> -----Original Message----- > From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 9:18 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: The Debunking of Uri Geller and Popoff by Randi > > > Randi is a God among men. A GOD! > > I find it somewhat ironic that you choose to refer to someone who > dismisses faith using that word.
Well - a few things: 1) Randi doesn't dismiss faith. Randi (personally) dismisses the notion of the supernatural and the religious worshiping of it (note that his Foundation only confronts religion where it crosses into hokum, as in faith healing or stigmata). Faith can be directed at anything: a spouse, a country, a friend a pet. As an atheist I have a lot of faith: in people and ideals - just not in a magical man in the sky (although I do have a lot of faith in a magician in Florida). Faith is good, blind faith is not. 2) A definition of "god" refers to man worthy of adoration and/or somebody worthy of deification. Randi is just that to many people. Nobody has labored longer, harder or more selflessly in the seemingly impossible mission to eliminate bunk from our world. 3) Yes, it is ironic. ;^) Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:234355 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
