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Old 08-25-2008, 04:41 PM
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Re: What If It Turns Out That There Is No God?

This question is kind of like the old "How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?"...
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Re: What If It Turns Out That There Is No God?

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This question is kind of like the old "How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?"...
So, how many licks DOES it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?
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So, how many licks DOES it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?
1
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ah thrrrreeee....


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ah thrrrreeee....


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The Owl truely is a wise creature!
or he has absolutely no self control!
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If there is no God...

... then we have tried to help our neighbors for no reason.

... we have comforted those who mourn for no reason.

... we have attended church, supported efforts to feed the hungry, and clothed the poor...for no reason.

... we have lived as morally straight as we know how, for no reason.

... we have encouraged those who were down, prayed for those who have drifted, and taught our kids to be honest and truthful...for no reason.

...we tried to let our light shine so others would see our good works, not to get saved, but because we are saved, so others would see those good works and glorfy God ....for no reason.

...we've done what we can to make our community better, our town better, and our world better for no reason.


...we've stood up for what is right, stood against what is wrong, we defended the oppressed, and we sacrificed to save others, for no reason.

If there is no God, then we have patterned our lives after a mystical, maybe imaginary, Figure named Jesus, who, it is said, "went about doing good" for no reason.


And, if there was no God and no heaven, then we did all that for no reason.

But wait, we helped, we feed, we clothed, we gave,... in order to do good and to make our little part of the world a little better.. So, I guess there is a reason for it all afterall!
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But wait, we helped, we feed, we clothed, we gave,... in order to do good and to make our little part of the world a little better.. So, I guess there is a reason for it all afterall!
Without God how do you know that what you did was 'good'? Why are the things you named 'good'?
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Without God how do you know that what you did was 'good'? Why are the things you named 'good'?
Because to take from the poor, to not feed the hungry, to opress the weak, and so on are all bad. So, to DO those things must be good.

Can't have a top without a bottom, can't have a good without a bad. If there was no bad, we wouldn't know what good is. Or...somethin' like that.
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