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- From: johnsd2@lib107.its.rpi.edu.its1 (Daniel Norman Johnson)
- Subject: Re: A point well missed ...
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:27:32 GMT
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- In article Dnu@darkside.osrhe.uoknor.edu, bil@okcforum.osrhe.uoknor.edu (Bill Conner) writes:
- > I've had the experience of discussing atheism with atheists before
- >and in every case the atheists avoids the questions, "Why are you an
- >atheist?" ...
-
- That's a shame. But it can be fixed. Now.
-
- > I think there are really only two possibilities here: one is that
- >the atheist can't explain his position, the other is, if he did he'd
- >look like a fool.
-
- I think there's a third, namely that the atheists are more interested
- in showing you whats wrong with the question rather than answering it.
-
- But I wont take that tack now, since you aren't interested in that
- sort of thing.
-
- > Other than sarcasm, ridicule and hyperbole,
-
- And flames! Don't forget flames! (now I'm depressed. I don't usually
- intentionally flame people. And when I do, they don't notice. Such
- a bummer.)
-
- > I've yet to hear an atheist's defense of atheism; are you up to it?
- >
- >Bill
-
- I am.
-
- I am an atheist for lack of anything better to be.
-
- In the face of no evidence for any Gods (and some evidence against
- some Gods) I cannot reasonably believe in these beings.
-
- And that's all there is to it, when you get down to the core of the
- thing. The rest is all just refutation of the various proofs of God's
- existance, disproof of very specific Gods which few people
- believe in anyway, and commentary about the consequences of
- theism, if it is true.
-
- There it is; that's what you wanted. Do you like it?
- ---
- - Dan Johnson
- And God said "Jeeze, this is dull"... and it *WAS* dull. Genesis 0:0
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- These opinions have had all identifiying marks removed, and are untraceable.
- You'll never know whose they are.
-