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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm an atheist. I'll happily grant that God made the universe if that keeps folks from going nuts over the something from nothing problem. But that gives absolutely no reason to think that the being that created quarks and galaxies is concerned with what I do on Sundays or who I marry.[/quote]Exactly. It always gives me a chuckle when people jump straight from "there is a Universe, therefore there was a creator," to "and He loves us so much He gave us his only begotten son".

Talk about your leaps of logic...[/quote]It's not a leap of logic. It is a consistent progression through the history of time and all of mankind, God's reaching out to us.  A LOT happened between the creation of the universe and the coming of Jesus Christ.[/quote]are you ^^ that atheist who comes around here trying to make Christians look dumb?  Not all believers in Jesus Christ are so naive and narrow-minded as the Christian depicted above.  Some simply find comfort in the concept of a loving god who is with us on earth.  These people don't demand that everyone share their beliefs and some of them are very sophisticated and well educated and don't deny science.  They wouldn't use terminology like "tired, bitter atheist" to describe someone who doesn't share their concept of god.[/quote]
I'm the first PP. My point was not to derogate those who believe in a personal God, but merely to say that the question of the origin of the Universe is a totally separate issue. For those who have a personal relationship with Jesus, His existence and divinity are no doubt obvious. But they are not obvious to me, and no amount of discussion of how the universe came to exist or how life arose sheds any light on Jesus, prayer, marriage, or any religious issue. What is obvious to some is no more real to others than that snarky old Flying Spaghetti Monster.

I believe, and I think the other two PPs above also do, that while we do not share beliefs, and may not understand why the other believes as he or she does, we can nevertheless respect each other. Unfortunately, those of us who feel that respect may not always make it clear, and Even more unfortunately, I think there are people of many persuasions who do not share that respect. I hope, however, that I am not starting a wound of finger pointing about which group is les respectful.[/quote]

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