But I think it's relevant to the list because I think it helps explain the
mindset of some of the christians on the list.
This morning the girls and I went to a Presbyterian church. (They were
putting on a puppet show/ cantata and several of my friends and their kids
were in it, so I went.) The story centered around a girl and boy - the
girl was an atheist (well, they didn't use the A word, but when the boy
said he was going to take a walk through the bible, she said "You believe
that? My dad says it's all nonsense." I felt like standing up and
shouting "Right on, dad", but the girl's actual dad is, in fact, the
minister of that church, which is why it got a laugh!) and the boy tells
her bible stories (creation, David and giant, Shadrak et al, Nathan - I
didn't know this one - a guy who is cured by dipping 7 times in some river,
loaves and fishes, and prodigal son) with the kid's choir doing the songs.
At the end of the program the girl falls to her knees and declares that
Jesus must be true, asks how she can be saved, and they all live
superstitiously ever after.
It occurred to me that the christians get this kind of nonsense propaganda
all the time. No wonder, then, that Walt Jr., and Mcgill, and (to a lesser
extent) David Court, think that telling us a few stories or spouting a
couple of verses is going to change our (in many cases, hard-won) logical
minds. Oh, I know that sometimes they resort to preaching just because
we've gotten them in a corner they can't get out of, but I really think
that they also BELIEVE that we can be persuaded from their rhetoric,
because that's what they hear in church.
Farrell, if this is too off-topic, I apologize. If so, please ask that all
comments be addressed to me personally.
April