[extropy-chat] grow closer to god--through the mail!!

BillK pharos at gmail.com
Tue Nov 30 17:07:25 UTC 2004


On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 11:00:07 -0600, Damien Broderick wrote:
> At 08:33 AM 11/30/2004 -0800, Mike Lorrey wrote:
> 
> > > Mike's arguments in favor of god
> >
> >I've never said I'm "in favor" of god.
> >Please apologize and commit yourself to actually read my posts in the
> >future.
> 
> Eh? An `argument in favor of' does not mean `endorsing the position
> proclaimed by' or `liking a lot'. It means `supporting that side of the
> argument', as in this dictionary definition of *pro*:
> 
> 1. An argument or consideration in favor of something: weighing the pros
> and cons. 2. One who supports a proposal or takes the affirmative side in a
> debate.
> ADVERB: In favor; affirmatively: arguing pro and con.
> 
> No apology called for, as far as I can see, unless Mike's hyper-subtle
> intention was to *ridicule* the traditional idea of a god.
> 

If Mike were ever to post a load of complicated bollocks to the list
(perish the thought!) and some courageous individual said that they
didn't believe it -- Would that disbelief have to be a religious
belief? Would it have to be their religion to disagree with Mike?

Or can they just be permitted to disagree with said load of bollocks?  :)

BillK



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