Christopher A.Lee writes:

On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 16:33:45 GMT, Stephen Montgomery-Smith
wrote:
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I think I have to disagree. Koi Lo's original post clearly deals with
the question of the existence or otherwise of a creator, and that is
right up alt.atheisms ally.

It's the theists, surely, who have (or believe) they have an ally?

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Alt.atheism was set up by atheists to discuss atheist issues, of which
there are plenty - like whether/how to come out as atheists to theist
family, friends etc.

Finally, something to sink our sci.mathematical teeth into! Obviously
the particular problem just mentioned would be trivially soluble for
an theist without theist family or friends. So it remains only to
reduce the general case to the special case, and you're done.
The reduction for friends is clearly unproblematic. There are
greater difficulties for family, but none that can't be overcome
with enough will power. (I believe, but am not sure, that I do
have a theist first cousin. For safety's sake I haven't spoken to
him since 1973 or so.)

Lee Rudolph