Article 777 of rec.games.chess.misc: Newsgroups: rec.games.chess.misc Path: info!dregis From: dregis@exeter.ac.uk (David Regis=) Subject: Re: Do Ratings Vary By Religion? Message-ID: Followup-To: alt.dev.null Organization: University of Exeter, UK. References: <40a9u1$rck@news.voicenet.com> Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1995 09:50:45 GMT In article , smayer@netcom.com (Steve Mayer) wrote: > >> Offhand, I would think that an _agnostic_ would be considerably stronger >> than an atheist, as he/she would be more open-minded and willing to >> evaluate positions w/o the religiousity of the atheist. Nah, agnostics would just consider all sorts of stupid moves because they didn't want to dismiss them out of hand, and lose on time... :-) You _were_ joking, weren't you? follow-ups redirected to alt.dev.null -- Dave Regis &8^D* DrDave on BICS _ | "What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of | ______ / "()/~ | scientific inquiry combined with a belief that the | \/DARWIN\ || \_/| | torture of millions is not desirable, whether | /\______/ ~\ / | inflicted by Stalin or by a Deity imagined in the | L L _|||__ | likeness of the believer." -- Bertrand Russell |