[Vision2020] Atheists Fight Back

[Donovan Arnold]

Mr. Hansen wrote: "No.  Mr. Wilcourson.  I read the newspaper."
   
  No wonder Mr. Hansen is always so misinformed. 
   
  Best,
   
  Donovan
  

Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
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  “BTW Mr Hansen - how did you come across this little gem of a review?  Been trolling Google for everything "Doug Wilson Christ Church", throwing things out on 2020 and seeing what  ‘sticks’?”
   
  No.  Mr. Wilcourson.  I read the newspaper.  Like I mentioned twice before, and as it is posted at the onset of my posting:
   
  “From today’s (June 9, 2007) Spokesman Review – “
   
  You see, Mr. Wilcourson, unlike you guys, my reading sources extend beyond Wilson’s vanity he calls a blog and Courtney’s self-serving BLog.  I subscribe to the Spokesman Review which is delivered to my door every morning.  Maybe you ought to try it.  There is a whole world out there I am certain you are unaware of.
   
  Tom Hansen
  Moscow, Idaho
   
      "If I wanted to overhear every tedious scrap of brain static rattling around in your head, I'd read your blog."

- Bill Maher 


      
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  From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of Glenn Schwaller
Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2007 5:34 PM
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Atheists Fight Back

   
    After reading the "article" posted by Mr Hansen, it seems to me it is nothing more than sales hype.  I don't find anything of real substance in it, other than a National Enquirer-esque "read all this and learn the truth".  Not even a glimmer of something that hints at "here's what the mainstream religious believe and here is why they are misled."  It cites a few "examples" (Muslim jihadists) and leaps to the conclusions that "see - religion kills."  It then does an abrupt about face and states "decades of religious lobbying for conservative justices . . . upheld a national ban on partial-birth abortion."

Sounds to me like "Religion Saves".  But then, protecting unborn children from death simply because they happen to be an "inconvenience" is a pretty extremist viewpoint.

If anything can be gleaned from this "article" it's "people are becoming vocal in their dislike for ultra far-right-wing religions fanatics."  I'm not sure there is anything new and earth-shattering about this - I suspect a good majority of "religious" or "spiritual" people decry faith-based extremism, or any kind of extremism, on both the right and the left.

I suspect I'll buy a copy of the book and see if I have improperly lumped it into the category of "let me show you, you ignorant moron why believing all this superstitious nonsense is so abhorrent to intelligent people" or if it has some intriguing arguments.  I'm hoping for the latter.

BTW Mr Hansen - how did you come across this little gem of a review?  Been trolling Google for everything "Doug Wilson Christ Church", throwing things out on 2020 and seeing what  "sticks"?

Schwaller 

   

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