-> 
-> >LL>Either there is one god, multiple gods, or no god.  Which is it?
-> 
-> JO>Two!
-> 

-> 
-> >JS>While Christianity, Judaism and Islam may all be monotheistic
-> >JS>religions,
-> 
-> >LL>That would mean one god, not multiple gods or no god.
-> 
-> >JS>that most certainly does not mean that the participants in those
-> >JS>religions are al worshiping the same God. The Jewish
"God" teaches
-> >JS>that God has no son, and that He is one.
-> 
-> >LL>Belief in one God, all coming from the same family, is what
-> >LL>makes us brothers.
-> 
-> JO>And you know what happened to the first of 'em...
-> 
-> Got his foreskin chopped off.
No, he got killed...and invented fratricide...


By their
-> >LL>understanding, we are all "sons of God" rather than any
-> >LL>single individual being the "Son of God."

The NT Mentions this...

-> 
-> >JS>The Christian God clearly teaches that God the Father is one, but
-> >JS>that He has a Son who died for the sins of the world, in order that
-> >JS>we might obtain Forgiveness, Salvation and Eternal Life.
-> 
-> >LL>Who knows what the Christian god teaches?

-> 
-> JO>God is Love
-> 
-> >LL>Who knows what the Jewish god teaches?
-> 
-> JO>God is one
-> 
-> >LL>Who knows what the Muslim god teaches?
-> 
-> JO>God is great
-> 
-> >LL>Who knows what the Hindu god teaches?
-> 
-> JO>Gods are everywhere
-> 
-> >LL>Who knows what the Buddhist god teaches?
-> 
-> JO>Man's suffering can end.
-> 
-> >LL>Who knows what the Atheist god teaches?
-> 
-> JO>You're better off not thinking about me...
-> 
-> Seems like God can be all things to all people...

Sure looks that way.
-> 
-> >LL>Just because man might portend to "know" what a
particular god
-> >LL>teaches does not mean that he really knows beans about anything.
(Engraving that on stone...chip chip chip....)

-> 
-> JO>Drat. If you has spelled pretend...it would have been the best line
in
-> JO>Fidonet...
-> JO>Even with portend...(There's a lot of portending going on as well...)
-> 
-> Let's pretend has gotten too pretensious.
-> Especially in the world of fido.  Better to portend.
-> 
-> >LL>We are taught to believe what others want us to believe.
-> 
-> JO>Believe me that's wrong.

-> >LL>After all, who has seen the Face of God?  Not me.  Not you.
-> >LL>Not anybody else.  At least, not anybody that I know of.
-> 
-> >LL>To believe is to doubt.
-> >LL>One must doubt to believe.
-> 
-> JO>I doubt that.
-> 
-> You'd better doubt it!  Or else!

I've collected a large bag of 'else' over the years....

-> 
-> >LL>If I had seen the Face of God, I would KNOW of His existence.
-> >LL>Therefore, I would not believe.  It would not even be possible
-> >LL>for me to believe, as I would have no doubt.
-> 
-> JO>Mostly people somewhat doubt, and almost believe...
-> 
-> Without ever quite knowing.
-> 
-> JO>Somewhat believe and have their doubts...
-> 
-> Without ever quite knowing.
-> 
-> JO>this is why they have church services again and again...
-> 
-> Gotta keep them plates filled with cash!  Keep `em guessing, so they
-> can never know for sure if they've been saved or damned!  Cha-ching!
-> 
-> JO>...I believe (!) you are correct...those who are blessed with
certitude
-> JO>should be whipped, I'm sure of that.
-> 
-> Absolutely.
-> 
I'll drink to that! Oops...I already have. I'll drink to that AGAIN!
Ah. Pernod....
--- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5