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>In alt.flame.jesus.christ, Velvet Elvis thunk really hard and opined...
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>> On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:52:21 -0700 (PDT), Mike Mordant yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
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>>>On Aug 18, 4:09 am, old man joe home.com> wrote:

>>>> no one can wonder why people are mislead by well meaning but
>>>> unstudied commentor's of the Bible.
>>>>
>>>> such is the case with the word ' Atheism ' and how an Atheist got
>>>> to be one.
>>>>
>>>> Atheism comes from the Greek word " Atheos " and it's found in just
>>>> one place in all of Scripture, and that is in Eph. 2:12 and is
>>>> rendered " without God. "
>>>>
>>>> what " without God " is like is not what the man in the street would
>>>> likely answer. the answer is given in the verse the word ' atheist '
>>>> is found in, as well as many other places in Scripture... Ro. 9:18 for
>>>> example... where it is stated that there are but two kinds of people
>>>> on earth...
>>>>
>>>> those upon whom God shows mercy and whom upon whom He does not.
>>>>
>>>> the Atheist thinks he's the smart one and rejected God by some wit
>>>> and wisdom on his part, but that's not the case at all.
>>>>
>>>> he's rejected by God Himself, impartially, because upon him God does
>>>> not desire to have mercy, but rather, God desires to harden him, just
>>>> like Ro. 9:18 says...
>>>>
>>>> the verse reads... " He has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens
>>>> whom He desires. "
>>>>
>>>> so, when someone posts foul mouthed statements calling God a liar;
>>>> a sky fairy; some kind of figment of man's imagination and the like,
>>>> it's not because the poster is so smart to have cornered the market on
>>>> truth... it's because the poster and his kind were passed by and left
>>>> to themselves, being shown no mercy, resulting in a life of hating
>>>> and being hated from which his dark words spring.
>>>>
>>>> it's God's choice he's marked for death, not his... and there's
>>>> nothing he can do about it since God does not love everybody but
>>>> rather... " Thou dost hate all who do iniquity. " ( Ps. 5:5 ) and
>>>> God is angry with him everyday... Ps. 7:11
>>>>
>>>> the vast majority of people on earth today are Atheists. just as
>>>> when millions of men, women, and children were swept away in the great
>>>> flood in Noah's time by an angry and just Almighty God, so too are
>>>> they today who are passed by and marked for death, being shown no
>>>> mercy. God chooses who will be shown mercy, not man.
>>>>
>>>> curse God all you desire Mr. Atheist... it just confirms you've been
>>>> passed by for mercy and left to yourself.

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>>>Did your Preycher tell you that, Old Man Joke? Do you really think
>>>that you will make any headway with that argument?

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>> He makes no headway with any of his arguments. They've all been beaten into
>> dust over in alt.atheism and talk.origins over the years.
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>> I guess I can't blaming him for not even trying to defend them.

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>So now he's discovered us over here in a.f.j.c.? I was wondering why he
>gave us a shout-out in a recent post's subject line. He must be getting
>lonely.