From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!cmcl2!lanl-a!unm-ivax!nmtvax!greg Newsgroups: net.philosophy Title: Re: What would you rather believe? Article-I.D.: nmtvax.170 Posted: Mon Feb 14 11:57:30 1983 Received: Thu Feb 17 06:57:21 1983 In reply to Dave Lee's question of February 9: I would rather believe that which I (or anybody else) can convince me to be true. Since I have seen no convincing evidence that God (or gods) does or does not exist, I prefer to remain as yet unconvinced. I can say this, however. I would certainly prefer not to believe in a system which teaches that all those who believe otherwise are stupid and should be belittled for their ignorance, particularly when their beliefs were arrived at by studying the same evidence for quite probably the same amount of time. You might also be reminded that some of the systems of belief you made fun of have been around much longer than the one you subscribe to, and have more followers. It seems unlikely that they are wholly wrong, therefore. Greg Titus