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Superstition, Luck and Vodoo
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no chas, not categorical proof. this is not required for the rational creature. but a strong case can be and has been made against this god supposition. that is all that is required, necessary and sufficient.
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"There's no use trying. One can't believe impossible things."
"I dare say you haven't had much practice. ... Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before
breakfast."
- Alice & the Queen of Hearts (Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)
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"There's no use trying. One can't believe impossible things."
"I dare say you haven't had much practice. ... Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before
breakfast."
- Alice & the Queen of Hearts (Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)
Originally posted by darkhorse
I thought we had moved beyond this, faster.
Let's scroll back a few posts and ask ourselves:
Who is angry.
Who is incoherent.
Who is unable to maintain civility.
Who is displaying repressed fear.
Who is afraid of God.
You.
i have done as you requested dark, i scrolled back and then proceeded to ask the tough questions. the answer to your query is
...you
i, fear NOthing
come again?
Originally posted by FasterPussycat
no chas, not categorical proof. this is not required for the rational creature. but a strong case can be and has been made against this god supposition. that is all that is required, necessary and sufficient.
OK, Faster. What you have described is <i>faith</i> -- the acceptance of a premise as fact in the absence of categorical proof. You are welcome to your faith. Just see it for what it is.
Originally posted by FasterPussycat
no chas, not categorical proof. this is not required for the rational creature. but a strong case can be and has been made against this god supposition. that is all that is required, necessary and sufficient.
ROFL
If you actually believed in opening your eyes to strong and rational cases, rather than shallow reliance on the physical and the temporal, you would be on your knees begging forgiveness of the one who shall deal with you.
p.s. you have distinguished company- Sartre was terrified too.
As he should have been.
Your terror is hidden wisdom, faster. Listen well.
Originally posted by chasinfla
OK, Faster. What you have described is <i>faith</i> -- the acceptance of a premise as fact in the absence of categorical proof. You are welcome to your faith. Just see it for what it is.
no chas, that is what YOU have done. you are The Believer, not i. i am the skeptic. i believe what is reasonable, rational, logical. not some child's fairy tale. i gave it up with 'puff the magic dragon".
"If you actually believed in opening your eyes to strong and rational cases, rather than shallow reliance on the physical and the temporal, you would be on your knees begging forgiveness of the one who shall deal with you."
LMAO, i prefer "shallow reliance on the physical" to angels dancing on the head of a pin. (btw dark, how many angels ARE on the head of a pin?)
you see, i like a good solid footing to keep my head out of the clouds.
LMAO, i prefer "shallow reliance on the physical" to angels dancing on the head of a pin. (btw dark, how many angels ARE on the head of a pin?)
you see, i like a good solid footing to keep my head out of the clouds.
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