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[quote=Anonymous]I find this conversation fascinating. I love it. The question for me is not why do I need believe in God, but rather when did I begin to doubt there really was this all knowing benevolent God that I used to worship. I was raised a southern baptist with all the prejudices that the religion carries. Everybody was going to he'll accept the baptist. I guess a few Methodist would slip through the pearly gates. I was taught that as long as I confessed my sins, no matter how heinous I would see Jesus. As a child this did not make sense. Why would a rapist, murderer, racist or practicing skin head receive deliverance on his dying bed by using huis last breath to say "father I believe in your son. In the name of Jesus, forgive me".  Yet, someone in Cuba who is a good, decent, forgiving loving person is condemned because of their beliefs or lack thereof. It is when I began questioning. Throughout the years as I vacillated back and forth I think it finally hit me that something about religion period was a crock. I sat in church and a deacon said "the reason there is so much suffering in those other countries (Haiti, Ethiopia, Somalia, etc.) is because they are heathens. They don't have God. They don't know Jesus". The preacher agreed  That was enough for me. Funny thing, in those countries the people are big believers in God. They pray incessantly. They may call God by different names, but they believe they can pray the misery away.  I guess it is hard to imagine a loving god that would require a mother to choose one child over another to save from starvation. Is it free will for the child or the mother when we discuss free will. [/quote]

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