<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Impersonal means not you (personally).<div><br></div><div>As in, meaning “one” generically rather than you specifically.<br><br><div dir="ltr">SR Ballard</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Aug 12, 2020, at 8:25 AM, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Whatever that means and I don't know bill w</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 9:16 PM SR Ballard via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Impersonal you.<br><br><div dir="ltr">SR Ballard</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Aug 11, 2020, at 8:52 PM, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">I am a naturalist (atheist) and have not prayed for about 55 years. I do wish you well but don't think a god will intercede for you. bill w</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 7:34 PM SR Ballard via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">I think it depends on what you’re praying about. <div><br></div><div>Some people are offended by the idea always, but others find it a sweet thought in the right circumstance.</div><div><br></div><div>My thought is, why are you telling me you’re praying for me? <br><br><div dir="ltr">SR Ballard </div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Aug 11, 2020, at 7:13 PM, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Most of us decided, I think, that a religious person feeling sorry for an atheist was condescending and patronizing. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">What about prayer? If someone is praying for you, is it the same as feeling sorry?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">bill w</div></div>
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