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Even if theism is a failure, it's still superior to atheism
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RE: Even if theism is a failure, it's still superior to atheism
(September 15, 2022 at 3:09 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote:
(September 15, 2022 at 3:01 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: Does literally anyone expect that their deeds will transcend space and time? Even in Becker, while it's been years since I've read him, I don't think the immortality projects he talks about are even supposed to go quite as far as that. Creating something that will leave an impact for generations to come, yeah, but outright transcending space and time?

Yes!  Most people at least hope, one way or another, to achieve any of the many kinds of immortality humans have described and sought.  A god gifting it is such a narrow slice of that.
I think a god-gifting it cheapens it.
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RE: Even if theism is a failure, it's still superior to atheism - by The Architect Of Fate - September 15, 2022 at 3:14 pm

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