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Re: Libertarian debate in danger of pollution (was Re: Will Libertopia cause the needy to get less?
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Thu, 30 Nov 2000 16:21:15 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes:
Here is where I think the "intellectuals" stumble:  Say for argument's sake that
there actually is a God who created us all.  This God is unseen because it is
infinite and cannot be comprehended by finite beings.  Now, how could an
intellectual or a scientist ever hope to believe this God exists?  Because they
can only know to be true what they can prove.  God by definition is unprovable,
but scientists insist upon applying the scientific method to everything.  Their
own intellect becomes their stumbling block.  To intellectuals and scientists:
face it, in the big scheme of things, you don't know kaka from kuchen (not that
anyone else does, but we don't really think we do either).

-John

Idunno, my mother was a Darwinfish-carrying physical anthropologist who
believed in God.

Bruce



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  Re: Libertarian debate in danger of pollution (was Re: Will Libertopia cause the needy to get less?
 
(...) Thank you, Hannibal. (...) You raise good points, Bill, but don't fall into the trap of trying to prove anything about Christ or God, at least to seasoned debaters such as Lar et al. They will eat you for lunch. But that's okay, because we (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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