"bob young" <alaspectrum@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Pmb wrote:
>> "Pmb" <someone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> > "bob young" <alaspectrum@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >> Pmb wrote:
>> >>> "Pastor Frank" <PF@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >>> news:475800ea$0$26000$88260bb3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >>> > "bob young" <alaspectrum@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> >>> > news:47578DC4.41467809@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >>> >> Bill M wrote:
>> >>> >>>
>> >>> >>> There are hundreds of different Gods and different religious
>> >>> >>> beliefs.
>> >>> >>> Which one is real and which are fakes???
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> I know the answer to that one.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>> How does any religionist know he is following the correct
>> >>> >>> religion
>> >>> >>> and a real God?
>> >>>
>> >>> The answer depends on the particular person's beliefs and how they
>> >>> came
>> >>> to their beliefs.
>> >>
>> >> He uses brains, common sense and logic and discovers that all gods
are
>> >> invented by man,
>> >
>> > Nope. It is impossible to arrive at that conclusion by logic and/or
>> > common
>> > sense. And by "common sense" I'm not refering to your *opinion* of
what
>> > common sense is, I'm referring to what is ratrionally considered by
the
>> > majority of all people to be common sense. I'd wager that your
"common
>> > sense" is based on presumptions of that which you intend to prove and
>> > thus
>> > you'd be using cirgular logic.
>> > That conclusion cannot be arrived at through logic. That fact is so
>> > well
>> > known that any well educated scientist/philosopher will tell you
that.
>> > As
>> > Richard Feynman (One of this centuries greatest physicist) said in
his
>> > book "The Meaning of if All," page 36
>> > The thrid possibility of explanation of the phenomena is that the
young
>> > man perhaps doesn't understand science correctly, that science cannot
>> > disprove God and that a belief in science and religion is consistent.
I
>> > agree that science cannot disprove the existance of God. I absolutely
>> > agree. I also agree that a belief in science and religion is
>> > consistent. I
>> > know many scientists who believe in God.
>> > The first two possibilities are very closely related to this one. I
can
>> > scan the relavent pages and make them avaible online so the reader
can
>> > see
>> > what the context is from which this quote is taken from.
>> > But by all means please do so, i.e. prove that "He uses brains,
common
>> > sense and logic and discovers that all gods are invented by man."
>> > Again,
>> > please do not use any assumptions of yours since they most likely
will
>> > be
>> > designed so that you'd arrive at the answer you seek and end up being
>> > circular logic. If you make a postulate then explain why you believe
>> > that
>> > postulate holds under any and all conditions.
>> > Pete
>>
>> Bob - Please disregard any question I posed to you. I've read some of
>> your
>> other posts in this forum and I have a rule whereby I don't converse
with
>> people who post so many insults against those people who disagree with
>> them.
>> You can continue to respond to my comments but note that you will be
>> wasting
>> your time and will thus be writing in vain since you are now being
added
>> to
>> my "block sender" list.
>
> From that you make it perfectly clear I had you questioning your
juvenile
> beliefs. One scored for common sense again
>
"Common sense"? Only to one perceptually and philosophically
challenged.
"Juvenile beliefs" indeed!!!!
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