(September 29, 2010 at 10:18 am)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:Many people say they believe there's a God, but it does not cause them to believe in God.
And for most religion that is sufficient.
Quote:Is uniformity attainable? Millions of innocent men, women, and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined, imprisoned; yet we have not advanced one inch towards uniformity. What has been the effect of coercion? To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites.
--Thomas Jefferson
You are right Min however that's not the way true christianity works.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.