Really good to hear from you.

I don’t really get it with Cassandra either. It’s a pity. However, that’s up to her, and I daresay she has her own good reasons.

I’m certainly up for what you suggest. Thank you for doing so.

As a starter for discussion, then;

Would I be correct in assuming you do not believe in the existence of life after death?

If so, would I be correct in assuming that you do not, therefore, believe in any sort of eternal judgement? (Let’s say - if there is no God, there is no Judge.)

If my assumptions are correct, is it not hugely, wholly and utterly unfair that evil deeds remain unpunished and un-judged?

I appreciate the element of a tormented conscience in this debate, and the benefits of a clear conscience, but if Judgement does not exist (because there exists no Judge), haven’t the unrepentant evildoers got off, as free as can be?

Good to hear from you.

Greetings, as ever.

Be that as it may, I have a proposal for you. Since you seem to be the only regular commenter around here, and I seem to be the only poster, why don’t we simply dedicate this site to our conversations?

If you agree, you may decide the topic of our next thread in your response.
I will post it, and offer my response. We may continue the conversation as long as we like. At some point, I will pick the topic of the next post, you will reply, and so on. Others may join in if they wish, of course.

Let me know what you think.

Allen

http://www.myspace.com/theatheistmama

or:

MySpace.com

Stephen

Cassandra never responded to me, either.

The annoying thing is, I’ve lost her again. So sorry.

I’ll dig around and see if she appears. If she does, I’ll let you (all) know.

Greetings,
Stephen

I realise this might well be old news to some of you, but I’ve found Cassandra! She is at large promoting atheism on another website, which explains that she was too busy to maintain Atheist Mama.

I personally don’t actually believe her, because she is now doing there pretty much what she was doing here, so I can’t understand how being too busy was / is an issue.

However, it’s good to have located her, and, most importantly, to know that she is well. That’s really all that matters.

Just thought I’d let you know.

Greetings, all. (No response to my post about Professor Flew?)
Stephen

The following was reproduced in Salvationist (the weekly newspaper of The Salvation Army here in the UK) dated 9th August 2008.

It is taken from The Tablet, which is (I think) a Roman Catholic newspaper here in the UK.

I produce here exactly what was printed, F.Y.I. and discussion.

Former atheist philosopher accuses author of bigotry.
One of the world’s once most renowned atheist philosophers, Antony Flew, has launched a fierce attack on the bestselling author of The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins, branding him a ’secularist bigot’. Professor Flew, 85, has been at the centre of an intellectual tug-of-war over the past few years following the publication of his book, There Is A God: How The World’s Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind. In the book he writes that he has become persuaded by scientific evidence and philosophical argument of the existence of a ‘divine intelligence’…[Flew writes]: ‘the fault of Dawkins as an academic was his scandalous and apparently deliberate refusal to present the doctrine which he appears to think he has refuted, in its strongest form.’ He goes on to say that Dawkins’ book contains numerous references to Albert Einstein to bolster his arguments for atheism but fails to mention Einstein’s belief in a divine intelligence. Flew says this is evidence of Dawkins’ ‘insincerity of academic purpose’.

Greetings, as ever.