Re: Rational thought process vs creationist 'thought' processes

Mark T wrote:
 
> "lynx" wrote:
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>> Some ppl have said that I tend to see things as 'black or white' and
that 
>> may be so. I guess I'm just not comfortable with shades of grey.
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> That type of absolutist thinking is what fundamentalism is all about. 
As 
> you get older (hopefully) you find out that absolutism doesn't work.
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The reason our society is so ****ed up today is because we've largely 
abandoned concepts such as good and bad and right and wrong that were 
and are the mainstay of a functional society. As I said to Sean, without 
principles for decision making chaos reigns.
 
> Refer to my previous "Stages of Faith" posts.
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>> I think when ppl think in terms of grey it's very easy to darken the 
>> shades without even noticing it. There are countless examples of this. 
>> Womens clothing for example. Early 1900's saw womens ankles exposed. So

>> then we said, if the ankle, why not the calf? then if the calf why not
the 
>> whole leg? then we had the three piece, which became the two piece, and

>> the two piece became the bikini, and the bikini the string bikini. (see

>> link) Without any principle on which to base decisions, we have
difficulty 
>> in deciding.
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>> (don't clik if ****ity offends) 
>> http://pedronet.info/pics/string_bikinis.jpg
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> 1. They aren't ****.  They wear some clothing.
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**** except for a few pieces of string then..
 
> 2.  If you have an absolutist position on stages of ****ity, what is the 
> EXACT measurement to be classed as ****?
>
> 3. Is this picture ****ographic?  If so, should the women be jailed?
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