Pastor Frank said the following on 2/13/2008 11:05 PM:
> "bob young" <alaspectrum@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>> JTEM wrote:
>>> "BIll M" <wm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>> Where is there ANY objective verifiable evidence
>>>> that ANY real gods exist?
>>> *Sigh*
>>> Who cares? Really. You want atheists to turn into
>>> bunch of annoying, prostylizing twits -- the equal
>>> opposite of the fundies? Is that it?
>>> If not, then let it go. Seriously. Just let it go. Why
>>> someone does or doesn't "believe" is irrelevant.
>> Hardly irrelevent when they kill those of a different belief
>> and it is happening all the time.
>>
> You mean like atheists killed in the name of atheism as per below?
>
> Pastor Frank
>
> Preamble to: THE FRUITS OF MILITANT ATHEISM in the new USSR
> By Brian Moynahan/The Faith: A History of Christianity/Doubleday,
> NY/2002/pp. 670-674.
> The unenlightened ego, with its drive to power and social control,
> has been problematic both inside and outside of religion. The
> preceding examples show the militant atheist ego at its murderous
> worst. They also reveal that religionists are not the only people who
> cower in the herd, as is shown by the Stalinists' pathetic recourse to
> 'atheist churches' such as the LEAGUE OF THE MILITANT GODLESS
> and the Groups of THE GODLESS YOUTH, complete with 'hymns.'
Oooh, I'm sorry, but atheism and antitheism are not equivalent. Theists
can be antitheistic (see Pat Robertson and his rant against Islam).
But, we have some lovely parting gifts. Tell him what he's won, Linda!
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