Re: A Word from the Lord to Atheist, Agnostics, & Humanist-God probably does not exist.

Boy, you're a pretty deep thinker...
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> > On Thursday August 21, 2003 at 3:45 a.m., the Word of the Lord came to
> > me saying, "Speak to the atheist, the agnostic and the humanist. You
> > say that there is no God or do not acknowledge me. You believe that it
> > is by your on hand and strength that you have prosperity, longevity,
> > and good health. You don't acknowledge that it is I who gives you the
> > power to get wealth. Although you do not acknowledge me, it is by my
> > compassion, grace, and mercy that you have your sustenance and
> > provision. It is because of my favor that your hand produces what you
> > have destined it to do. Because of my love for you, however, I will
> > hold back my favor and mercy so that you will see that it is not your
> > strength that provides for you, but it is me that provides for you. I
> > will demonstrate to you that I am the creator of all life and its
> > sustainer. I will prove to you that without my favor and kindness, you
> > are helpless. I will show you that it is because of my favor and
> > kindness, you are able to achieve goals, fulfill plans, and do great
> > feats. Although you hate me and despise me and give credit to yourself
> > for your provisions, I still sustain you and provide for you and make
> > you prosperous. It is not because people acknowledge me and serve me
> > that I provide for them. I provide for people because of my own
> > goodness and love for them. Therefore, repent of your prideful heart
> > and turn away from the lies of the devil. Acknowledge that without
> > God's favor you cannot succeed. Whether your deeds are evil or good,
> > acknowledge that apart from me you can do nothing."
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> You probably don't even exist:
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> Several Reasons Why God Does Not Exist And All Religions Are Wrong
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> 1.    No one has ever seen a god, ever.  Claims to the contrary are a
hoax.
> No evidence for the existence of a god has been found.
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> 2.    We are made of subatomic particles, namely, quarks and electrons.
> Rocks, the seas, and the air are made of just quarks and electrons.  These
> particles were created by natural processes and are governed by physical
> processes, namely forces, not by a god.  What we call life is just the
> physical interaction between subatomic particles.  Religious notions that
a
> god gave us life are not needed.  Life is just an aggregate interaction of
> large numbers of subatomic particles in a self-organizing way.  We are no
> more important than the rocks.  We are just chemistry and physics in
action;
> there is no need to invoke a mystical god to explain life and even
> consciousness.
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> 3.    Humans are small in size and fleeting in time, therefore human
beings
> are insignificant in cosmic terms.  This means that even if there where a
> God, he would not bother noticing the ultra-tiny life forms on a
dust-speck
> planet, such as our Earth.  We humans are microscopic even when compared
> with the Earth; the Earth itself is microscopic when compared with our
Solar
> System.  The Solar System is microscopic when compared to our galaxy and
our
> galaxy is microscopic when compared to the known universe.  We humans have
> only existed for a minute fraction of time as well; the universe is
thought
> to be 13.7 billion years old while recorded history is only about 5000
years
> and a human life averages about 70 years.  If a God existed, he would pay
> even less attention to us than we pay to a bacterium.  Religions often say
> that man is of central importance, but basic cosmology now shows us that
we
> humans are not even important enough to be visible at cosmic scales.
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> 4.    All religious doctrine is made up by man.  The Bible, the Koran, and
> other religious teachings emanate from individual human beings, not from a
> god.  All such religious orthodoxy stems from the wishful beliefs of
> influential individuals.  There is no evidence that any of these teachings
> came from a god.  Most of the world's religions disagree with each other
on
> the particular teachings of a hypothetical god, too.  Logically, only one
> religion can possibly have it right.  By induction, it is probable that
all
> of them are completely wrong.
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> 5.    Human fear of death and human self-importance motivate belief in
> religion.  This is understandable because no one wants to die; we all hope
> for an afterlife.  But humans are just animals, just like cats and dogs,
> made up of the same chemicals that all the animals are.  We don't think
that
> dogs and cats (except for the ancient Egyptians) will experience an
> afterlife, so we ought not think that we are somehow so different, either.
> There is no life after death, no heaven, and no hell.  We are just
> biological monstrosities evolved from the muck.  We did not experience a
> 'pre-life' before we were born; we will experience no afterlife once we
die.
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> 6.    If a Christian god existed, he would not have allowed so much evil
to
> exist in the world.  If the Christian god was omnipotent, he would have
> prevented the medieval witch-burnings, the Inquisition, the Nazis and even
> the 'Devil' from coming into being in the first place.
>
> 7.    Artificial life from basic chemical constituents can now be created.
> Artificial viruses, which are alive, can be created by man using mere
> chemicals.  A god is not needed to bestow life.
>
> 8.    The origin of the known universe probably was a natural process that
> did not require the existence of a god.  Modern physics has not pinned
this
> down, but most of the ideas generated by this field posit natural
phenomena
> as reasons for the existence of the known universe.
> It is possible that a 'god,' as it were, created our universe, but there
is
> no evidence supporting that hypothesis at this time.  It is more probable
> that the existence of our universe is explained by natural physical
> phenomena, such as the quantum fluctuation hypothesis.
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