Religious Thread [9]

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Mike Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 17 Feb 01 Posts: 34258 Credit: 79,922,639 RAC: 80	Message 575945 - Posted: 26 May 2007, 16:47:11 UTC If you call for help who dosnÃ‚Â´t matters. ThereÃ‚Â´s only one. A frind of mine died on liver cancer. My father has protata cancer, only a few month to live. Who helps, nobody of course. If you belive in god you will die alone. With each crime and every kindness we birth our future. ID: 575945 ·

Misfit Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Jun 01 Posts: 21804 Credit: 2,815,091 RAC: 0	Message 575963 - Posted: 26 May 2007, 17:51:30 UTC - in response to Message 575801. Even atheists do say "Oh my God!" or "Thank God ..." So why not just saying (or better: quoting) "So help me God"? Does this phrase, quoted by an atheist, make him/her unreliable? I know many atheists and agnostics who are always saying "god damn it" me@rescam.org ID: 575963 ·

Qui-Gon Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 2940 Credit: 19,199,902 RAC: 11	Message 575966 - Posted: 26 May 2007, 17:58:52 UTC I think there is a big difference between saying "OHMYGOD" as an expression of surprise, and "So help me God" as an affirmative statement of truth based on belief in a supreme Deity. ID: 575966 ·

Misfit Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Jun 01 Posts: 21804 Credit: 2,815,091 RAC: 0	Message 575977 - Posted: 26 May 2007, 18:09:45 UTC - in response to Message 575966. I think there is a big difference between saying "OHMYGOD" as an expression of surprise, and "So help me God" as an affirmative statement of truth based on belief in a supreme Deity. The jig is up! :-D me@rescam.org ID: 575977 ·

Jeffrey Send message Joined: 21 Nov 03 Posts: 4793 Credit: 26,029 RAC: 0	Message 575982 - Posted: 26 May 2007, 18:17:35 UTC - in response to Message 575929. Last modified: 26 May 2007, 18:18:41 UTC they are just empty words and simple politeness dictates that the empty words be spoken because they are important to those listening. ROBOTS... ;) It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future . . . ID: 575982 ·

Darth Dogbytes™ Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 30 Jul 03 Posts: 7512 Credit: 2,021,148 RAC: 0	Message 575983 - Posted: 26 May 2007, 18:18:11 UTC - in response to Message 575966. Last modified: 26 May 2007, 18:50:00 UTC I think there is a big difference between saying "OHMYGOD" as an expression of surprise, and "So help me God" as an affirmative statement of truth based on belief in a supreme Deity. Atheists don't have to swear any oath to God...just as good and legally acceptable is making an Oath of Affirmation and thereby not having to swear to any Ba'al, Idol, Fetish, or God. Account frozen... ID: 575983 ·

Qui-Gon Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 2940 Credit: 19,199,902 RAC: 11	Message 575989 - Posted: 26 May 2007, 18:29:09 UTC - in response to Message 575983. I think there is a big difference between saying "OHMYGOD" as an expression of surprise, and "So help me God" as an affirmative statement of truth based on belief in a supreme Deity. Atheist don't have to swear any oath to God...just as good and legally acceptable is making an oath of affirmation and thereby not having to swear to any Ba'al, Idol, Fetish, or God. That is true, so I can see why an atheist would balk at saying that the oath is based on something in which he/she does not believe. ID: 575989 ·

Misfit Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Jun 01 Posts: 21804 Credit: 2,815,091 RAC: 0	Message 576043 - Posted: 26 May 2007, 19:28:38 UTC Religious [9] is closed. Religious [10] will be created soon. me@rescam.org ID: 576043 ·

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