Robert D. Brinsmead
Councillor
Tweed Shire Council
Duranbah Road, Duranbah 2487
N.S.W, AustraliaJune 28, 1995
To Whom It May Concern:
I believe in the God whom Jesus called Abba Father, who also raised Jesus from the dead.
I believe that the gospel of His Son calls us to the freedom of being truely human and indestructable.
I don't believe in the gods who have to be mediated through religion, mediating sacred places, times, things or people.
I don't believe in the god of a never ending hell, nor in one who solves human problems by an act of omnipotent coercion.
Nor do I believe in a god who wants to establish a vertical master/slave relationship with people.
In short, there are popular or traditional views of the Deity to which I am "atheistic".
Signed
Robert D. Brinsmead