[Magdalen] A useful approach to the Bible

[Jay Weigel]

I would call Dawkins an anti-theist rather than an atheist. But that's me.
There's a difference, and a lot of it has to do with tone. He's gotten so
shrill in recent years.

On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 4:03 PM, Allan Carr <allanc25 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I asked my wife's son in law, a retired PhD in molecular biology and very
> active in his Episcopal church's missions and in his own missions, what he
> believed about God. He firmly replied that he was an atheisf. I wouldn't
> state it that firmly since I have some distaste for people like Dawkins,
> but I can't deny it.
>
> I don'tknow how many of us in the Epicopal Church are atheist or agnostics,
> but I think there are a fair number..
>
> I think it's arrogant to put down someone else here as being arrogant or
> acting arrogantly. But maybe it's a priestly prerogative.
>
>
>
> On Saturday, August 29, 2015, Sibyl Smirl <polycarpa3 at ckt.net> wrote:
>
> > On 8/29/15 8:16 AM, Ann Markle wrote:
> >
> >> I find it arrogant when someone assumes THEY are the one to decide (for
> >> everyone) what should be retained, what should be discarded or dismissed
> >> from scripture
> >
> >
>
> --
> Allan Carr
>