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Do you believe in believing?         


Author: Pro-Humanist FREELOVER
Date: Jul 10, 2007 18:25

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Probably, the first instinctive reaction to
that would be that it depends on what
one is being asked to believe in.

Certainly, very few believe in Zeus these
days.

The Hindu panoply of Gods, probably
there are hundreds of millions of believers
in India, but small numbers in the rest of
the world.

The God called Allah, really big in many
areas of the Middle East, in Indonesia, and
in assorted other areas of the world visited
by Islamic proselytizers.

The God called God, along with his son called
Christ Jesus, varying degrees of belief and a
wide assortment of religions in many areas of
the world.
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Re: Do you believe in believing?         


Author: Mark Earnest
Date: Jul 10, 2007 18:41

"Pro-Humanist FREELOVER" gr8mail.com> wrote in message
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> - - -
>
> Probably, the first instinctive reaction to
> that would be that it depends on what
> one is being asked to believe in.
>
> Certainly, very few believe in Zeus these
> days.
>
> The Hindu panoply of Gods, probably
> there are hundreds of millions of believers
> in India, but small numbers in the rest of
> the world.
>
> The God called Allah, really big in many
> areas of the Middle East, in Indonesia, and
> in assorted other areas of the world visited ...
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Re: Do you believe in believing?         


Author: Denis Loubet
Date: Jul 10, 2007 18:57

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> "Pro-Humanist FREELOVER" gr8mail.com> wrote in message
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>> - - -
>>
>> Probably, the first instinctive reaction to
>> that would be that it depends on what
>> one is being asked to believe in.
>>
>> Certainly, very few believe in Zeus these
>> days.
>>
>> The Hindu panoply of Gods, probably
>> there are hundreds of millions of believers
>> in India, but small numbers in the rest of
>> the world.
>> ...
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Re: Do you believe in believing?         


Author: Daniel T.
Date: Jul 10, 2007 19:15

"Pro-Humanist FREELOVER" gr8mail.com> wrote:
> Conclusion
>
> Any God worth following would not depend on
> handed-down storytelling -and- would not de-
> pend on claims and promises easily concocted
> by humans, but instead, would be evident, real,
> as substantial as is this computer I'm entering
> this post on.
>
> Anyone got any Gods like that to offer?
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Re: Do you believe in believing?         


Author: Pro-Humanist FREELOVER
Date: Jul 10, 2007 19:19

Mark Earnest wrote ...
>
>"Pro-Humanist FREELOVER" gr8mail.com> wrote
>in message
> news:46943193$0$29440$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.com ...
>>
>> - - -
>>
>> Probably, the first instinctive reaction to
>> that would be that it depends on what
>> one is being asked to believe in.
>>
>> Certainly, very few believe in Zeus these
>> days.
>>
>> The Hindu panoply of Gods, probably
>> there are hundreds of millions of believers
>> in India, but small numbers in the rest of
>> the world.
>> ...
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Re: Do you believe in believing?         


Author: David V.
Date: Jul 10, 2007 19:42

Pro-Humanist FREELOVER wrote:
> - - -
>
> Probably, the first instinctive reaction to that would be that
> it depends on what one is being asked to believe in.

Before you go any further, to avoid an argument based on an
equivocation, you need to define 'belief'.

--
Dave

"Sacred cows make the best hamburger." Mark Twain.
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Re: Do you believe in believing?         


Date: Jul 10, 2007 22:11

On Jul 10, 9:25 pm, "Pro-Humanist FREELOVER" gr8mail.com>
wrote:
> - - -
>
> Probably, the first instinctive reaction to
> that would be that it depends on what
> one is being asked to believe in.
>
> Certainly, very few believe in Zeus these
> days.
>
> The Hindu panoply of Gods, probably
> there are hundreds of millions of believers
> in India, but small numbers in the rest of
> the world.
>
> The God called Allah, really big in many
> areas of the Middle East, in Indonesia, and
> in assorted other areas of the world visited
> by Islamic proselytizers. ...
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Re: Do you believe in believing?         


Author: Mark Earnest
Date: Jul 10, 2007 22:24

"Pro-Humanist FREELOVER" gr8mail.com> wrote in message
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> Mark Earnest wrote ...
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>>"Pro-Humanist FREELOVER" gr8mail.com> wrote
>>in message
>> news:46943193$0$29440$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.com ...
>>>
>>> - - -
>>>
>>> Probably, the first instinctive reaction to
>>> that would be that it depends on what
>>> one is being asked to believe in.
>>>
>>> Certainly, very few believe in Zeus these
>>> days.
>>>
>>> The Hindu panoply of Gods, probably ...
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Re: Do you believe in believing?         


Author: Chris H. Fleming
Date: Jul 10, 2007 22:48

On Jul 10, 9:41 pm, "Mark Earnest" yahoo.com> wrote:
> "Pro-Humanist FREELOVER" gr8mail.com> wrote in message
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> news:46943193$0$29440$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.com...
>
>
>
>
>
>> - - -
>
>> Probably, the first instinctive reaction to
>> that would be that it depends on what
>> one is being asked to believe in.
>
>> Certainly, very few believe in Zeus these
>> days.
>
>> The Hindu panoply of Gods, probably
>> there are hundreds of millions of believers ...
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Re: Do you believe in believing?         


Author: Greywolf
Date: Jul 11, 2007 00:51

"Mark Earnest" yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Pro-Humanist FREELOVER" gr8mail.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> - - -
>>
>> Probably, the first instinctive reaction to
>> that would be that it depends on what
>> one is being asked to believe in.
>>
>> Certainly, very few believe in Zeus these
>> days.
>>
>> The Hindu panoply of Gods, probably
>> there are hundreds of millions of believers
>> in India, but small numbers in the rest of
>> the world.
>> ...
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