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To: Mr. Silverback
It’s important to understand what is not in doubt: whether an individual atheist or agnostic can be a “good” person. Of course they can, just as a professing Christian can do bad things.

I know some 'Reformed' theologists that would beg to differ. The short version being that anything not done for the glory of God is not good. And if you're an atheist, you can't possibly do something for the glory of God

58 posted on 01/03/2008 10:14:57 AM PST by jack_napier (Bob? Gun.)
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To: jack_napier

‘The short version being that anything not done for the glory of God is not good.’

That’s a circular argument and not worth debating. If you propose that ‘anyone not religious is immoral’, then by definition, any atheist would be immoral.

By the same logic, an atheist could say, ‘anyone who believes in God is stupid’. Therefore, all atheists are smarter than all Christians.


62 posted on 01/03/2008 10:18:50 AM PST by DodoDreamer
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