Re: SO MANY GODS

"Christopher A.Lee" <calee@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:27:24 +1100, "Jeckyl" <noone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> wrote:
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>>"Christopher A.Lee" <calee@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:12:17 -0600, Midwinter
>>> What I have been saying is that in the absence of any reason to
>>> believe something, one doesn't.
>>
>>Then you have comprehension problems.  Midwinter has *not* said he 
>>believes
>>a man called Jesus existed .. only that it is not impossible, and we do 
>>not
>>(and probably cannot) know.
>
> You also have reading comprehension problems.

No

> You have both been attcking a straw man.

No

> Accusing me of "being
> convinced" that Jesus didn't exist instead of addressing that actual -
> that there is no evidence that he did therefore no reason to believe.

I do not disagree with that.

> Hee has been treating "belief in the absence of evidence" and "not
> believing because there is no evidence" as equivalent but opposite.

No .. there is *your* comprehension problem

He has been treating "belief of existence in the absence of evidence" and 
"belief of non-existence because there is no evidence" as equivalent but 
opposite.

And they are .. Argumentum Ad Ignorantium works both ways

> And ignoring the fact that what little evidence there is goes against
> when there is none for.

I think you also have problems writing clearly .. are you missing some 
punctuation there?