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Awmte · 04-26-2006, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Patriot7

Where is the section for the critisicm of Santa Clause and the Toothfairy? Why aren't we picking apart those stories? Or are those not hearsay?

Would you be satisfied with whole communities dedicated to debating the superiority of Star Trek vs. Star Wars (alt.startrek.vs.starwars)?

Kosh · 04-26-2006, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Patriot7

Where is the section for the critisicm of Santa Clause and the Toothfairy? Why aren't we picking apart those stories? Or are those not hearsay?

Well, here's one.... here

Awmte · 04-26-2006, 10:10 PM

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Now you're just contradicting yourself. How can empiricism correspond to reality if empiricism is the method by which we investigate realiy? You're arguing empiricism as a worldview now because it's convenient and it bails you out.

Again, empiricism can be pragmatically justified by noting that induction will tend to approximate any regularities in nature. As the statistical data set over which we induce grows bigger, our inductive hypotheses will grow correspondingly more accurate. Empiricism, thus, correlates highly with the reality apprehensible by our (empirical

) senses.

darstec · 04-27-2006, 05:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Julian

Did you think I would not notice that you didn't answer the question? Which one do you consider the revealed word of god?

Julian

I think he did answer it. The autographs. So none of the above.

What autographs??? Do you or Patriot have any proof such things existed? What did they say? How do they differ from any of the others mentioned? Why would some almighty god allow his inerrant words to be destroyed or lost for two thousand years if they are so important to the salvation of his creatures? Is his name Loki?

Patriot7 · 04-27-2006, 01:14 PM

Atheos -

I'm not ignoring you. Just busy with family and work responsibilities. I will post a reply to your last post this coming Monday.

Later,
Patriot

Toto · 05-07-2006, 10:28 PM

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