On 1 Sep 2006, at 7:10PM, Andrew Crystall wrote:
Aggressive atheists cannot be trusted since they believe right and
wrong are entirely relative and their ethics are based on no firm
principles except intolerance and the hatred of the religious.
Straw man. I don't know who you have in mind but *I* certainly am not
a relativist and my ethical principles have immovably solid foundations.
Religion on the other hand is built on sand - what an imaginary being
told a mythical person in a fable. In religion if you don't like what
it says on the {<scrolls>,<tablets>,<gold plaques>,<laserdisc>...}
that the {<talking monkey>,<prophet>,<purple elephant>,<sacred
flamingo>...} brought from the {<sacred mountain>,
<beanstalk>,<ogre's castle>, <holy cruise ship>...} you can just make
up another, more congenial, fable and believe that instead. If that's
too much effort you can find someone who has done it for you and join
their religion.
--
William T Goodall
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Theists cannot be trusted as they believe that right and wrong are
the arbitrary proclamations of invisible demons.
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