From: mathew <mathew@mantis.co.uk>
Newsgroups: alt.atheism
Subject: FAQ file diffs
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 92 16:32:49 BST
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Organization: Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK.

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       observation and theory that can explain many of the complexities of the
       universe and life on earth.
  
+      For an excellent overview of the arguments against the "proof by design",
+      read the book "The Blind Watchmaker" by Richard Dawkins.
+ 
  20. "The events of the New Testament are confirmed by independent documentary
       evidence."
  
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  23. "Did George Bush really say that atheists should not be considered
       citizens?"
  
!      President Bush made the comments during a campaign stop on August 27,
!      1988, at O'Hare airport.  He spoke with Robert Sherman, chief spokesman
!      for American Atheists:
  
!      RS: "Mr. President, what will you do to win the votes of Americans
!           who are Atheists?"
  
       GB: "I guess I'm pretty weak in the atheist community.  Faith in
!           God is pretty important to me."
  
       RS: "Surely you recognize the equal citizenship and patriotism of
            Americans who are atheists?"
  
!      GB: "No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens,
            nor should they be considered patriots.  This is one nation under
            God."
  
       UPI reported on May 8, 1989, that various atheist organizations were
       still angry over the remarks.
  
       The exchange appeared in the Boulder Daily Camera on Monday February 27,
!      1989.
  
  24. "I know where Hell is!  Hell is in Norway!"
  
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  23. "Did George Bush really say that atheists should not be considered
       citizens?"
  
!      The following exchange took place at the Chicago airport between Robert
!      Sherman of American Atheist Press and George Bush, on August 27 1988. 
!      The Republican presidential nominee was there to announce federal
!      disaster relief for Illinois.  The discussion turned to the presidential
!      primary:
  
!       RS: "What will you do to win the votes of Americans who are atheists?"
  
        GB: "I guess I'm pretty weak in the atheist community.  Faith in
!            God is important to me."
  
        RS: "Surely you recognize the equal citizenship and patriotism of
             Americans who are atheists?"
  
!       GB: "No, I don't know that atheists should be considered citizens,
             nor should they be considered patriots.  This is one nation under
             God."
  
+       RS: "Do you support as a sound constitutional principle the separation
+            of state and church?"
+ 
+       GB: "Yes, I support the separation of church and state.  I'm just not
+            very high on atheists."
+ 
       UPI reported on May 8, 1989, that various atheist organizations were
       still angry over the remarks.
  
       The exchange appeared in the Boulder Daily Camera on Monday February 27,
!      1989.  It can also be found in "Free Enquiry" magazine, Fall 1988 issue,
!      Volume 8, Number 4, page 16.
  
  24. "I know where Hell is!  Hell is in Norway!"
  
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      "The Bible Handbook"  W.P. Ball and G.W. Foote  American Atheist Press
      372 pp.  ISBN 0-910309-26-4, 2nd edition, 1986.  Bible contradictions,
!     absurdities, atrocities, immoralities... contains Ball, Foote: "The Bible
!     Contradicts Itself", AAP.  Based on the King James version of the Bible.
  
      AAP's address is:
  
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       "The Bible Handbook"  W.P. Ball and G.W. Foote  American Atheist Press
       372 pp.  ISBN 0-910309-26-4, 2nd edition, 1986.  Bible contradictions,
!      absurdities, atrocities, immoralities... contains Ball, Foote: "The
!      Bible Contradicts Itself", AAP.  Based on the King James version of the
!      Bible.
  
       AAP's address is:
  
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       American Atheist Press
       P.O. Box 140195          7215 Cameron Road
       Austin, TX 78714-0195    Austin, TX 78752-2973
+      Phone: (512) 458-1244    Fax: (512) 467-9525
      
  
  mathew