On 9/7/06, Charlie Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 07/09/2006, at 6:58 PM, Brother John wrote: > William T Goodall wrote: >> The atheists eat less babies than the theists though due to having >> a rationally designed, probably vegetarian, diet. > There is nothing rational about a vegetarian diet. Vegetarianism is > just a form of holier-than-thou for atheists. Rich, atheist and vegetarian. Me, atheist and omnivorous. Doesn't matter a damn to me what you eat. What does matter is that it's clear from your posts that you don't understand atheism, as you're repeating old and wrong canards about ethics and morality. Atheists have one thing in common, and one only - that they do not believe in gods. Beyond that, they're as diverse as any other random group of people.
I confess that I do not know as much about atheism as an atheist does, or a least not as much that is correct. But neither do atheists know as much about religion as religious people do, at least not as much that is correct. Some things you cannot understand correctly from the outside looking in. In all advanced fields of learning including both science and religion, most of the knowledge can be learned only after learning the prerequisites. Without those prerequisites, a student must remain ignorant. I know some science, but not much beyond the level of my mathematics which only goes as far as high school algebra, geometry and trigonometry. However, I know the scriptures rather well compared with most. And one thing I can state with dead certainty: The scriptures cannot be correctly understood unless you believe them. Therefore, statements made about religion (scriptures) by atheists are almost always made from a position of bustling ignorance. John W. Redelfs [EMAIL PROTECTED] *********************************************************** Do you play World of Warcraft? Let me know. Maybe we can play together. *********************************************************** All my opinions are tentative pending further data. --JWR _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
