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Regurgitating the prose of Tim Wunder Tim Wunder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on
Thu, 07 Apr 2005 11:08:06 -0400:
|On 4/7/2005 10:11 AM, I believe that R. Quenett wrote:
|> mutilated misquotes
|> from Tim Wunder's 7 Apr 2005 classic prose
|> may follow:
|>
|> " What do you mean by "dealing with each other?" Sorry, it seems to
|me >
|> A good question, but the answer seems self-evident to me. 4x, you
|> and I are 'dealing with each other' now. Do we give each other
|> rational argument (persuasion) or some sort of force (flame,
|> intimidation, etc)? These are mutually exclusive.
|>
|
|OK, I'll buy that, reason and force are mutually exclusive. The
|question lies in whether faith and reason are mutually exclusive.
Yes, they are, at least for most people. They use faith to replace
reason rather than using reason to strengthen their faith. It's kinda
like the fine line between genius and insanity.
No one likes to feel alone, especially if they're insecure. Those who
"just believe" are insecure in their faith (hard to prop yourself up on
holes), so must impose their belief system on others so they don't feel
alone. Those who are secure in their faith usually arrived there by way
of reason, so have no need to ram their set of beliefs down another's
throat.
That doesn't necessarily make those with reasoned arguments correct, but
they sure tend to be a lot more tolerant of other's beliefs.
Ciao,
David A. Bandel
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