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Originally Posted by Sandy G
Actually, I guess I'm a Heathern to most of these people down here...If you ain't a Baptist, you ARE going to Hell in a Handbasket...Period. End of discussion. Even some of the more, uhh, "Primitive" Baptist churches are pretty sure that even Baptists that aren't of THEIR particular persuasion of Baptist are lost causes, as well. We won't even talk about the Snake-Handlers & the Strychnine-Drinkers...IMHO, there should have been ONE MORE COMMANDMENT...Commandment Eleven- Thou shalt not be a Dumbass...
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I reckon if you're a heathen, then I'm a Philistine.
Don't reckon they're too many Baptists here, and if you are, I don't want to hurt your feeling. But......
I've talked religion with a few Baptists. and they are fundematalists, to the extreme.
As I have no conception of God, even took the advice of a retired Baptist minister that I bid a job for a couple of weeks ago, and I asked God for forgiveness. That's what they all tell me, so I did it.
Anyway, God never got back to me. Musta have dialed #2 for Spanish, only thing I can figure. According to them, he couldn't wait so save my sorry ass.
I tend to follow the old axiom, that since we exist, there must be a creator. The old "I've got a watch, their must be a watchmaker" line of reasoning.
This is a valid line of reasoning. However, when you attempt to define the "watchmaker", I can find no answer. I've tried, but I never could get a grip on Metaphysics, maybe I'm just stupid. I'm a rationalist myself.
And I've also noticed that anyone who could explain it all to me, IMHO, was as full of shit as a Christmas Goose.
Now I suppose that there must be a God, only because so many people say there is. That's fine by me, I got nothin' again him.
Einstein said, "There are questions that man will never answer." Always liked to side with a "fart smeller" like Einstein.
Either you believe, or you don't. Personally, I don't feel as though I have enough information to pass judgement.
Just being honest with myself, and all of you. Reckon if I go to Hell, least I'll know most everybody there.
I could take this further, but I believe you have my gist,
Chas