Posted by COMF [COMF] on November 28, 1999 at 08:18:09 {hcnmikA.Fk8btmTRbiCQoRa3VCcycQ}:
In Reply to: Basic ? for Athiests posted by chappy on November 27, 1999 at 19:51:17:
I don't consider myself an atheist, but I expect that most Christians would miss the distinction, so I'll answer your questions.
1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Probably not
4. In the same way that the "inner child" in me still longs to be held and kept warm and safe by its mother, yes, I am responsive to the concept of an all-powerful, all-loving parent-figure. However, I am more than an inner child. I am also an adult. I deal with the world on adult terms, terms of reality as I perceive it.
COMF