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... From: "KAZ" <kazvorpal@...> ... == What's the problem with certainty about a "lack of a god"? There's no evidence of a god. Regardless of whether a...
Anne
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Mar 1, 2008
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Eric, I'll try to confirm the source. The person who told me is pretty reliable, but then he has an 80% chance of being wrong. :-) Anne ... From: "Eric...
Anne
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... I've sort of grown tired of this debate, but thought I'd give it one more shot. First of all, depending on your concept of God, it is certainly possible ...
Eric Carlson
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Mar 1, 2008
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... I posted this to another group in response to an optimistic comment about this study. It's a reply to a particular comment, but most of it should apply...
William C. Garthright
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Mar 1, 2008
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... The article is just a start and a little light on content. It's a complex human issue. There are many factors to the human certainty conundrum, here are...
James S. Taylor
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Mar 1, 2008
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... Yes, it's not the sort of debate that will ever get anywhere. ... I agree. However, it's not just fundamentalists who use this argument (that belief in a...
William C. Garthright
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UPDATED: White House Plagiarist Quits http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content _id=1003718053 * Timothy S. Goeglein, a...
James S. Taylor
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From: "KAZ" <kazvorpal@...> ... And in particular let's not forget the certainty with which KAZ proclaims his beliefs here, which seems to be a perfect...
Walter Hecker
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Mar 2, 2008
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... From: Anne <1822@...> To: skeptics-forum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 9:53:23 PM Subject: Re: [Skeptics Forum] The certainty...
KAZ
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Mar 2, 2008
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... From: "Eric Carlson" <ecarlson@...> To: <skeptics-forum@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 9:52 AM Subject: Re: [Skeptics Forum] The...
Anne
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... From: "KAZ" <kazvorpal@...> To: <skeptics-forum@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 8:16 PM Subject: Re: [Skeptics Forum] The certainty...
Anne
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... From: William C. Garthright <billg@...> To: skeptics-forum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, March 1, 2008 1:19:57 PM Subject: Re: [Skeptics Forum]...
KAZ
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... From: Walter Hecker <Walter.Hecker@...> To: skeptics-forum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, March 1, 2008 6:02:42 PM Subject: Re: [Skeptics Forum] The...
KAZ
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Mar 2, 2008
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On 3/1/2008 2:19 PM, William C. Garthright wrote: [snip] ... And so do I. The breathtaking lack of logic involved is pretty outrageous. ... All I was claiming...
Eric Carlson
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On 3/1/2008 8:28 PM, Anne wrote: [snip] ... I've heard this said many times. I can't think of convincing evidence either for or against this assertion. I can...
Eric Carlson
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Mar 2, 2008
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... ==================================== There WOULD be no belief if some didn't INSIST there is a God. Statements like your's force a person to say they...
Anne
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... *** So, it's probably not a good idea to claim that the threat of damnation has done any good or to claim that religion keeps people moral. It's not just...
Anne
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... COMMENT: Science does allow the rational person to separate the wheat from the chaff and to bag all that superstitious corn. James Scott...
James S. Taylor
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Mar 2, 2008
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... "Active" disbelief? As opposed to "passive" disbelief? "No belief either way"? Disbelief is simply the lack of belief. There's no need to add any...
William C. Garthright
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Mar 2, 2008
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... I understand your point. But is it stooping to the same level to combat an argument with evidence that the opposite is true? If a belief in a god is...
William C. Garthright
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Mar 2, 2008
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... This isn't directly related to that point, but you might be interested in my experience. When I was a child, I'm pretty sure this is why I stopped...
William C. Garthright
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... From: Anne <1822@...> To: skeptics-forum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, March 1, 2008 7:28:10 PM Subject: Re: [Skeptics Forum] The certainty...
KAZ
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... From: Anne <1822@...> To: skeptics-forum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, March 1, 2008 7:34:55 PM Subject: Re: [Skeptics Forum] The certainty...
KAZ
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... From: Eric Carlson <ecarlson@...> To: skeptics-forum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, March 1, 2008 8:59:09 PM Subject: Re: [Skeptics Forum] The...
KAZ
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... From: Anne <1822@...> To: skeptics-forum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 2, 2008 6:35:09 AM Subject: Re: [Skeptics Forum] The certainty...
KAZ
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... From: Anne <1822@...> To: skeptics-forum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 2, 2008 7:36:03 AM Subject: Re: [Skeptics Forum] The certainty...
KAZ
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... From: James S. Taylor <james.adela@...> To: James S. Taylor <james.adela@...> Sent: Sunday, March 2, 2008 10:10:50 AM Subject: [Skeptics...
KAZ
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... From: William C. Garthright <billg@...> To: skeptics-forum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 2, 2008 10:24:20 AM Subject: Re: [Skeptics Forum]...
KAZ
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Mar 2, 2008
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... Hi Eric, I remember you stating in earlier threads that you consider yourself a christian. But the definition of the god you believe in, as per the above...
Walter Hecker
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Mar 2, 2008
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On 3/2/2008 8:36 AM, Anne wrote: [snip] ... This isn't a claim I've made, though I suppose I probably believe it is true. But I don't want to try to support...
Eric Carlson
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