God Loves You
Michael A. Bentley
From: Michael A. Bentley
To: "Positive Atheism" <editor@positiveatheism.org>
Subject: Re: (no subject)
Date: Friday, August 22, 1997 12:17 AM
God loves you.
How can I know you're telling me the truth?
How do I tell if you're not one of those false prophets I keep hearing about?
Please understand that no god has ever personally communicated such a message to me directly, which makes your message nothing more than hearsay.
-- Cliff Walker
From: Michael A. Bentley
To: "Positive Atheism" <editor@positiveatheism.org>
Subject: Re: (no subject)
Date: Monday, September 01, 1997 9:55 AM
O taste and see that the Lord is good. Blessed is the man who puts his trust in Him. Psalm 34:8
Did you even read my questions?
My questions still stand: How can I verify that you are telling me the truth? How do I know you are not lying to me?
In fact, I think you are lying to me, because you evaded my questions and, instead, spouted pre-recorded rhetoric.
This is a classic maneuver of liars and charlatans, giving me all the more reason to think you are a liar, simply because you act like one.
-- Cliff Walker
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