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To: jacknhoo
Atheists.

Believe what you choose and I’ll do the same, but the second you try to force your lack of belief upon me or mine, you cross the line and I’LL DO THE SAME.

I don’t suffer fools gladly.

148 posted on 10/03/2007 8:57:26 PM PDT by Dr.Zoidberg (Mohammedanism - Bringing you only the best of the 6th century for fourteen hundred years.)
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To: Dr.Zoidberg
LOL. Well the news report has a nice hysterical headline to it, but atheists aren't going to start forcing people not to believe in God. (Not that they are even in a position to try anyway).

What one of the speakers at the conference, Sam Harris, appears to have said is: "Science must ultimately destroy organized religion."

What he is saying is that some day in the future, probably in the far distant future, he believes that science will supplant religion as a matter of course. He believes that religion will become obsolete and people will stop believing in God in the same way they the Greek, Roman, and Norse gods became obsolete.

I am an atheist but have no interest in forcing you to change what you believe, now or in the future. And I happen to think Harris is wrong. Religion will always be part of the human experience. Even if today's religions cease to exist, something similar will take its place.

151 posted on 10/04/2007 1:38:50 AM PDT by tyke
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