Krowbar  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 108807
 
X, I think that you would make a good and fair god but first you must defeat Zeus. I think that most people don't really believe in God, but are afraid not to, as you said.

Del



To: epicure who wrote (38530)5/25/1999 7:20:00 AM
From: jbe  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 108807
 
Excellent!!

If I was a God I would despise people who asked me constantly for "favors" and who expected a quid pro quo for "good" and "decent" behavior, and who only believed in me because they were afraid not to.

I would add only:

...and because they liked the idea of belonging to an exclusive club of the saved to which most of humanity was not admitted.

Joan

Edit:
P.S. I see you would have declined Pascal's Wager! <g>



To: epicure who wrote (38530)5/25/1999 9:40:00 AM
From: Ilaine  Respond to of 108807
 
Lord have mercy, X armed with lightning bolts. Yikes.