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== Evangelical atheist ==
Hello, I was browsing through this site, and I noticed the article at http://www.conservapedia.com/Evangelical_atheist which said you are the author of that page. I am new to editing here, so I thought to check with the original author about this before editing anything. The article states "claiming that one can be good without attending religious services or reading the Bible" as a technique used by evangelical atheists.
This bring to mind something, as it seems to be claiming that only those who read the Bible can possibly be good people. But what if, for example, there was someone who followed a different religion that didn't include the Bible, but who gave money to charity, worked to improve people's lives, and did many works of good in their life. Even if they did not attend services or ever read the Bible, it seems they would be a good person just by virtue of their good deeds. Do you agree? I would appreciate it if that one phrase could be removed from the article, because it would seem to define a lot of people as "not good" on a single criterion.
Thanks,
T. Otru.
: No, I don't think it should be deleted. The point is not whether it is theoretically possible for someone to be good in such a manner, but that [[evangelical atheists]] exaggerate the opportunity by insisting on it. In other words, the point is about the style and arguments of an [[evangelical atheist]], not where there is a shred of validity to it.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 18:40, 31 December 2007 (EST)