On 31 Oct 2003, at 07:19, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
At 10:21 PM 10/30/03 -0600, The Fool wrote:> From: Reggie Bautista <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> I wrote:
> >>The only group you are likely to get consistent answers from would be
> >>the anti-religious groups, as you can probably see from some of the
> >>others who have already answered your email.
>
> William T. Goodall replied:
> >Doesn't this indicate where the compelling evidence leads?
>
> That the only group that follows in lockstep and allows no dissent from
> their orthodoxy is the anti-religious group?
Interesting. You are attempting to frame freethinkers and rationalists
as authoritarian thought police. But the fact remains that freethinkers
and rationalists have thrown off shackles of religious thought control,
not the other way around.
Though it is interesting how many of the people who describe themselves as "free thinkers" seem to think alike on so many issues, and to reject the positions of anyone who disagrees with them on those issues (abortion, frex) . . .
Maybe because although there an infinite number of ways of being wrong, there is usually only one way of being right?
-- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/
"The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible."
- Bertrand Russell
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