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Re: Should AFOL websites keep to themselves?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:19:03 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Timothy Gould wrote:
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Perhaps next time you can try answering the question with something other
than a joke (hopefully). Although answering questions might show that the
majority of your argument is constructed out of
straw.
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Actually, that was a serious response. If you believe the account in
Genesis, language was designed to keep us apart. Read the story, comprehend
what it says, and then see if it sheds any light on your bafflement as to
why “some people have a problem with the type of language used by others.”
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I was going to say nothing in response to your response and I will leave out
the rest of it but... I just can’t believe that you seriously expect me to
take the writings in Genesis as part of a logical argument. I really can’t.
I’m not Christian, Chris. I’ve got no intention of becoming Christian and if
I ever did become Christian I still wouldn’t believe that Genesis was a
literal account of history.
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That section of his post does reveal a lot about his (il)logic processes,
though.
Jeff
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) Where I come from, it is a sign of critical thinking to be able to evaluate an idea on its own merits, regardless of the source. But I know that critical thinking is a dying art. Do cultural differences add nuance to the written/spoken word (...) (18 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| --snip-- (...) I was going to say nothing in response to your response and I will leave out the rest of it but... I just can't believe that you seriously expect me to take the writings in Genesis as part of a logical argument. I really can't. I'm (...) (18 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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