This fascinating missive arrived on the evening of April 26, 2005.
Absolute Proof that God Exists!
This is His Message for you, titled:
..."THIS IS THE TRUTH"
(and with His warning for disbelievers)You will answer to Him, not me!
http://www.godsweb.com/gnm1.html
Richard Whiteside (His messenger)
Visalia, CA
Wow. This poor guy had a hallucination about "God" appearing to him. That is his "absolute proof". Well, Richard, I am quite willing to answer to your God. You just send him over to have a chat with me, mkay?
Richard, if you're going to believe that, you can believe anything. I am saddened that so many people are so eager to believe complete nonsense.
If he bothers to respond with anything that resembles a request for an explanation, I'll try to explain things to him.
On April 28, 2005, Leonard Hambleton made some good observations about Richard Whiteside's web page:
i was browsing your site when i came across the email from Richard Whiteside. what i found interesting is the dog was scared to death of 'god'. i am an atheist, but i also am quite familiar with the bible and what i have noticed is that god is one BAD dude! he kills women, children, babies and any one else that is in the way. (if you check out the books of moses, he and his followers never really came across anyone they liked. god told him they were ALL bad) upon further reflection, i noticed that satan (the bible satan, not the renaissance satan) never killed, lied or led anyone to such behavior. the 'worst' thing he did was piss off god by telling the truth to adam and eve. for sake of argument, let us assume there is a god or gods and after the war in heaven, the 'hitler god' won and the pacifists lost. what if all the 'god-fearing' (no wonder, i would fear him too) folks are worshipping the wrong god? in my experience, animals are pretty good judges of character.
len hambleton
"I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." - - Stephen Roberts
Thanks, Len. The dog in Richard's story somehow reminded me of the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz. "I'll get you my pretty, and your little dog, too!" Ever notice how, when you hear a lot of fairy tales, they seem to run into each other after a while?

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