Reciprocating Bill
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| Quote (heddle @ Aug. 14 2007,05:56) | | And, by the way, when the doctrine of Original Sin is understood, you will see that the word "hate" to describe the position of fallen man toward God (in that view) is not outside the boundaries of common use of the term which, in accepted usage (as opposed to highly specialized) includes less visceral attitudes such as aversion and antipathy. |
This statement is completely at odds with the point of my first post, which you characterized as "spot on," so I'm a bit confused. It also weakens your assertion, because it becomes an empirical rather than theological assertion. Your amended assertion as "ALL atheists hate, carry an aversion to, have antipathy toward (etc.) God" which is likely untrue: I'd wager that at least a few persons live their entire lives without giving more than a moment's thought about God. They are surely atheists, yet are devoid of anything that can be characterized as hatred, strong antipathy, etc. I am sure you would agree - yet would also insist that they do, in fact, hate God, because such hatred is inherent in their fallen nature and is otherwise not contingent upon their psychological states, awareness of those states, etc.
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