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hinduwoman · 12-05-2002, 05:20 PM

Serpedon, unless you argue from an atheist viewpoint of no evidence of gods, you have to take into account how the flaws of the gods are argued away.
The more sophisticated apologetics insist that the difference between gods and men is only one of degree and not of kind. A human can become a god. Only the Great Gods (the Big Three and MotherGoddess) are separated by a gulf from humans. similalry you must take into account the explanations of avatara theory.

Sarpedon · 12-06-2002, 09:16 AM

Hinduwoman, what the hell do you expect on an atheist page? There are no gods, and I don't have to take into account any apologetics. (why do you think I referred to the "Mahabharata" as a "myth"?) I am interested in these stories only as possible moral/historical lessons, as well as for entertainment. Zeehner bugs me because he missed the point, not because he is insulting the amazing, divine, non-existant seventh incarnation of Vishnu.

hinduwoman · 12-07-2002, 05:05 PM

That is why Zaehneer bugs me too.
I think we are talking at crosspurposes. What Zaehneer is trying to do is to decode the moral lessons without impinging on the religious fabric.

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12-05-2002, 05:20 PM	#11
hinduwoman Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: India Posts: 6,977	Serpedon, unless you argue from an atheist viewpoint of no evidence of gods, you have to take into account how the flaws of the gods are argued away. The more sophisticated apologetics insist that the difference between gods and men is only one of degree and not of kind. A human can become a god. Only the Great Gods (the Big Three and MotherGoddess) are separated by a gulf from humans. similalry you must take into account the explanations of avatara theory.

12-06-2002, 09:16 AM	#12
Sarpedon Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Minnesota, the least controversial state in the le Posts: 8,446	Hinduwoman, what the hell do you expect on an atheist page? There are no gods, and I don't have to take into account any apologetics. (why do you think I referred to the "Mahabharata" as a "myth"?) I am interested in these stories only as possible moral/historical lessons, as well as for entertainment. Zeehner bugs me because he missed the point, not because he is insulting the amazing, divine, non-existant seventh incarnation of Vishnu.

12-07-2002, 05:05 PM	#13
hinduwoman Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: India Posts: 6,977	That is why Zaehneer bugs me too. I think we are talking at crosspurposes. What Zaehneer is trying to do is to decode the moral lessons without impinging on the religious fabric.

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