>From: "Eduardo da Silva Ramos Mauro" <emauro@internetcom.com.br>
>Reply-To: virus@lucifer.com
>To: <virus@lucifer.com>
>Subject: Re: virus: Faith vs Relig
>Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 07:25:56 -0300
>
>>The right god? Pardon me, Eric, but it occurs to me that I may have
the
>>bases covered. I have a working set of beliefs, and in charity to
>>whatever may be out there, I check out everything else. The funny
thing
>>is, every Biblical *discrepancy* I've heard of so far can be
explained,
>>if one looks though the Biblical world view.
>
>This is the most stupid affirmation I've heard. That's it: let`s build
a
>system, put whatever we want there (true or not), and then, if anyone
>question us, let's answer: you must see through our view. We don't need
to
>prove our claims. They are true because they are based in our world
view.
>This can explain the number of churches nowadays, each one interpreting
the
>Bible to their own benefits. I have an example: one church, created
here in
>Brazil, and spread all over the world now, states that money and wealth
is
>good. Reason: Jesus was a prince, and every prince is rich, so they
conclude
>that Jesus was rich, and then be rich is not a sin (please give me 10%
>percent of your money, thank you). This is not a joke but a sad fact.
>
>Eduardo Mauro
>
>
>I challenge anyone reading
>>this to point out a few, I'll show you what I mean. On the other
hand,
>>I have invested an incredible amount of time trying to understand the
>>viewpoints of otherr religions. I see the discrepancies, ask around,
>>and then the members of *whatever* think that I'm being spiteful. So,
>>it looks like they're being sore losers. I keep checking. If God is
>>not what I think he is, and he is powerful enoughto do anything, and
>>caring enough to think of humans as more than giga-pets, then He'll
make
>>the truth known to me. He knows I'm listening.
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