Quote Originally Posted by TomOfSweden View Post
Be honest about the fact that you have no idea if it's true or not. This is what you think is right. Fine. You'd like to go to heaven....but you have no idea! It's like going to the races and betting on a horse. If it wins, great. If it loses....well...that's.....great to. The important thing is that you understand that it's betting on a horse. It's just that with the scientific knowledge we have today, your odds really really really suck. If you tell people that you know god exists. It makes you a liar. If you don't understand it, it makes you an idiot.

Here's a serious question. I've made an assumption of people who go to Church. I've made an assumption that they reject other religions. I've made an assumption that Christians deny that the Satanists may be right. Is that the case?
I have no idea if it's true or not. Happy? If I'd rather believe that I was created out of love by a divine being rather than the theory that I am descended from apes, that's my perogative. I understand perfectly that I'm betting on a horse. However, I'd rather take my chances betting for than against.

Tom, you know what happens when you assume....ass...u...me. *smiles* I go to church occasionally. I don't hold with religion on principal because I think all are missing some key element, like Jesus, or adding something they shouldn't, like legalism. That's another debate. I don't reject other religions because they all contain, as you pointed out, the same basic commandments as Christianity. Just because they have a different name for God than I do doesn't mean that's not his name.

Right about what? I don't know what Satanists say, but if they prefer to bet on a horse that's already lost....I suppose that's their perogative.