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Re: "Skynet" by Joseph Y. Lee

Matthew Brown — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:10:21 GMT

Joseph I will not try to deny that you consider yourself a sinner or a wretch. As a teenage Christian I did about half the things you listed. As

Re: "Skynet" by Joseph Y. Lee

josephylee@... — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:46:34 GMT

Matthew, OK. Let's define a sinner to be a bad person. For me, I never smoked, never fornicated, never used illegal drugs, never went to a nude bar, never got

Re: Work Hard - "Reflection on James 2:17" by Joseph Y. Lee

Matthew Brown — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:39:04 GMT

Joseph Right, I remember this now about this from my United Methodists days in my teens. I have old customers that moved to the SF bay area from

Re: Granted - atheism is not a religion, but...

Matthew Brown — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:11:12 GMT

Rob I have found that it is usually that it is usually only the ex-atheists that are able to conceive that atheism is not a religion.

Re: "Skynet" by Joseph Y. Lee

Matthew Brown — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:45:00 GMT

Joe If there are no gods, what sins exist? There are no gods, thus I have no sin. Regards, Matthew ... From: josephylee@...

Calling "myth" to account

Gregkaye — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:37:19 GMT

Religious stories (including all stories of creation) are 'formally' regarded, by many people in the academic world, to be "myths". This may be a bit strange

Re: "Skynet" by Joseph Y. Lee

josephylee@... — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:19:09 GMT

Matthew, We are all horrible sinners. However, the Bible in its original text has no errors and is inspired. (Proverbs 30:5-6) Matthew, let's be real. Everyone

Re: Work Hard - "Reflection on James 2:17" by Joseph Y. Lee

Matthew Brown — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:25:16 GMT

Joseph Good point. Regards, Matthew ... From: josephylee@... Subject: Apologia Re: Work Hard - "Reflection on James

Re: "Skynet" by Joseph Y. Lee

Matthew Brown — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:24:42 GMT

Joseph At least you are honest and unapologetic about your beliefs. It is too bad that the vast majority of the world population is evil.

Re: Granted - atheism is not a religion, but...

Robinson Mitchell — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:18:37 GMT

Thanks, Rev. That's exactly what I was thinking about. Your answer is very helpful here - atheism itself is not a religion, and now I understand enough to

Re: Granted - atheism is not a religion, but...

Reverend Spith — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:08:45 GMT

... (Bug's for sale; running well, but wife wants a minivan. *sigh*) ... Oh, certainly, I have any number of ethical and moral yardsticks and belief structures

Granted - atheism is not a religion, but...

Robinson Mitchell — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:51:49 GMT

Hello, Rev! Good to see you are still around. I hope you are taking good care of your vintage Bug! I'm not really entering into the dialogue prompted by

Re: "Skynet" by Joseph Y. Lee

Reverend Spith — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:32:11 GMT

... That's fair; many of us believe that Christianity is also invented by "sinful" man. Also, atheism is not a religion. Why is that so hard for so many people

Re: Work Hard - "Reflection on James 2:17" by Joseph Y. Lee

josephylee@... — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:39:38 GMT

Hello Matthew, It can be related to the debate between Catholics and Protestants in terms of apologetics. Catholics believe that faith alone does not granted

Re: "Skynet" by Joseph Y. Lee

josephylee@... — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:33:21 GMT

Matthew, Both sinful man and the devil are responsible for evil in this world. Sinful man has a free will. Satan has a free will as well. Also, mental