What Is The Bible To You?
Vince
From: "Welvis Tarn"
To: "Positive Atheism" <editor@positiveatheism.org>
Subject: Hi
Date: Saturday, March 24, 2001 6:02 PM
What is the bible to you?
From: "Positive Atheism Magazine" <editor@positiveatheism.org>
To: "Welvis Tarn"
Subject: Re: Hi
Date: Sunday, March 25, 2001 6:19 AM
What is the bible to you?
Political tract, oppressive dogma, and gratuitous pornography -- in that order.
Cliff Walker
"Positive Atheism" Magazine
Five years of service to
people with no reason to believe
From: "Welvis Tarn"
To: "Positive Atheism" <editor@positiveatheism.org>
Subject: Me again :)
Date: Monday, March 26, 2001 3:36 AM
Thank you for your prompt response. I have another quick question, How many emails do you generally get in a week or a day for that matter, and out of that number, how many are from Christians, and how many are from Atheists? Well... I guess that wasn't so quick. :P
Let me introduce myself, my name is Vince, I live in Kansas... go ahead make a Wizard of Oz joke or 2. I think that I have heard them all. I came upon your website and I just wanted to ask you a few questions. I looked over a lot of your site and I think I understand where you are coming from. If you could tell me in your words, when you would believe if ever, that there is a God. As I understand from your site, you said that if the proper evidence was ever brought to you, you would then believe. If I am mistaken please correct me.
Thanks for your time,
Vince
From: "Positive Atheism Magazine" <editor@positiveatheism.org>
To: "Welvis Tarn"
Subject: Re: Me again :)
Date: Monday, March 26, 2001 4:59 AM
I am not in to counting e-mails. I did it a few weeks ago, if I remember, and perhaps that's already posted.
I would believe that a god existed if someone were to give me a convincing reason to believe that a god actually existed. So far, nobody has even come close -- usually because the "God" proponents, almost to a man, disqualify themselves by being caught telling lies for the purpose of trying to convince me that theirs is a position of truthfulness. Others insist that I prove that no gods exist. That's not how it works: when it comes to god-claims, it's the theist's role to make the case that gods exist, and it's the atheist's role to sit and listen until such time as a convincing argument comes by. If you wish to give it a try (and are willing to be polite about it), be my guest: the first order of business would be to describe to me what you are talking about when you utter the sound "God."
Cliff Walker
"Positive Atheism" Magazine
Five years of service to
people with no reason to believe
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