Re: Why Don't You
Just Be An Atheist?
Bob Webster
From: "Bob Webster"
To: "Positive Atheism" <editor@positiveatheism.org>
Subject: Positive_Atheism_Letters_Section
Date: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 6:08 AM
In response to: Why Don't You Just Be An Atheist?:
That is one of the best rebuttals to Pascal's Wager that I've seen! That was the conclusion I came to when I finally resolved my "God crisis."
Thanks,
Robert Webster
'We just replaced all the bugs with security measures!'
I put this on the back page of the August, 2000, issue of the print edition. Now, I knew I'd heard the name Austin Cline somewhere, but nobody recognized him as a film actor or the like. Then, as I was repairing our e-mail list, it turns out he is a subscriber, so I asked him for retroactive permission to reproduce it. He admits that this piece flew off his fingertips in a matter of a few minutes, and pointed to a whole section of Austin Cline's Weekly Column on About.com. Enjoy!
-- Cliff
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