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- From: ttobler@unislc.uucp (Trent Tobler)
- Subject: Re: A point well missed ...
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 23:34:03 GMT
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- Bill Conner (bil@okcforum.osrhe.uoknor.edu) wrote:
- : The question, "How much should I read of a religions corpus of sacred
- : writings", seems to miss the point. Being atheists it's incumbent on
- : you to demonstrate the reasons for your disbelief.
-
- Why is this? Well, we could be nice, and tell you our own personal reasons,
- but why is it incumbent for us to describe to you why we are atheist.
-
- : Merely attacking
- : the beliefs of others does nothing to validate your own.
-
- No, it only invalidates theirs, which may be the purpose in the first place.
-
- : Tell me then,
- : why are you an atheist ...
-
- Because I believe there is no god(s). This belief is founded on both theory
- (the world can be explained through scientific means), and experience (I
- have never had some 'spiritual' feeling that some god exists, is looking
- after the universe, etc.. this discounts the possibility of a fair and kind
- god who meddles with reality... the other gods are speculation, and may be
- fun to imagine, but realistically, it doesn't matter if you do or do not
- believe in them...)
-
- Now, Bill, tell us why you are an (a)theist (you never said which you were),
- and why.
-
- --
- Trent Tobler
-