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Re: On credulity and religion
Stephen Barnard (steve@megafauna.com)
Sat, 13 Jul 1996 07:02:37 -0800
@#$%!?! wrote:
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> : because we can see, measure, and describe them. Is that really as
> : irrational as making untestable claims about the origins of those
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> Silly rabbit, logix is for kids. Do you have any idea how many
> untestable claims, how many controversies, how murky the semantics
> of "see", "measure", and "describe"?
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> : are alluding to, here. He did, however, exist. There's
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> Suppose I do not accept your statement Darwin existed. How would you
> force me to accept your beliefs as true?
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He could put your hand in a vise and stick bamboo splinters under your
fingernails until you recanted, which is similar to the methods used
by religionists through the ages.
Steve Barnard
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