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Christian Persecution in "Atheist China"
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RE: Christian Persecution in "Atheist China"
(February 9, 2013 at 3:50 am)Zone Wrote: I think he more meant that there must clearly be some deeper truth if people who are otherwise well off with everything they need materially still feel the yearning for the supernatural forces of power. It's a Christian staple argument where anything that you base your life on that isn't God, (money, family, science and so on) will be a false idol and only bring you mysery should that idol of happiness fail you. But God will never fail you (because you can't prove he exists) so you should base your life on him/Christ instead. This will be the subject of books with titles such as "False Gods".

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Not that one though, that's the Horus Heresy.

But what people would probably need is full physical wealth and comfort and immortality as well, I think that's really the underlying point they're really making. You don't get to spend all your hard earned dough or enjoy whatever it is you you like when you're dead, so there's no point placing ultimate value in any of it.

Is this the stupid reason behind your infantile need to think of the large scale structure of the universe to be analogous to neurons?
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Christian Persecution in "Atheist China" - by Zone - February 8, 2013 at 7:20 pm
RE: Christian Persecution in "Atheist China" - by Zone - February 9, 2013 at 3:50 am
RE: Christian Persecution in "Atheist China" - by Anomalocaris - February 9, 2013 at 11:30 am
RE: Christian Persecution in "Atheist China" - by Zone - February 9, 2013 at 12:04 pm
RE: Christian Persecution in "Atheist China" - by Simon Moon - February 9, 2013 at 12:20 pm
RE: Christian Persecution in "Atheist China" - by John V - February 12, 2013 at 3:38 pm
RE: Christian Persecution in "Atheist China" - by paulpablo - February 9, 2013 at 3:02 pm
RE: Christian Persecution in "Atheist China" - by Brian37 - February 12, 2013 at 4:26 pm
RE: Christian Persecution in "Atheist China" - by Simon Moon - February 12, 2013 at 5:14 pm
RE: Christian Persecution in "Atheist China" - by Simon Moon - February 12, 2013 at 5:44 pm
Christian Persecution in "Atheist China" - by toro - February 13, 2013 at 3:23 pm
RE: Christian Persecution in "Atheist China" - by Zone - February 13, 2013 at 3:41 pm
Christian Persecution in "Atheist China" - by toro - February 14, 2013 at 1:51 pm

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