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That, and our mutual tendency to disregard fairy tales.
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If you disregard fairy tales, you won't be able to distinguish fact from fiction. It is only through comparative analysis that you can form distinctions. A sign of a closed mind incapable of learning is a mind that disregards what it does not understand or believe or agree with.
In attempting to "disregard fairy tales", you become mired in a fairy tale of your own making.
Fear has never been conducive to growth.
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What would be so bad about any god letting itself be known to its creation?
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It's exactly what the Christian God has done and it's not bad, it's wonderful. Look what Paul said:
(MKJV)Act 17:23 For as I passed by and saw the things you worship, I also found an altar with this inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Not knowing then whom you worship,
I make Him known to you.
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In what way has God earned your faith, or your trust?
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In too many ways to tell.
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Look at all the suffering in the world.
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So, then, we don't exist because of this? What's your point?
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I just want you to consider that God has really not earned your faith.
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I want you to consider that you don't have a clue as to what you are saying. Perhaps what you meant to say is that God has really not earned YOUR faith. Speak for yourself, not for others.
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Whatever you have you have earned yourself.
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Think again. What you have been given was through no effort of yours.
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The bible is not proof of God's existence. There is no reason to believe it is the word of God.
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If you had ever read it you would know that to be false.