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From: bandy@lll-lcc.UUcp (Andrew Scott Beals)
Newsgroups: net.singles,net.religion.christian
Subject: Anti-athiest or an anti-athiest?
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Date: Thu, 6-Mar-86 03:01:39 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar  6 03:01:39 1986
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In article <15859@rochester.UUCP> ray@rochester.UUCP (Ray Frank) writes:
>In article <2657@reed.UUCP>, purtell@reed.UUCP (Lady Godiva) writes:
>> 	Sadly it's true - it seems like there are always Christians, Jews,
>> Muslims and other "people of God" fighting each other about who is
>> really right about Him.
>
> You forgot to include atheists and agnostics who also have been killing each
>other since forever.  

Ah, but we don't go off an do it all in the Name Of God, thereby washing
oneself of all blame. When we kill (hmm. I wonder if the police here
keep statistics on that sort of thing).

Can you say "crusade"? Can you say "pogrom"? Can you say "nazi"?

>A good example of this is the old Roman empire.  

Bullshit. They were poly-theists.

>They killed for a thousand years, 

Yes, and they were even worse after they were "christianized".

>He only uses God as his scapegoat so as not to be confronted with the truth
>about his real nature.

And what does that say abou athiests? We have no "god", therefore...

>There are tens of thousands of murders and other violent
>crimes commited in this country yearly, does anyone out there think these 
>acts are done in the name of God?  

That's what the killers certainly believe.

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andy beals
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