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Re: Problems with Christianity and Darwinism
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 19 Jan 2001 17:41:16 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tom Stangl writes:
> James Brown wrote:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> > > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Eaton writes:
> > Hundreds of thousands of people have no knowledge of Brazil outside of
> > testimonials, but they believe in the existance of Brazil.
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> Ah, but this is NOT taken on Faith - this can be easily proved - simply buy a
> plane ticket and watch the ground go by during the flight ;-)
No no, the point is that it IS taken on faith. Maybe not by YOU, but by
some. Let's say something more obscure (someplace you HAVEN'T visited, seen
pictures of, etc). I dunno, say Sri Lanka. Really you'd be best to suggest
such a place, but for sake of argument it'll do. Do you doubt Sri Lanka's
existence? Or do you take it on faith, because all the maps you've seen of
the world, India, etc, all show Sri Lanka, and they've proven to be right
about other things? Just because you CAN prove Sri Lanka's existence by
going there doesn't mean you *don't* take it on faith *before* proving it,
unless you're about to say that you don't believe ANYTHING you hear without
verifying it for yourself. If we all did that we'd waste WAY too much time,
although we'd probably be a heck of a lot less error prone :)
DaveE
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| (...) This is taken on Faith. I believe in extra-terrestrial life. Believing that we are on the only life-bearing planet in the entire universe is pretty arrogant, I think. (...) Ah, but this is NOT taken on Faith - this can be easily proved - (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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