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Letter: There is good reason to have faith in facts

Published 3 May 2017

From Roger Redman, Moorlinch, Somerset, UK

I am sure that most rational unbelievers don't spend much time agonising over their lack of interest in religion. They have better things to do than ask why a blasphemer has to be shot by a mere human. Surely an offended omnipotent being could turn them into a wastepaper bin or a pillar of salt – an effective deterrent, I should think.

Issue no. 3124 published 6 May 2017

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