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God and games.(HUMANISM 101)

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From: The Humanist
Date: 20051101
Author:Edwords, Fred

"If God does not exist, everything is permitted."

THE ABOVE QUOTE, commonly attributed to Fyodor Dostoevsky, not only was never written by him (see a lengthy examination on the Secular Web at www. infidels.org/library/modern/features/2000/cortesil. html) but the claim is false. That falsity is demonstrated daily: first in the ethical lives led by millions of nontheistic people all over the world, second in the nature of sporting events.

Yes, sporting events. We all know that it's impossible to play any sort of game without obeying rules. So all games have them. But where ...

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