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From: rcd@opus.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: evidence for the non-existence of God
Message-ID: <248@opus.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 19-Mar-84 16:15:51 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 19 16:15:51 1984
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> If, indeed, the only reason anyone believes in God is that others
> are persistent in telling them God exists, I would think that Christianity
> would have died out a long time ago.  Many people are stupid, but not that
> stupid.  They usually require *some* shred of evidence besides a lot of
> verbiage...
Looking mostly at the last two sentences (ignoring belief in God in
particular) - no, sorry, many people ARE that stupid.  There are ongoing
discussions in net.auto, net.audio, net.misc (several), net.abortion, and
others in which people are "reasoning" not only without a shred of evidence
but without benefit of even the rudiments of logic.  If you don't want to
look at just the net, look at the general interest in the non-phenomena of
astrology, UFO's, ESP, telekinesis, out-of-body experiences.  I won't even
go into what can be found in politics.

It's observable - and verifiable, if you have the time and lack the
scruples - that T.C. Mits will not only accept, but BUY (often at great
cost) any piece of nonsense if it can be chromed, packaged, and hyped
appropriately.  I would that it were not so, but I fear that it is.
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