Tom Grey wrote
> Further, I derive support for this from limited thought experiments:
> Society A: more Atheist,
> Society B: more Bible Believing.
>
> In which society do I expect more fraud? more cheating spouses &
> promiscuity? more theft? more murder?
> Well, even without empirical support,
> >>Irrespective of the "objective" truth of the Bible, the
> superiority of a
> >>"Bible believing society" is a position I strongly believe,
> >>
>
> Doesn't your position commit you to believing that the people in our
> society who do not believe in the Bible
> are in fact mostly selfish me
This seems awfully off topic, but the notion that
atheism implies an immoral society is not true. For a
primer, visit:
www.infidels.org/library/modern/nontheism/atheism/morality-and-atheism.html
Regarding believing biblical creation, every person
should know that the Bible contradicts itself on
Grey Thomas wrote:
>>Let us assume the Bible is not true; further, that there is no Biblical God.
>>Thus, no basis for ANY of the 10 commandments, nor thus for any absolute
>>moral good vs. evil. So fornication, adultery, stealing, murder are not
>>This "obviously" results in a selfish, mean so
> -Original Message-
> From: Alex Tabarrok [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> If information doesn't change people's minds - what does? Or, at
> least, what causes people to have the beliefs that they have? This is
> where Bryan's important work comes in. Understanding these sorts o
