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		<title>By: JeffersonDavis</title>
		<link>http://themoderatevoice.com/49820/my-god-is-more-compassionate-than-theirs/comment-page-1/#comment-223588</link>
		<dc:creator>JeffersonDavis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:48:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh great.&lt;br&gt;NOW you laugh!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Where was that a few comments ago?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;:)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh great.<br />NOW you laugh!</p>
<p>Where was that a few comments ago?</p>
<p> <img src='http://themoderatevoice.com/wordpress-engine/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Father_Time</title>
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		<dc:creator>Father_Time</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>LOL</description>
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		<title>By: JeffersonDavis</title>
		<link>http://themoderatevoice.com/49820/my-god-is-more-compassionate-than-theirs/comment-page-1/#comment-223577</link>
		<dc:creator>JeffersonDavis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wasn&#039;t that joke told YESTERDAY?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It took you a whole day to come up with that one?&lt;br&gt;Whitty.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Either you are legitimately angry or you just like to argue.&lt;br&gt;Sounds like you&#039;re getting angry.  I&#039;m not.  Wonder why?&lt;br&gt;Could it be that your humanist intellect is fearful of your lost soul?&lt;br&gt;Probably not.  One could hope.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You will meet God.  On your terms or His.&lt;br&gt;Be sure to stand straight, be as stubborn as possible, and maintain your opinion when you do.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The ironic thing is, that you are better in God&#039;s eyes than one who knows God and turns his back on Him.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As far as rushing out and joining something:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Lighthearted and happy Christian&lt;br&gt;VERSUS&lt;br&gt;Hateful and unhappy atheist.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Who is the better advertisement?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wasn&#39;t that joke told YESTERDAY?</p>
<p>It took you a whole day to come up with that one?<br />Whitty.</p>
<p>Either you are legitimately angry or you just like to argue.<br />Sounds like you&#39;re getting angry.  I&#39;m not.  Wonder why?<br />Could it be that your humanist intellect is fearful of your lost soul?<br />Probably not.  One could hope.</p>
<p>You will meet God.  On your terms or His.<br />Be sure to stand straight, be as stubborn as possible, and maintain your opinion when you do.</p>
<p>The ironic thing is, that you are better in God&#39;s eyes than one who knows God and turns his back on Him.</p>
<p>As far as rushing out and joining something:</p>
<p>Lighthearted and happy Christian<br />VERSUS<br />Hateful and unhappy atheist.</p>
<p>Who is the better advertisement?</p>
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		<title>By: Peking_Duck_sd</title>
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		<dc:creator>Peking_Duck_sd</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Westboro Baptist Church protesting at the Rock Church equals crazies picketing crazies.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;They are both cults and both draconian in their viewpoints, both are political more than spiritual, and both are media hungry.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What is the protest about?  Who is MORE bigoted and hateful?  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Hopefully they will just annihilate each other.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Westboro Baptist Church protesting at the Rock Church equals crazies picketing crazies.</p>
<p>They are both cults and both draconian in their viewpoints, both are political more than spiritual, and both are media hungry.</p>
<p>What is the protest about?  Who is MORE bigoted and hateful?  </p>
<p>Hopefully they will just annihilate each other.</p>
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		<title>By: Father_Time</title>
		<link>http://themoderatevoice.com/49820/my-god-is-more-compassionate-than-theirs/comment-page-1/#comment-223556</link>
		<dc:creator>Father_Time</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You bring to light the morality of your god by making stupid penis jokes. Oh yes, we will rush out and become whatever it is that you claim that you are and worship your penis god because you are so joyously light hearted.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You bring to light the morality of your god by making stupid penis jokes. Oh yes, we will rush out and become whatever it is that you claim that you are and worship your penis god because you are so joyously light hearted.</p>
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		<title>By: Father_Time</title>
		<link>http://themoderatevoice.com/49820/my-god-is-more-compassionate-than-theirs/comment-page-1/#comment-223550</link>
		<dc:creator>Father_Time</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Science can prove everything that known truth. Religion can prove nothing that it asserts is truth.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Man created time, god, and, science.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;I could care less what franklin &quot;said&#039;. His opinions are subjective&lt;/BR&gt;&lt;/BR&gt;&lt;/BR&gt;&lt;/BR&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Science can prove everything that known truth. Religion can prove nothing that it asserts is truth.</p>
<p>Man created time, god, and, science.</p>
<p>I could care less what franklin &#8220;said&#39;. His opinions are subjective</p>
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		<title>By: JeffersonDavis</title>
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		<dc:creator>JeffersonDavis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Your sexual innuendos are not appreciated. You are morally corrupt.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You are right.  I&#039;m sincerely sorry to have offended you.  It wasn&#039;t my intent.&lt;br&gt;But thank you for judging my entire character based upon one comment.&lt;br&gt;I was truly just trying to keep it lighthearted.  You really should lighten up a bit.&lt;br&gt;You don&#039;t have to be angry all the time.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Your sexual innuendos are not appreciated. You are morally corrupt.&#8221;</p>
<p>You are right.  I&#39;m sincerely sorry to have offended you.  It wasn&#39;t my intent.<br />But thank you for judging my entire character based upon one comment.<br />I was truly just trying to keep it lighthearted.  You really should lighten up a bit.<br />You don&#39;t have to be angry all the time.</p>
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		<title>By: JeffersonDavis</title>
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		<dc:creator>JeffersonDavis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>First, I&#039;m not a theologian.&lt;BR&gt;Secondly, science gels perfectly with the Bible - in every way.&lt;BR&gt;Haven&#039;t you even found it ironically coincidental that the order of creation in Gensis parallels the modern theories of how life evolved?&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;The laws of science were created by God as well.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;There are many biased scientists out there - both pro theologian and atheist - that skew science toward whichever slant they chose. (Sounds like the American media a bit). This is evident in the &quot;global warming&quot; issue. The trick is to find true scientists, without an agenda; and follow the research.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;What you fail to understand is that faith in God is the acceptance of truth and true science.&lt;BR&gt;They are not diametrically opposed. You seem to think you can have one OR the other. Not the case.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;I believe it was Franklin that said &quot;the ultimate goal of science is to come face to face with God&quot;.&lt;BR&gt;It&#039;s my goal as well.&lt;/BR&gt;&lt;/BR&gt;&lt;/BR&gt;&lt;/BR&gt;&lt;/BR&gt;&lt;/BR&gt;&lt;/BR&gt;&lt;/BR&gt;&lt;/BR&gt;&lt;/BR&gt;&lt;/BR&gt;&lt;/BR&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First, I&#39;m not a theologian.<br />Secondly, science gels perfectly with the Bible &#8211; in every way.<br />Haven&#39;t you even found it ironically coincidental that the order of creation in Gensis parallels the modern theories of how life evolved?</p>
<p>The laws of science were created by God as well.</p>
<p>There are many biased scientists out there &#8211; both pro theologian and atheist &#8211; that skew science toward whichever slant they chose. (Sounds like the American media a bit). This is evident in the &#8220;global warming&#8221; issue. The trick is to find true scientists, without an agenda; and follow the research.</p>
<p>What you fail to understand is that faith in God is the acceptance of truth and true science.<br />They are not diametrically opposed. You seem to think you can have one OR the other. Not the case.</p>
<p>I believe it was Franklin that said &#8220;the ultimate goal of science is to come face to face with God&#8221;.<br />It&#39;s my goal as well.</p>
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		<title>By: Father_Time</title>
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		<dc:creator>Father_Time</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Steven Hawking‘s theory is irrelevant. We have advanced beyond quantum physics. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;All matter and anti-matter in the universe is finite.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Your sexual innuendos are not appreciated.  You are morally corrupt.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Steven Hawking‘s theory is irrelevant. We have advanced beyond quantum physics. </p>
<p>All matter and anti-matter in the universe is finite.</p>
<p>Your sexual innuendos are not appreciated.  You are morally corrupt.</p>
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		<title>By: Father_Time</title>
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		<dc:creator>Father_Time</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Science does not argue with theologians, theologians argue with science.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Science is the seeking of truth. Religion is the imagination of it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Science does not argue with theologians, theologians argue with science.</p>
<p>Science is the seeking of truth. Religion is the imagination of it.</p>
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		<title>By: JeffersonDavis</title>
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		<dc:creator>JeffersonDavis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you for just proving my point.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;According to Steven Hawkins, time is NOT measurable - yet it still exists.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Time is only in our mind?  Ok.  Whatever you say.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And you&#039;ve already got an inch - about half a foot below your belly button.&lt;br&gt;(Just kiddin&#039; - trying to keep it lighthearted - tee hee)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for just proving my point.</p>
<p>According to Steven Hawkins, time is NOT measurable &#8211; yet it still exists.</p>
<p>Time is only in our mind?  Ok.  Whatever you say.</p>
<p>And you&#39;ve already got an inch &#8211; about half a foot below your belly button.<br />(Just kiddin&#39; &#8211; trying to keep it lighthearted &#8211; tee hee)</p>
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		<title>By: Father_Time</title>
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		<dc:creator>Father_Time</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Time is a measurement. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Hand me one inch.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You cannot.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It does not exist except within your mind….or not. It is your choice.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Time is a measurement. </p>
<p>Hand me one inch.</p>
<p>You cannot.</p>
<p>It does not exist except within your mind….or not. It is your choice.</p>
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		<title>By: JeffersonDavis</title>
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		<dc:creator>JeffersonDavis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Fair enough, J.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We both have apparently done the research and arrived at different conclusions.&lt;br&gt;And that&#039;s the beauty of America.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Shalom</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fair enough, J.</p>
<p>We both have apparently done the research and arrived at different conclusions.<br />And that&#39;s the beauty of America.</p>
<p>Shalom</p>
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		<title>By: JSpencer</title>
		<link>http://themoderatevoice.com/49820/my-god-is-more-compassionate-than-theirs/comment-page-1/#comment-223404</link>
		<dc:creator>JSpencer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:46:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree that the bible contains much in the way of useful information, and that Jesus was a transformative figure worthy in many ways of emulation. The bible also contains bogus information and stories of cruelty by the very god people are called to worship. I don&#039;t think there was any intentional &quot;scam&quot;, but things need to be looked at critically and honestly if they are to be taken seriously in this day and age. Needless to say, you will believe whatever you like, but the fact that you are convinced of something you can&#039;t prove to anyone else makes for a not very compelling case - except of course to other &quot;believers&quot;. All that matters to me is that people strive to live in a moral, responsible and intelligent way. If a belief in the world being carried through space on the back of a turtle (for example) helps people reach that point, then I say, &quot;GO TURTLE&quot;!!! ;-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree that the bible contains much in the way of useful information, and that Jesus was a transformative figure worthy in many ways of emulation. The bible also contains bogus information and stories of cruelty by the very god people are called to worship. I don&#39;t think there was any intentional &#8220;scam&#8221;, but things need to be looked at critically and honestly if they are to be taken seriously in this day and age. Needless to say, you will believe whatever you like, but the fact that you are convinced of something you can&#39;t prove to anyone else makes for a not very compelling case &#8211; except of course to other &#8220;believers&#8221;. All that matters to me is that people strive to live in a moral, responsible and intelligent way. If a belief in the world being carried through space on the back of a turtle (for example) helps people reach that point, then I say, &#8220;GO TURTLE&#8221;!!! <img src='http://themoderatevoice.com/wordpress-engine/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: JeffersonDavis</title>
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		<dc:creator>JeffersonDavis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:27:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As always, I appreciate your opinion; J.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Don&#039;t agree, of course - but I appreciate it nonetheless.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I personally see no issue with a being taking an interest in humanity the way Jehovah has.  It makes sense, with all empirical and non-empirical evidence.  There is just no way that Abraham, Moses, Noah, the Prophets, and Christ were all part of some sort of scam.  It covers a period of 5000 years or more.  The instances in the Bible contain pschological, physiological, socialogical, and political guidance for humans - long long long before any of those disciplines existed.  I call it the User&#039;s Guide to the Human Soul.  You get a user&#039;g guide for a toaster - why wouldn&#039;t the Manufacturer give one for the most amazing product in history?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As always, I appreciate your opinion; J.</p>
<p>Don&#39;t agree, of course &#8211; but I appreciate it nonetheless.</p>
<p>I personally see no issue with a being taking an interest in humanity the way Jehovah has.  It makes sense, with all empirical and non-empirical evidence.  There is just no way that Abraham, Moses, Noah, the Prophets, and Christ were all part of some sort of scam.  It covers a period of 5000 years or more.  The instances in the Bible contain pschological, physiological, socialogical, and political guidance for humans &#8211; long long long before any of those disciplines existed.  I call it the User&#39;s Guide to the Human Soul.  You get a user&#39;g guide for a toaster &#8211; why wouldn&#39;t the Manufacturer give one for the most amazing product in history?</p>
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		<title>By: JeffersonDavis</title>
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		<dc:creator>JeffersonDavis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Please produce time.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You cannot.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But to answer you question......&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Science cannot answer (yet) the questions of the human soul or any other paranormal accurances.  But science does give us a peak at Creation.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Law of biogenesis. The law which states that life arises from existing life. &lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Law_of_biogenesis#&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Law_of...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Prior to your &quot;theory&quot; of life just &quot;appearing&quot; at the beginning of the Earth from nothing; that law cannot be.&lt;br&gt;Therefore, SOMETHING produced that life.  And it was a big bang.  God said &quot;bang&quot; and it happened.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;(Hoped you&#039;d get a kick out of that last sentence)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Please produce time.</p>
<p>You cannot.</p>
<p>But to answer you question&#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p>Science cannot answer (yet) the questions of the human soul or any other paranormal accurances.  But science does give us a peak at Creation.</p>
<p>Law of biogenesis. The law which states that life arises from existing life. <br /><a href="http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Law_of_biogenesis#" rel="nofollow">http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Law_of&#8230;</a></p>
<p>Prior to your &#8220;theory&#8221; of life just &#8220;appearing&#8221; at the beginning of the Earth from nothing; that law cannot be.<br />Therefore, SOMETHING produced that life.  And it was a big bang.  God said &#8220;bang&#8221; and it happened.</p>
<p>(Hoped you&#39;d get a kick out of that last sentence)</p>
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		<title>By: JSpencer</title>
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		<dc:creator>JSpencer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As more of an agnostic, I&#039;m afraid I can&#039;t side with either of you guys 100%, but I believe that any objective examination of the facts has to favor FT. As someone once said, &quot;I&#039;m willing to keep an open mind - just not so open my brains fall out&quot;. To the extent that a &lt;I&gt;belief&lt;/I&gt; in god (regardless of the reality) can help make someone a better person, then fine, I&#039;m all for anything that accomplishes that challenge, even if it&#039;s a mental/emotional/spiritual device. And if the same devcice can help give lonely and/or anxious people comfort in this often thoughtless and frighening world, then I&#039;m fine with that too. Honesty, however, requires anyone who sees credibility as an important quality, to examine carefully those experiences and beliefs that are strictly in the realm of the subjective. Sweeping statements about god that aren&#039;t willing to be tested should be viewed with skepticism imo. In the long run, I think that we will all take more seriously the need for taking care of our planet, the other ecosystems on it, and by extension our own species, IF we don&#039;t use the crutch of assuming we will be bailed out if we can&#039;t get our act together, or that whatever dumbass destiny we choose to follow wasn&#039;t pre-ordained or ultimately without major consequences.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As more of an agnostic, I&#39;m afraid I can&#39;t side with either of you guys 100%, but I believe that any objective examination of the facts has to favor FT. As someone once said, &#8220;I&#39;m willing to keep an open mind &#8211; just not so open my brains fall out&#8221;. To the extent that a <i>belief</i> in god (regardless of the reality) can help make someone a better person, then fine, I&#39;m all for anything that accomplishes that challenge, even if it&#39;s a mental/emotional/spiritual device. And if the same devcice can help give lonely and/or anxious people comfort in this often thoughtless and frighening world, then I&#39;m fine with that too. Honesty, however, requires anyone who sees credibility as an important quality, to examine carefully those experiences and beliefs that are strictly in the realm of the subjective. Sweeping statements about god that aren&#39;t willing to be tested should be viewed with skepticism imo. In the long run, I think that we will all take more seriously the need for taking care of our planet, the other ecosystems on it, and by extension our own species, IF we don&#39;t use the crutch of assuming we will be bailed out if we can&#39;t get our act together, or that whatever dumbass destiny we choose to follow wasn&#39;t pre-ordained or ultimately without major consequences.</p>
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		<title>By: Father_Time</title>
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		<dc:creator>Father_Time</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Niether is correct.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There never was a &quot;god&quot;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Please produce a god. You cannot, never could and never will.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Niether is correct.</p>
<p>There never was a &#8220;god&#8221;.</p>
<p>Please produce a god. You cannot, never could and never will.</p>
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		<title>By: JeffersonDavis</title>
		<link>http://themoderatevoice.com/49820/my-god-is-more-compassionate-than-theirs/comment-page-1/#comment-223366</link>
		<dc:creator>JeffersonDavis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:07:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;There is no &quot;god&quot; JD, there is only reality.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;God is dead.&quot; - Neitzche&lt;br&gt;&quot;Neitzche is dead.&quot; - God&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Only one, there, is correct.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;There is no &#8220;god&#8221; JD, there is only reality.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;God is dead.&#8221; &#8211; Neitzche<br />&#8220;Neitzche is dead.&#8221; &#8211; God</p>
<p>Only one, there, is correct.</p>
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		<title>By: JeffersonDavis</title>
		<link>http://themoderatevoice.com/49820/my-god-is-more-compassionate-than-theirs/comment-page-1/#comment-223365</link>
		<dc:creator>JeffersonDavis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Once again, there&#039;s a big difference between religion and faith in God.  I&#039;m not a fan of religion, but I am a devout man of God.  Religion takes faith and institutionalizes it.  Each adds a pinch of human rationalization and a cup of opinion.  Man will always screw up what God puts out there.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I&#039;ve taken the philosophy classes in college.  I&#039;m aware of the arguments against God - comparing it with mythology.  But I&#039;ve searched and researched the history of my God; human history, anthropology, and theocracy.  I&#039;ve come to the rightful and honest conclusion that my God has done everything he has said; that every command makes my life better, even before I understand why.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I know of no instance where God is not just to His children.  Not one.&lt;br&gt;As with our own children, God loves us - but will punish us as stated if we do not obey.  Like God, we too, do not like to punish our children - but we must.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Once again, there&#39;s a big difference between religion and faith in God.  I&#39;m not a fan of religion, but I am a devout man of God.  Religion takes faith and institutionalizes it.  Each adds a pinch of human rationalization and a cup of opinion.  Man will always screw up what God puts out there.</p>
<p>I&#39;ve taken the philosophy classes in college.  I&#39;m aware of the arguments against God &#8211; comparing it with mythology.  But I&#39;ve searched and researched the history of my God; human history, anthropology, and theocracy.  I&#39;ve come to the rightful and honest conclusion that my God has done everything he has said; that every command makes my life better, even before I understand why.</p>
<p>I know of no instance where God is not just to His children.  Not one.<br />As with our own children, God loves us &#8211; but will punish us as stated if we do not obey.  Like God, we too, do not like to punish our children &#8211; but we must.</p>
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