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- From: Ian.Douglas@f119.n7102.z5.fidonet.org (Ian Douglas)
- Newsgroups: alt.atheism
- Subject: Ok, truce?
- Message-ID: <3393.2B375D19@catpe.alt.za>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 23:40:01 GMT
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- Hi All!
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- On 19 Dec 92, HEATHER LEE FYFFE wrote to All:
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- HLF> I did not try to imply that all atheists are me-ists. I got going about
- HLF> me- ism (which, by the way, IS rampant in NA, as seen by certain
- HLF> best-selling books which I STUPIDLY have forgotten the titles of but I
- HLF> will get back to you... anyway...), and I still hold to what I said about
- HLF> the negative aspects of selfish me-ism. It is possible to be an atheist
- HLF> without being a me-ist. I can see that many of you do care about the
- HLF> world and it's people. However, it is also obvious that there _are_ some
- HLF> of you who don' t... there are people like that in all religions as well,
- HLF> including Christianity.
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- Why do you type your name in capital letters?
- What is wrong with being selfish?
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- Reality doesn't go away, even if you choose to ignore it.
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- Cheers, Ian
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