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Nad R

"J. Clarke" > wrote:
> In article >,
> dude says...
>>
>> ravenlynne > wrote:
>>> On 12/29/2010 10:35 PM, Dan L wrote:
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>> On 12/29/2010 7:08 PM, FarmI wrote:
>>>>>> "Dan > wrote in message
>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am not amazed, by it at all. It is typical of many Americans to be anti
>>>>>>> science.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It must be very frustrating to put up with.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> But please try to remember not all of us. Many of us are happy to use our
>>>>> brains and figure things out without a 2000 year old book telling is "the way".
>>>>
>>>> It's not all that frustrating, I enjoy the arguing. I reach my high when I
>>>> am calm and my opponent starts to scream in my face calling me a blasphemer
>>>> while I smile back
>>>>
>>>
>>> Or they express their pity for you for not believing like they do...
>>
>> Pity from the religious, nonsense... It is more like disgust, otherwise
>> they would not yell. Pity is also a two way street. How can one believe in
>> something that cannot be seen, felt, heard and no physical evidence? The
>> Bible was written by Man not a God or inspired by a non existent God.
>>
>> They believe because they want to part of a family that also believes. Born
>> in the US more likely to be Christian, Born in Middle East more likely to
>> be Muslim, Born in India more likely to be Hindu... The list goes on. The
>> desire to belong out weighs reason. Better to believe in fantasy and be
>> happy than accept reality and be alone... That is why people believe, like
>> mob mentality.
>
> Faith is not a conscious decision, it's something that one has or does
> not have. Many religious adherents do not have faith and there are
> people who have faith but don't accept any religion. If you don't have
> it then you probably will never understand it, and if you do have it
> you'll likely find the antics of the faithless believers amusing.
>
> How one gets it I have no idea--I suspect that it's a matter of early
> indoctrination but that's entirely an uninformed opinion.

Oh God! (Name used in Vain here).
If one believes in a God, are you saying it is embedded in ones genetic
makeup?
Or are you leaning forwards a view of Predestination?
Both or neither?

I reject the assumption that if one does OR does not have FAITH that one
cannot understand the other.

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Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)