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- From: j1moody@darwin.cc.nd.edu (Joe Moody)
- Subject: Re: The Steve Martin movie "Leap of Faith"
- Message-ID: <j1moody-281292153852@hesmac12.hesburgh.lab.nd.edu>
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- Organization: University of Notre Dame
- References: <martin.725562276@marsh>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 20:44:26 GMT
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- In article <martin.725562276@marsh>, martin@cs.curtin.edu.au (Martin
- Dougiamas) wrote:
- >
- >
- > I don't read this group regularly, I just dip into it on occasion,
- > but I consider myself a pretty strong atheist... as far as a God is
- > concerned, the universe is innocent 'til proven guilty.
- >
- > Tonight I saw the film "Leap of Faith" with some friends of mine
- > who are pretty religious. I'm a pretty big fan of Steve Martin,
- > especially his earlier films, and I'd sort of expected to have a
- > bit of a laugh at evangelism at my friends' expense.
- >
- > Was I wrong... Steve Martin seems to have gone really quite
- > sickeningly religious in this movie.
- (rest deleted)
-
- You sound like a very bitter person. It's unfortunate your prejudice toward
- your fellow human beings' belief in a higher power blinds you so.
-
- It's amazing how you hide behind 'rationality' and 'open mindedness' to
- secure your unbeliefs, but many--including Steve Martin--find your
- definition of objective rationality to be *eternally* lacking.
-
- Joe
-