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Re: The god debate again... sigh (Re: Will Libertopia cause the needy to get less?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sun, 3 Dec 2000 17:16:59 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bill Farkas writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jon Kozan writes:
> > Minor philospohical point I had to add....
This isn't really minor. It's kind of the crux of the past three thousand
years of philosophy.
> > While everyone is entitled to their beliefs, don't even begin to think that
> > that means all beliefs are equal.
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> No, you're right. Ultimately there is only one truth, obviously.
Woa! What does that mean? I'm not sure that such an assertion is obvious at
all. Truths are multilayered, and most things are true/real in some ways and
not others.
> > However, when I attempt to verify my belief with a demonstration, I will
> > undoubtably fail. (cf. the Heaven's Gate cult)
Was this chosen as an example of something that would be trivial to
demonstrate? I'd like to be shown that they failed.
Chris
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