Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!bcm!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: lindborg@snow.cs.washington.edu (Jeff Lindborg) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Demon survey results Message-ID: Date: 5 Apr 91 09:16:21 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of Washington Computer Science Lines: 37 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article AMillar@cup.portal.com writes: >> I'm not sure that you can attribute the world's problems to a >>lack of belief in a hell or Satan. Rather, people will tend to be >>unhappy if they believe that a supernatural being is going to cause >>them harm until they are dead > >No, you cannot attribute the world's problems to a lack of belief in hell >or Satan. However, you CAN attribute the world's problems to a lack of >belief in Jesus Christ and God the Father. Well, so says you anyway... >The fact is that Satan exists whether you believe it or not. Any evidence to back this pressing "fact" up? Simply pointing out the "evil" and "sin" in the world does not preclude the existence of Satan(TM)... >I can choose not to believe in mis-use of money by my government or my bank >because that would make me unhappy. Not believing will not protect >me from the ill results of it, even though I may not see the results >directly. Yes, but the evidence of misuse CAN be seen and proven. Satan, however, cannot be seen and his existence CANNOT be proven any more than God's can. >It is only through Jesus Christ that we can lead happy lives, no matter >what other things we choose to believe or not believe in. So everyone of the rest of us (that is people who do not conform to your rather narrow view of the "truth") are really unhappy? Happiness is not possible through any other system of beliefs than Christianity. Period. So if we seem happy, we're really just fooling ourselves to cover up our missery. And here I thought I was feeling so good.... Jeff Lindborg