At first he denied they existed, until I pulled the old Bible off the shelf and pointed it out. He didn’t really know what to think about it and didn’t have anything interesting to say in response, so that ended that conversation… but, for having been a Christian for 25+ years, you’d think he’d have actually read the book?! Surprising how many Christians have never even attempted to read the whole thing… just the nice passages they’re spoon fed from the pulpits. Oh, and the scary “ur goin 2 hell” ones. So they don’t go off the path.

But I’d say I know a lot more about the Bible than both my parents. And that sort of knowledge only came from a good 5-6 years of losing faith and trying to get it back by learning as much as I could… Pity this particular idiot isn’t open to learning a few things, like… what atheists really know about the Bible! And why they REALLY don’t believe in God!

In fact, I’ve had the best Biblical discussions with atheists. Since they, for the most part, have read the material!

You’d think people would be a lot more embarrassed about admitting they believe in a magic sky fairy or magic underwear or a monkey faced deity. But no. It’s the people who have no gods who are the problem.
They make it too difficult for the rest of them to maintain the stupid.

Actually, no he is not. A decent accountant is both skeptical and rational. Sparky is neither. I shutter to think what “education” his students are receiving.

Also, accountants are excellent writers. The final work product of any accounting project is the written report. Accountants expend time and sweat to make sure these reports are as exactly accurate as our language will allow. They labor over the wording, the sentence structure, the flow of information to the reader. Sparky’s writing skills do not even rise to the level of a journalist.

You are my new hero for this week.

This response sounds more like high school than a faculty member. (Personally, I thought that your letter was quite charitable, and was more interested in discussion than name-calling.)

He might be a decent accountant, but as an educated member of academia, this guy’s just embarrassing. I can only imagine his “logic” when he speaks up at faculty meetings.