Agnostic needs help with bible study

[Lan Barnes]

On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 04:00:09PM -0800, Rick Carlson wrote:
> my youth shortly after reading the Bible from cover to cover as a young 
> adult. When people ask me why I am not a Christian I explain that while 
> I find the teachings of Jesus, insofar as they can be deduced from the 
> current Bible, as valuable in a general sort of way I refuse to worship 
> or even acknowledge a God who behaves worse than an inconsiderate house 
> guest.
> 
> If the propaganda is to believed that I have free will I choose to 
> exercise it not to play the game of choosing between the Christian God 
> OR the Christian Devil. Sometimes the only way to win is to not play the 
> game.
> 
> I prefer the Taoist Philosophy which says the world is a pretty nice 
> place. It is people and their insistence they have the inside path to 
> the TRUTH as represented by their limited understanding of the cosmos 
> through Christianity and other divisive religions that screw up life on 
> this planet.
> 
> 

That works.

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