Benjamin Franklin

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WOODCOCK

>>Here is a quite good arguement (sic) for God:

>>

>>

>>Once upon a time there was an atheist, a Christian, and a model of our

>>universe.  The atheist asked the Christian, "Who made the model there on

>>the table?"  The Christian stated, "No one made it.  It formed itself."

>>The atheist was kind caught by the comment and said, "No really who made

>>the model?"  The Christian insisted that no one had made it.  The atheist

>>became a angry and said, "Do you take me for a fool?  Who made the model?

>>Obviously, the designer is very talented and deserves recognition."  The

>>Christian said, "How can you believe the real solar system made itself,

>>but at the same time think it is an insult on your intelligence when I say

>>this simple model made itself? Come on."   

>>

>>

>>[Based on a true story.]

>>Pretty good, eh?

>

>RICHARD:

>

>If it is a true story you will have no trouble telling this list the names

>of the people involved.

>

>So Tony - what are their names?

>


TILL
This anecdote was attributed to Benjamin Franklin.  If it happened, of
course, he would not have seen his model of the solar system as evidence of
the existence of Woodcock's god, because Franklin was a Deist.


Farrell Till
Skepticism, Inc.
jftill@midwest.net

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