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Lucas21c Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Natural Sentence

Could you tell me whether the following sentence sounds fine?
Thank you.

I believe in God, but not religion. I believe that all religions are created by men.
  

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lucas21c Could you tell me whether the following sentence s soun d fine? I believe in ***, but not religion. I believe that all religions are created by men.

— Canadian45

  • lucas21c Could you tell me whether the following sentence s soun d fine?
  • I believe in ***, but not religion.
  • I believe that all religions are created by men.
  • If you believe that *** exists, you can't say that all religions are created by men.
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lucas21cCould you tell me whether the following sentences sound fine?

I believe in ***, but not religion. I believe that all religions are created by men.
Your sentences are grammatically fine, but they are not logically consistent.If you believe that *** exists
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Canadian 45 - I agree that the sentences are grammatically fine but I don't follow your logic when commenting on Lucas21c's statements. Surely all religions, however diverse, have been created by men - the belief in *** is from within oneself and is not necessarily associated with any religion
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But if you believe in '***', you cannot eliminate the possiibility that some religion comes directly or indirectly from ***. You can't just say that '***' can mean almost anything.

I am not going to discuss religion any more here.
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Yes, your sentences are OK. But you'd need to go on to explain what you mean by the second sentence, as it seems a bit puzzling.

Clive
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What I like to say is that I believe there is ***, whatever it is - the universe can be *** in my point of view, but I believe all religions are just created only by some one or some people, and there is no such *** that a religious group insisits - so, I don't believe in any religion.
Could you tell me how I can convey this idea without puzzling?
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You may hear people say "I believe in *** but not in organized religion."
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I agree with Barbara PA answer as that statement conveys concisely what your beliefs are - and I remain bemused by Canadian45's assertions re *** and religion
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bonviveurI agree with Barbara PA answer as that statement conveys concisely what your beliefs are - and I remain bemused by Canadian45's assertions re *** and religion
The point is that some of you have such wide definitions of what *** can be that it makes the word '***' completely meaningless.
I am not saying that I do or don't believe in ***. I
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