(Ron) By his carnage he is known. (another example of the
death of 1000 qualifications)
Farrell Till jftill@midwest.net
Tue, 02 Jun 1998 16:56:42 -0700 (00896849802, 2.2.32.19980602235642.00756bb8@midwest.net)
At 12:57 PM 6/2/98 -0400, Brian Dean wrote:
>RON
> OK, let me try to re-state this question in such a way that you cannot
>evade it. Are you willing to accept every person who claims or claimed
>to be an atheist as your representative? As the representative of
>atheism in general? If not, then what is the point of your argument? How
>can you expect Christians to accept Hitler as our representative?
>
TILL
No, I'm not willing to accept every person who claims or claimed to be an
atheist to be my "representative." In the first place, this would be
impossible, since atheists have conflicting views just as nonatheists do.
That being true, how can I accept any and all of them as my representatives?
However, I am willing to take their word for it when they claim to be
atheists and accept the claim that they are atheists. It would be rather
presumptuous of me to say, "You're not a real atheist." Nobody expects you
to accept Hitler as your "representative." However, since he did make many
statements that indicated a belief in God, why can't you accept that he at
least claimed to be a theist?
Farrell Till
Skepticism, Inc.
jftill@midwest.net