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sweetmiracle
Skeptic Friend
USA
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Paulos23
Skeptic Friend
USA
446 Posts |
 Posted - 03/02/2005 : 08:48:40 [Permalink]
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20,000 years of mental illness?
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You can go wrong by being too skeptical as readily as by being too trusting. -- Robert A. Heinlein
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. -- Aldous Huxley |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2005 : 08:56:34 [Permalink]
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You can go wrong by being too skeptical as readily as by being too trusting. -- Robert A. Heinlein
true, but not as quickly. 
Sorry 'bout that Paulos -- I couldn't resist any longer!
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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Paulos23
Skeptic Friend
USA
446 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2005 : 09:45:47 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by filthy
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You can go wrong by being too skeptical as readily as by being too trusting. -- Robert A. Heinlein
true, but not as quickly.
Sorry 'bout that Paulos -- I couldn't resist any longer!
No prob. But I keep remembering the guy in horror flicks that doesn't believe any of what the heros are saying, and gets killed in a very messy way. |
You can go wrong by being too skeptical as readily as by being too trusting. -- Robert A. Heinlein
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. -- Aldous Huxley |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26031 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2005 : 11:33:03 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Paulos23
No prob. But I keep remembering the guy in horror flicks that doesn't believe any of what the heros are saying, and gets killed in a very messy way.
And now I'm remembering Harald the Missionary from Erik the Viking, who was literally unable to see, hear, feel, etc. anything which disaffirmed his Christian beliefs (all the Norse stuff they ran into). |
- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail)
Evidently, I rock!
Why not question something for a change?
Visit Dave's Psoriasis Info, too. |
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
4574 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2005 : 11:43:04 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by creation88
The question should not be "why do bad things happen." The question should be "why does God allow anything good to happen." When we'vfe sinned as much as we have, we are so fortunate to have a God merciful enough to allow ANYTHING good to happen.
See? This is exactly what I'm talking about. Christianity is a religion for people who hate themselves.
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"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman
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jimrobb
New Member
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Posted - 03/02/2005 : 21:22:50 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by H. Humbert
Christianity is a religion for people who hate themselves.
Surely I'm not the sole exception to this proposition. |
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