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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ilaine who wrote (2737)	10/26/2000 1:08:08 PM
From: E	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

You just sucked yourself into it by suggesting that it is I, not you, whose who have displayed poor comprehension. I have read and thoroughly comprehended all your posts. In none have you acknowledged that you made a false claim, or apologized for doing it. You have instead preferred to deny having done it -- though it is there on the page! -- and have obfuscated further with the introduction of the so-what "morally inferior" bit. The implication of this statement is patent: <<OK, I see you've abandoned your argument that atheists are as ethical as believers.>> Perhaps you believe the below was a retraction, but it wasn't, it was an obfuscation. You say: <<E, I never said that you said that atheists were morally INFERIOR. >> And Cobe, I never said you said it using those words. As I said, that obfuscation does not hide the fact that these two statements are pretty much logically indistinguishable. 1. "I see you've abandoned your argument that atheists are as ethical as believers." and 2. "I see you have abandoned your argument that atheists aren't morally inferior." You are capable of understanding this. If you don't, it's more out of Psych 101 -- "The Effect of Motivation on Perception." BTW, You still haven't shown me the testimonials you claimed exist in which Steven, Solon and cosmicforce "get your point" that you didn't imply on this thread that I had somehow conceded atheist moral inferiority. You have appeared, in this discussion, to feel no obligation to respond to effective rebuttals of your arguments, to respond to questions about assertions you make, or to restrict your disparaging claims to factual ones. I had hoped when you woke up this morning you would see what you had done and finally acknowledge it and apologize for the trouble to which you had put me. Instead you provide more evasion and obfuscation.