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To: Sir Francis Dashwood
 Most atheists are so caught up in their polemics, they have become
nothing more than anti-Christians - or what I call the Religious Left
(a collaboration of the Marxist religion, neo-pagan
animal/tree/earth worshipper eco-fascists and general technophobes).

I am an atheist.  I know a lot of atheists.  We are not Marxist,
take no offense in being called pagan, yet are not econuts
or fascists.  We are often of the engineering type, the
creators of technology, not 'phobes.'

As I said earlier, atheism predates Marxism by centuries,
so Marxism is not a necessary precondition for atheism
in the least.  You seem to be smearing antireligionists
with political (Marx, fascist) terms that have no place
in the discussion.  Then you complain about someone
else's polemics.  Physician, heal thyself.

21 posted on 10/02/2002 6:47:56 PM PDT by gcruse
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To: gcruse
You are introducing red herrings and other informal fallacies.

Consider this. For an atheist to claim that I am immoral is no different than a preacher or rabbi saying I am a sinner.

"Morals" are a deceptive replacement for the "avoidance of sin." This is an attempt to establish ecclesiastical dominion over the sovereignty of an individual.

See Hobbes above concerning ecclesiastical dominion. It applies to the Papacy as much as it does many others (including many atheists), especially concerning phantastical images or apparitions...

In case you have not noted, I am an atheist. We are not like the vast majority of atheists...

23 posted on 10/02/2002 7:13:07 PM PDT by Sir Francis Dashwood
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