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- From: cfaehl@leo.unm.edu (Chris Faehl)
- Newsgroups: alt.atheism
- Subject: Re: A point well missed ...
- Date: 28 Jan 1993 14:52:30 GMT
- Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
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- References: <1993Jan27.195335.17753@grouper.mkt.csd.harris.com> <C1JuM7.6zB@darkside.osrhe.uoknor.edu>
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- In article <C1JuM7.6zB@darkside.osrhe.uoknor.edu>, bil@okcforum.osrhe.uoknor.edu (Bill Conner) writes:
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- > What I'm curious to know, is what made the difference, why did you
- > change, and why atheism? Claiming to be a skeptical person begs the
- > question it seems. The change from a child for whom God was at least
- > possible, to a cynical adult for whom there is nothing greater than
- > Man is radical at least.
- >
- > Bill
-
- I gained a few critical reasoning skills and started actually looked at what was
- out there ( a google of different dogmas all vying for the same share of pie )
- and started LISTENING to what was actually being said in my church. The thing
- that struck me most was, I was never given any REASON to believe - merely that
- I must.
-
- I don't know where you get the impression that atheists believe nothing is greater than Man - I've never seen such a posting in this group.
-
- Chris Faehl
- cfaehl@polaris.unm.edu
-