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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 12:38 PM Original message |
Liberally religious people & philosophical atheists - "Truth" |
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LouisianaLiberal (848 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. Thanks. |
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pat_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. belief people v. knowledge people |
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charles22 (200 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 01:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Belief is speculative. |
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pat_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 01:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Nevertheless, some apparently reside there. . . |
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charles22 (200 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 01:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Oh sure. |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 03:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. "belief people" & "knowledge people" |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 04:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Truth always wins in the end... |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Wow that's an interesting read. |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. Good post....and I agree basic truths need to be established... |
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Irreverend IX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
9. Pros and cons |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 06:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. A few things to point out... |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
12. The atheists and spiritual left are far too lazy to ever move forward. |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 08:22 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Speak for yourself...n/t |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 06:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Speak for yourself. |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 09:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Thank you for illustrating my point. |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 09:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Maybe. |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 09:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I accept that criticism. |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 02:42 AM Response to Reply #22 |
36. Hmmm. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
13. We can have political consensus and ethical consensus |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 12:43 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Maybe there's plenty of truth in religion, but not the kind you buy into. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 05:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. There is NO TRUTH IN RELIGION, except by coincedence and |
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ironbark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 08:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Illiterate camel herder gets lucky |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 12:54 AM Response to Reply #16 |
26. You seem to be angry and rigid in your assertions. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 01:15 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. I have very little anger....annoyance, perhaps, best |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 01:42 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Thanks for allowing that my religious beliefs, if any, may not be worthy |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 02:05 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Lol...I don't much get deism either. |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 08:13 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. That is not Deism, that is Pantheism. n/t |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 01:16 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. The view that makes the most sense to me |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 02:08 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Wow...where did you get all of THAT! |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 03:37 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Love isn't special at all. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 05:05 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. I am no doubt much younger than you |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 05:40 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Thanks for dealing straight with me in this little exchange. |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 10:35 PM Response to Reply #45 |
54. Re: "How do you know ANY of this stuff?" |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 08:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
53. oops |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 08:30 AM Response to Reply #16 |
39. Science is the search for fact, not truth |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 11:40 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. No. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 11:57 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Who says everyone takes the story of Noah literally? |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 12:29 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I know you don't believe in Noah...don't strawman me. |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 06:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. .... |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 12:56 AM Response to Reply #18 |
27. Maybe you're not one of the many. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 11:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. I agree with you on the creationism/intelligent design issue. |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 01:02 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. This is what I don't understand - how does rejection require acceptance? |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 01:08 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. To be able to reject something, I have to understand what it is. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 01:22 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. What do you mean? |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 01:39 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Exactly. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 01:54 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Its patronizing drivel, and its arrogant. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 01:42 PM Response to Reply #32 |
44. "because we're angry or disappointed" |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 07:10 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. Me, I'm ECSTATIC that I'm god-free! |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 07:28 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. There is another mechanism too. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 11:40 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Very good point, RA. |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 08:19 AM Response to Reply #31 |
38. You nailed it...n/t |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 07:08 PM Response to Reply #25 |
49. Exactly. One cannot 'reject' what has never been proven to exist. |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
17. Why not both? |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
20. Both theories are self-evidently wrong. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 07:10 PM Response to Reply #20 |
51. "Universal truth is not measured in mass appeal." |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 10:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
55. "Truth... is something you discover" |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
57. I think differences in what are considered legitimate sources of knowledge |
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