From: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 10:23:07 +0800
To: cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com (Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer)
Subject: Re: atheism (was: RE: Democracy... (fwd)) (fwd)
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> Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 09:27:57 -0500
> From: Petro <petro@playboy.com>
> Subject: Re: atheism (was: RE: Democracy... (fwd)) (fwd)

> 	Basically he is saying you can't deny the existence of something if
> you don't know what it is.

That's the rub, in transcendental religions with this as a proviso it
becomes impossible to even talk about God, he transcends the natural world
and escapes any hope of comprehension other than a simple label.

In effect transcendental religions have defined themselves into a circle.

They define God as something undefinable and then claim that anyone who
counters their beliefs is at fault because they can't define God.



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