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>From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu]On
>Behalf Of Dawsonzhu@aol.com
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>Actually, my main point in saying this.... was not to rant about
>atheism & co. but I really wonder what would prevent me from thinking
>this way. Not that I would chose to do so. No atheist I know
>personally has said this either. In fact, just dusting off that
>history book on the shelf, I think the whole folly of the Church
>during the reformation is an example of lack of accountability to
>God. Even the Church!
>
>However, whether or not the Church acts accountable for its deed,
>the message of the Bible is that we *are* in fact accountable whether
>we acknowledge the Lord or not. We have been warned. We have the prophets.
>If I am wrong, then people like Hitler are just as much a part
>of the vast oblivion of nothingness as Mother Theresa and both
>lived quite meaningless lives, just as my own life whatever
>it will ultimately be would be meaningless.
>
>I think a universe without purpose would be quite uninteresting.
>Am I supposed to get excited about new discoveries in a home that
>popped out of nothing? Even if *we* (the human race) are nothing
>to that purpose, a mere speck in a vast sea, I would rather be
>shoveling manure in a universe with meaning, than be a Bertrand
>Russell in a universe devoid of purpose.
>
Well said!
glenn
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