Re: HOPE but not faith
El Kabong <[email protected]>
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Sylvia Else wrote: > On 08-Apr-23 1:55 pm, Maximus wrote: > > Sylvia Else wrote: > >> On 08-Apr-23 9:57 am, Michael McLean wrote: > >>> On 7/04/2023 10:33 pm, Sylvia Else wrote: > >>>> On 29-Mar-23 4:16 pm, David Dalton wrote: > >>>>> Right now I donÂt have faith but do have hope that my global new > >>>>> age onset magickal workings will have effect. > >>>> > >>>> Having some expectation that something will happen with no > >>>> reasonable basis for thinking it will is neither hope, nor faith. > >>>> It's delusion. > >>>> > >>>> Sylvia. > >>> > >>> No, it's life, fool atheist. > >>> > >>> Life does not exist according YOUR mind's reasonable basis, Ms > >>> Glorious Mind. > >>> > >>> The atheist is always a self-worshiper! My questions are, why and > >>> who anointed them the self-glory? > >>> > >>> One guess. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Michael > >>> > >> > >> I don't really see how you reach the "atheist" conclusion. > >> > >> Religion mostly seems to involve believing that something, God, > >> exists, without supporting evidence. There does not appear to be an > >> expectation that something will happen as a consequence. Indeed, much > >> of the support for religious belief seems to form around explaining > >> the absence of things happening, such as protecting churches from > >> earthquakes, despite the supposed existence of God. > >> > >> OK, NOW you can probably reasonably conclude that I'm an atheist. > > > > just ignore 'Mad Mike' > > > >> > >> Sylvia. > > > > > > I would, but sometimes it's fun to play with these people. They can be a barrel of monkeys. Ask Mike why the Lord demoted him from Christ to altar boy.