Re: Nancy P is not perfect

Greetings all,

In light of your discussion, you may find these two links to be of
interest. I have no personal affiliation with either of them, but find them
useful.
http://www.tektonics.org/qt/sommer01.html and
http://www.tektonics.org/af/calcon.html

Warm regards,
Janice Matchett

At 12:37 PM 7/27/2005, Bill Hamilton wrote:

>Jack Syme wrote
>If one is a Calvinist, or presuppositionalist, I guess you could argue
>that it doesnt matter what Stalin read, he was predestined to be an atheist.
>
>But if one is more of an evidentialist, then perhaps it is possible to
>look at in in a way that it appears that a person can be influenced by
>their environment enough to either accept God, or reject him.
>
>If that is the case, then it could be argued that naturalism in general,
>and Darwinism in particular, might influence someone to reject God.
>
>I think what James wants to know, is, is there any evidence to back the
>claim that Stalin reading Darwin, pushed him into atheism, and this lead
>to unrestrained mass murder? Perhaps it would help to know if those with
>knowledge in this area, think that there was any increase in atheism,
>related to Darwin in particular, or is it just a trend related to
>naturalism, and post-Enlightenment philosophy?
>------------End Syme quote------------------------------------------
>
>I think what's more likely is that Darwinism provides some intellectual
>support for those who have a natural tendency toward atheism.
>
>
>Bill Hamilton
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Received on Wed Jul 27 12:53:55 2005