> Surely the descriptor "atheistic" is NOT rational, the atheistic
> stance only being rational if the non existence of a "god" were to be
> "proved". Would not the present rational approach be not to take a
> stance either way?
I think David has answered this quite thoroughly.
> My view on reading the text for the first time the other day (just
> having joined the newsgroup) was that a) it was interesting and b) it
> was (to me) slightly inconsistent.
>
> -Sorry!
No need at all to apologize. As the Virus homepage says this is a forum
for rational discourse. We do not discourage lurking but we encourage
participation.
>
> Jeff
Duane Hewitt