kechkayl@ecn-ee.UUCP (04/21/84)
#R:ssc-vax:-7400:ecn-ee:18600016:000:1425 ecn-ee!kechkayl Apr 20 06:03:00 1984 > Some people do not think that the evidence for Christianity is > very good. If anyone thinks that Christianity can be *proven* > on rational, logical grounds, they are mistaken. That is not > to say that Christianity is not logical; it is. But it goes > beyond our frail comprehension. Sigh. Why must people insist that they are inferior? Why is it a necessity for some people to believe that there is a big parent up in the sky that will take care of them? Do you really feel that your life is that futile? > For most, the amount of evidence makes no difference. They may > accept a lot, or very little. The faith we are speaking of, as > I've said, is a gift from God. You can accept it or reject it, > but it is chiefly a matter of the will. I've said it before, > and I'll say it again: it's not that people *can't* believe, > it's that they *won't* believe. That is a true statement. I *won't* believe, just as I *won't* believe in Santa Claus, or in the divinity of Richard Simmons. I won't believe that I am inherently evil, or that I have no worth. I am proud to be a human being, in spite of all the folly and stupidity in which the human race has indulged. I don't *need* to have 'daddy' look after me. (And if you think this sounds like an emotional outburst, you're right! :-) Sorry, but I don't feel the psychological need for a god. Thomas Ruschak pur-ee!kechkayl "Aiee! A toy robot!"