On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 03:22:11 +0000, Matt Whiting wrote:
And he has no objective proof that God encourages or even condones the
atrocities to which he makes reference.

Well, it appears to me at least that if a diety is supposedly classified
as "all powerful" and "all knowing", that diety must in fact condone any
attrocities that might occur since he/she/it could prevent them from
occurring if he/she/it so desired... So, one could argue that this diety
is either not all powerful and all knowing or perhaps the diety just
doesn't care what happens in this physical incarnation of our ethereal
essence... Personally, I suspect that all the existing religions are
wrong... The real truth might be a mix of some of them... Or perhaps is
totally unrelated to *any* of them... By the time we do know, it will be
too late... I have certain morals that I attempt to live my life by...
They don't necessarily conform to any one particular religion...
Basically, it boils down to, "Don't **** over your friends"... Enemies, on
the other hand, are fair game... evil-grin