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Towards God?

Mahesh Prabhu September 23, 2007

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#9 Posted by Kamath on September 25, 2007 7:21:54 am
Re: # 7

You say, a letter was sent from Prophet Mohammad!,"...The text of the letter sent to Heraclius....".

Was n't he illeterate? and even if he wasn't, where is the the proof? Where is the signature at the end of the letter? And finally are you sure this letter wasn't a fake? These things are quitre common in Turkey you know!!

Kamath
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#10 Posted by guarana on September 25, 2007 7:17:24 pm
Why do we bring God into the picture only when it suits us? Especially when we humans are getting ready to do a whole bunch of stupid things? This earth is ours and it is our job to keep it safe or blow it up. The force,power, big bang or whatever created this Earth and us, also gave us brains and the responsibility to use them properly. If we don't, we end up paying the price....as simple as that.

It is even more stupid to create a mess and then expect a God to appear in the sky and send down a miracle or rays of protection and healing to help us, as depicted in the more lurid mythological movies.
The responsibility rests with us, fair and square and if some leaders are using God to justify glorious death and destruction or resorting to hypocritical emotions and/or Bible-thumping to win skewed elections, both are only human and could therefore probably, be equally crazy, as only the human species can be.
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#11 Posted by sayitright on September 26, 2007 11:32:34 pm
Mr Kamath,

Please read http://tinyurl.com/39qbfy to have a idea of whom you are talking about.

Regards,
e-ntellectual
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