Re: Selling Points of the Major Religions         


Author: Free Lunch
Date: May 11, 2008 14:06

On Sun, 11 May 2008 13:54:12 -0700 (PDT), Jerry Kraus
yahoo.com> wrote:
>On May 11, 3:42 pm, DanielSan gmail.com> wrote:
>> Jerry Kraus wrote:
>>> 1.  Christianity:
>>
>>> "We offer a personal relationship with God."
>>
>>> 2.  Islam:
>>
>>> "There is no God but Allah, the all-powerful, the all-merciful, whom
>>> we all worship."
>>
>>> 3.  Judaism:
>>
>>> "We are God's Chosen People."
>>
>>> 4.  Hinduism:
>>
>>> "There are many paths to truth, but some are more direct than others."
>>
>>> 5.  Buddhism:
>>
>>> "We can transform life's suffering to the peace of Nirvana."
>>
>>> 6.  Confucianism:
>>
>>> "Family and tradition are the basis of a good life, and we are all
>>> children of the Emperor."
>>
>>> 7.  Atheism:
>>
>> is not a religion.
>>
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>> *          DanielSan -- alt.atheism #2226          *
>> *--------------------------------------------------*
>> * "When I was a kid I used to pray every night for *
>> *  a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord    *
>> * doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked   *
>> * Him to forgive me."                --Emo Philips *
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>
>I'm afraid it is, Mr. Atheist. None of the above think they're
>religions. Not one.

Show us how it fits a definition of religion.
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