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From: Fil.Sapienza@med.umich.edu (Fil Sapienza)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian
Subject: Re: Why do people become atheists?
Message-ID: <May.11.02.38.47.1993.28306@athos.rutgers.edu>
Date: 11 May 93 06:38:48 GMT
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In article <May.7.01.09.44.1993.14556@athos.rutgers.edu> maxwell c muir,
muirm@argon.gas.organpipe.uug.arizona.edu writes:
>of Faith (if you want to know, I feel that faith is intellectually
>dishonest). 

I'd appreciate some support for this statement.  I'm not sure
it really makes sense to me.

>The ambiguity of religious beliefs, an unwillingness to take
>Pascal's Wager, 

I've heard this frequently - what exactly is Pascal's wager?

>	Do I sound "broken" to you?

I don't know.  You point out that your mother's treatment upset you,
and see inconsistencies in various religions.  I'm not sure if that
constitutes broken-ness or not.   It certainly consititutes 
disillusionment.
--
Filipp Sapienza
Department of Technology Services
University of Michigan Hospitals - Surgery
Fil.Sapienza@med.umich.edu
