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	<title>Comments on: The De-Conversion New Years Sermon</title>
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		<title>By: Pugao</title>
		<link>http://de-conversion.com/2008/01/01/the-de-conversion-new-years-sermon/#comment-30238</link>
		<dc:creator>Pugao</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Everyone is entitled to his/her reasoning!!!
Know the truth and the truth will set you free!!!!!!!!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everyone is entitled to his/her reasoning!!!<br />
Know the truth and the truth will set you free!!!!!!!!!!</p>
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		<title>By: orDover</title>
		<link>http://de-conversion.com/2008/01/01/the-de-conversion-new-years-sermon/#comment-30101</link>
		<dc:creator>orDover</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I really think we should start a collection of these comments as lovely examples of Christians&#039; lovingkindness, humility, and grace. They are truly salt and light, God&#039;s ambassadors.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I really think we should start a collection of these comments as lovely examples of Christians&#8217; lovingkindness, humility, and grace. They are truly salt and light, God&#8217;s ambassadors.</p>
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		<title>By: Ubi Dubium</title>
		<link>http://de-conversion.com/2008/01/01/the-de-conversion-new-years-sermon/#comment-30097</link>
		<dc:creator>Ubi Dubium</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Happy New Year, RD!

To quote BigHouse - are you lost?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Happy New Year, RD!</p>
<p>To quote BigHouse &#8211; are you lost?</p>
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		<title>By: RD</title>
		<link>http://de-conversion.com/2008/01/01/the-de-conversion-new-years-sermon/#comment-30096</link>
		<dc:creator>RD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Blasphemy.  We are responsible for our sins  There&#039;s no philosophising around it.  You&#039;re doomed and damned out of your own mouth.  You are hideous.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Blasphemy.  We are responsible for our sins  There&#8217;s no philosophising around it.  You&#8217;re doomed and damned out of your own mouth.  You are hideous.</p>
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		<title>By: Josh</title>
		<link>http://de-conversion.com/2008/01/01/the-de-conversion-new-years-sermon/#comment-30066</link>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;The ultimate end of your philosophy is Neitschism of which I want no part.&quot;

I never understood this type of thinking at all. So a person doesn&#039;t &quot;want&quot; a philosophy, so they go for another - or for a religion. Where&#039;s truth?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;The ultimate end of your philosophy is Neitschism of which I want no part.&#8221;</p>
<p>I never understood this type of thinking at all. So a person doesn&#8217;t &#8220;want&#8221; a philosophy, so they go for another &#8211; or for a religion. Where&#8217;s truth?</p>
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		<title>By: BigHouse</title>
		<link>http://de-conversion.com/2008/01/01/the-de-conversion-new-years-sermon/#comment-30061</link>
		<dc:creator>BigHouse</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Happy New Year, cimi!

Are you lost?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Happy New Year, cimi!</p>
<p>Are you lost?</p>
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		<title>By: cimi</title>
		<link>http://de-conversion.com/2008/01/01/the-de-conversion-new-years-sermon/#comment-30060</link>
		<dc:creator>cimi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>All have sinned and fallen short of God&#039;s glory. No one is good enough to earn salvation of God, only Jesus. Good is not enough. How much good is good?
Christianity is about Jesus and his qualities he lived in this earth. He was perfect and lived a perfect life.
No one can earn salvation with the good deeds. It is a cross and not ladder. If it was a ladder everybody would had tried to climb up to heaven. Only through Jesus you and I can make to heaven. No Jesus no life, no heaven. God so much loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whoever believes in him not perish but have the eternal life. God is not going to send any person to hell. He does not want it. We decide, it is up to us, me and you! If you say &quot;my way&quot;, then your will be done. it is better to say to God, &quot;your will be done in my life&quot; because he will say to us in the end of time , &quot;your will be done&quot;. It is up to you and me!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All have sinned and fallen short of God&#8217;s glory. No one is good enough to earn salvation of God, only Jesus. Good is not enough. How much good is good?<br />
Christianity is about Jesus and his qualities he lived in this earth. He was perfect and lived a perfect life.<br />
No one can earn salvation with the good deeds. It is a cross and not ladder. If it was a ladder everybody would had tried to climb up to heaven. Only through Jesus you and I can make to heaven. No Jesus no life, no heaven. God so much loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whoever believes in him not perish but have the eternal life. God is not going to send any person to hell. He does not want it. We decide, it is up to us, me and you! If you say &#8220;my way&#8221;, then your will be done. it is better to say to God, &#8220;your will be done in my life&#8221; because he will say to us in the end of time , &#8220;your will be done&#8221;. It is up to you and me!</p>
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		<title>By: The Apostate</title>
		<link>http://de-conversion.com/2008/01/01/the-de-conversion-new-years-sermon/#comment-30057</link>
		<dc:creator>The Apostate</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 09:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>orDover comments,
&lt;blockquote&gt;I think JJ’s comment should be ignored simply because he/she cannot be bothered to spell Nietzsche properly. I don’t mean to sound rude, but that tells me that he/she either doesn’t know what (or who) they are talking about, or simply doesn’t care enough to pull out their philosophy reader and check the spelling of the man’s name.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
I understand how people can not bother, while purporting to be so infinitely wise, to misspell Nietzsche - even if it is several times in a paragraph. The reason we should, however, ignore JJ&#039;s comment is because he takes a page from the late Francis Schaeffer&#039;s book and decides to ridicule a philosopher without ever actually reading his works. For if he, JJ that is, had he would know that Nietzsche blasted the religions of Christianity and Buddhism for, ironically, leading people down a life of nihilistic destitute and meaninglessness. He explicitly stated that Buddhists were the most nihilistic of all, with Christianity not far behind - but the sheer number of people who claimed to follow a life of self-proclaimed slavery to a bloodthirsty and schizophrenic god simply astounded him. 

If Nietzsche were here today he would ask you JJ, what meaning do you find in your life and would likely find your answer pathetically wanting.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>orDover comments,</p>
<blockquote><p>I think JJ’s comment should be ignored simply because he/she cannot be bothered to spell Nietzsche properly. I don’t mean to sound rude, but that tells me that he/she either doesn’t know what (or who) they are talking about, or simply doesn’t care enough to pull out their philosophy reader and check the spelling of the man’s name.</p></blockquote>
<p>I understand how people can not bother, while purporting to be so infinitely wise, to misspell Nietzsche &#8211; even if it is several times in a paragraph. The reason we should, however, ignore JJ&#8217;s comment is because he takes a page from the late Francis Schaeffer&#8217;s book and decides to ridicule a philosopher without ever actually reading his works. For if he, JJ that is, had he would know that Nietzsche blasted the religions of Christianity and Buddhism for, ironically, leading people down a life of nihilistic destitute and meaninglessness. He explicitly stated that Buddhists were the most nihilistic of all, with Christianity not far behind &#8211; but the sheer number of people who claimed to follow a life of self-proclaimed slavery to a bloodthirsty and schizophrenic god simply astounded him. </p>
<p>If Nietzsche were here today he would ask you JJ, what meaning do you find in your life and would likely find your answer pathetically wanting.</p>
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		<title>By: orDover</title>
		<link>http://de-conversion.com/2008/01/01/the-de-conversion-new-years-sermon/#comment-30055</link>
		<dc:creator>orDover</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think JJ&#039;s comment should be ignored simply because he/she cannot be bothered to spell Nietzsche properly. I don&#039;t mean to sound rude, but that tells me that he/she either doesn&#039;t know what (or who) they are talking about, or simply doesn&#039;t care enough to pull out their philosophy reader and check the spelling of the man&#039;s name.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think JJ&#8217;s comment should be ignored simply because he/she cannot be bothered to spell Nietzsche properly. I don&#8217;t mean to sound rude, but that tells me that he/she either doesn&#8217;t know what (or who) they are talking about, or simply doesn&#8217;t care enough to pull out their philosophy reader and check the spelling of the man&#8217;s name.</p>
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		<title>By: LeoPardus</title>
		<link>http://de-conversion.com/2008/01/01/the-de-conversion-new-years-sermon/#comment-30054</link>
		<dc:creator>LeoPardus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:50:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>OK. I&#039;ll modify it. 

It&#039;s the only life you can count on.  I happen to be fairly convinced that it&#039;s the only one you get.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OK. I&#8217;ll modify it. </p>
<p>It&#8217;s the only life you can count on.  I happen to be fairly convinced that it&#8217;s the only one you get.</p>
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