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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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Fri, 1 Dec 2000 01:50:06 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes:


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 don't need proof in
order to have *faith* (the assurance of things unknown).

No trap, I was laying one, and it worked. I'm a big eater, he couldn't
handle my lunch. Besides, I was using a martial arts/fencing/military tactic
of realizing a perceived weakness, telegraphing it to lure the opponent and
then using it to my advantage.

I have my reasons for my style or apparent lack thereof. I get the responses
I want, for my own purposes.



Of course, it cuts both ways.  Neither can Lar provide any evidence to the
contrary that God doesn't exist.  But then he will blather on about the >burden of proof being incumbent upon us blah blah squirm blah.

You have to read my "mea culpa" message to understand what I was doing here:

http://news.lugnet.com/off-topic/debate/?n=7607


"I'm NOT PLAYING, I'm CREATING!!"
Bill



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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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