On 8/28/13 8:50 AM, Tim wrote:
On Wednesday, August 28, 2013 5:23:30 AM UTC-5, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 8/27/13 9:40 PM, Tim wrote:

Then why didn't you ask something like "Are all the gods laughing?"





Aren't they all the same guy, gal, rock, piece of wood, statue?

Cuban cigars have a looser twist than that statement, Harry.




The concept of what god is has changed, if not evolved, over thousands
of years, from celestial bodies to pieces of wood to rocks to statues to
some sort of unseen fatherly being and so on. But the idea of a god
still requires belief in the supernatural. I've not seen or read of
anything that proves the existence of the supernatural.

Like Ivan Karamazov, my disbelief in a supreme being "creator" is at
least partially based on the fact that innocent children suffer.

On 8/28/2013 10:46 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 8/28/13 8:50 AM, Tim wrote:
On Wednesday, August 28, 2013 5:23:30 AM UTC-5, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 8/27/13 9:40 PM, Tim wrote:

Then why didn't you ask something like "Are all the gods laughing?"





Aren't they all the same guy, gal, rock, piece of wood, statue?

Cuban cigars have a looser twist than that statement, Harry.




The concept of what god is has changed, if not evolved, over thousands
of years, from celestial bodies to pieces of wood to rocks to statues to
some sort of unseen fatherly being and so on. But the idea of a god
still requires belief in the supernatural. I've not seen or read of
anything that proves the existence of the supernatural.

Like Ivan Karamazov, my disbelief in a supreme being "creator" is at
least partially based on the fact that innocent children suffer.

Kids would suffer less if you'd pay your taxes and help feed them.

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On 8/28/2013 10:46 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 8/28/13 8:50 AM, Tim wrote:
On Wednesday, August 28, 2013 5:23:30 AM UTC-5, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 8/27/13 9:40 PM, Tim wrote:

Then why didn't you ask something like "Are all the gods laughing?"





Aren't they all the same guy, gal, rock, piece of wood, statue?

Cuban cigars have a looser twist than that statement, Harry.




The concept of what god is has changed, if not evolved, over thousands
of years, from celestial bodies to pieces of wood to rocks to statues to
some sort of unseen fatherly being and so on. But the idea of a god
still requires belief in the supernatural. I've not seen or read of
anything that proves the existence of the supernatural.

Like Ivan Karamazov, my disbelief in a supreme being "creator" is at
least partially based on the fact that innocent children suffer.

Kids would suffer less if you'd pay your taxes and help feed them.

Harry wat does a federal subpenoa from the IRS look like. I have never seen one and I would
be interested in finding out what they look like.

On Wednesday, August 28, 2013 9:46:49 AM UTC-5, F.O.A.D. wrote:


The concept of what god is has changed, if not evolved, over thousands

of years, from celestial bodies to pieces of wood to rocks to statues to

some sort of unseen fatherly being and so on. But the idea of a god

still requires belief in the supernatural. I've not seen or read of

anything that proves the existence of the supernatural.



Like Ivan Karamazov, my disbelief in a supreme being "creator" is at

least partially based on the fact that innocent children suffer.



If you *know* all that, then why would you ask a question like-

"Aren't they all the same guy, gal, rock, piece of wood, statue?"

That is, unless maybe you really don't have a clue...

Tim wrote:
On Wednesday, August 28, 2013 9:46:49 AM UTC-5, F.O.A.D. wrote:


The concept of what god is has changed, if not evolved, over thousands

of years, from celestial bodies to pieces of wood to rocks to statues to

some sort of unseen fatherly being and so on. But the idea of a god

still requires belief in the supernatural. I've not seen or read of

anything that proves the existence of the supernatural.



Like Ivan Karamazov, my disbelief in a supreme being "creator" is at

least partially based on the fact that innocent children suffer.



If you *know* all that, then why would you ask a question like-

"Aren't they all the same guy, gal, rock, piece of wood, statue?"

That is, unless maybe you really don't have a clue...

Rhetorical question.

On Wednesday, August 28, 2013 6:40:19 PM UTC-5, F. O. A. D. wrote:


Rhetorical question.

But, why?

On 8/28/13 8:15 PM, Tim wrote:
On Wednesday, August 28, 2013 6:40:19 PM UTC-5, F. O. A. D. wrote:


Rhetorical question.

But, why?

Why what?

On Wednesday, August 28, 2013 7:18:30 PM UTC-5, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 8/28/13 8:15 PM, Tim wrote:

On Wednesday, August 28, 2013 6:40:19 PM UTC-5, F. O. A. D. wrote:





Rhetorical question.



But, why?



Why what?

Make rhetorical questions?

On 8/28/13 7:37 PM, Tim wrote:
On Wednesday, August 28, 2013 9:46:49 AM UTC-5, F.O.A.D. wrote:


The concept of what god is has changed, if not evolved, over thousands

of years, from celestial bodies to pieces of wood to rocks to statues to

some sort of unseen fatherly being and so on. But the idea of a god

still requires belief in the supernatural. I've not seen or read of

anything that proves the existence of the supernatural.



Like Ivan Karamazov, my disbelief in a supreme being "creator" is at

least partially based on the fact that innocent children suffer.



If you *know* all that, then why would you ask a question like-

"Aren't they all the same guy, gal, rock, piece of wood, statue?"

That is, unless maybe you really don't have a clue...



A clue about what? My posit is that all the "god entities" man has
created in his mind over the thousands of years he has been walking on
earth are the same. They just look different.

Aside from the "art" aspect, what is the difference between the god in
Michelangelo's fresco in the Cappella Sistina and, say, the Egyptian sun
god, Ra? They're both depictions of entities man created to make himself
feel better about himself and to try to understand what he was, at that
time, incapable of understanding from a scientific point of view.

And, of course, like Ivan Karamazov, I wonder why, if there is a god,
why that entity lets innocent children suffer.

On Wed, 28 Aug 2013 17:47:03 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

On Wednesday, August 28, 2013 7:18:30 PM UTC-5, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 8/28/13 8:15 PM, Tim wrote:

On Wednesday, August 28, 2013 6:40:19 PM UTC-5, F. O. A. D. wrote:





Rhetorical question.



But, why?



Why what?

Make rhetorical questions?

To get attention.

Narcissistic behavior? (That was rhetorical.)

John (Gun Nut) H.
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