From: Brian Holtz [brian@holtz.org]
Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 12:27 AM
To: Gary Amirault
Subject: RE: atheism is caused by pride?


> Brian, you should dry up, really!

Sorry, I'll stay wet, thanks.

> When I say "sic em" and speak 
> of the Lord,
> I do NOT mean bring lightning bolts upon you, I mean, 
> bring LIGHT to you.

Oh yeah, like THAT was obvious, especially given your 
track record here of fleeing from any light that shine your way...

> Now only are you utterly proud,

You are utterly unwilling or unable to substantiate this 
thoroughly-rebutted indictment of me.

> but you appear not to have a 
> sense of humor either.

I'm known for my sense of humor; there's just been no humor 
from you to sense. Fortunately for you, I'm too civil to say 
how much there's been from you to laugh AT. :-) 

> You must have had an awful childhood.

What are you, an email application programmed to caricature 
insecure Christian apologists?  Next thing I know, you'll be 
telling me my heart is "hardened", or that I had a bad experience 
with a church or minister, or that some misfortune drove me to 
atheism.  Sorry to disappoint you, but I had a wonderful childhood, 
enjoyed my experiences with religion, and rationally chose atheism 
during a life that could aptly be described as charmed.

OK, what's next in your database of excuses for not questioning 
your worldview?  Or are your excuses all "dried up"? :-)

Look, I'm sorry if you've heretofore been sheltered from the world 
of robust critical thinking about Christianity in particular or 
philosophy and science in general. I'm just an amateur in that world, 
and my meager attempts to expose people to it should not be counted 
as pride or arrogance just because I happened to stumble into that 
world before they did.  There's enough in that world to humble us all.
--
brian@holtz.org
http://humanknowledge.net