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Old 09-27-2002, 09:03 PM   #91
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Really, Starboy - if you have a bone to pick with Helen, please try to keep it contained to private messages.</strong>
Bree, I don't have a bone to pick with HelenM. I was not aware that she was off limits to critical discussion. For what it is worth, my comments were directed mostly to Christians who wish to be thought of as freethinkers and not to HelenM in particular. Wouldn't it be great if wishing something made it so.

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Old 09-27-2002, 09:08 PM   #92
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<strong>I suppose if I have to think about whether I'm a freethinkerthen that in itself makes me a freethinker. </strong>
Actually if you have tothink you are already not a freethinker.

The nice thing about being a freethinker is that your thoughts are inspired.
 
Old 09-27-2002, 09:11 PM   #93
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Wouldn't it be great if wishing something made it so.

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Like being a freethinker because you call yourself an atheist?
 
Old 09-27-2002, 09:14 PM   #94
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Ya know, if you start hanging out with a-theists soon you start thinking like one.

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Is there something wrong with that? After all if you have something worth thinking about then I might enjoy thinking about it.
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Old 09-27-2002, 09:22 PM   #95
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Actually if you have tothink you are already not a freethinker.

The nice thing about being a freethinker is that your thoughts are inspired.</strong>
Inspired by who or what? If other then yourself, how is that freely thinking? As to your comment preceding this, I haven't got a clue as to what you mean. Can you clarify it?
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Old 09-27-2002, 09:26 PM   #96
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Some what?</strong>
SOME PUNCUATION!

"T"s are at a premium righ now. Didn' you ge the lates rationing memo? It's all part of the war effor. No more than two per word or three per senence.
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Old 09-27-2002, 09:33 PM   #97
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only a Freeman is a Freethinker and the rest is free to think otherwise.
Are you the Kwisatz Haderach?
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Old 09-27-2002, 09:34 PM   #98
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Bree, I don't have a bone to pick with HelenM. I was not aware that she was off limits to critical discussion. For what it is worth, my comments were directed mostly to Christians who wish to be thought of as freethinkers and not to HelenM in particular. Wouldn't it be great if wishing something made it so.

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Is having a critical discussion and being critical towards someone in particular the same thing?
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Is having a critical discussion and being critical towards someone in particular the same thing?</strong>

It is only if someone takes it personally. It is a test to see if someone is indeed a freethinker.

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Old 09-27-2002, 10:38 PM   #100
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As long as you question and doubt, you are a freethinker.


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Doubt and questioning are actually healthy for religion as well as science, as Geo-Theo's post illustrates.

Thinking about the existence of God is some of the finist thinking that any of us will do, regardless of the conclusions we come to.

Also, I try to re-evaluate my political, religious and scientific views as time goes on because new evidence comes up, old evidence is discredited, and existing evidence is often understood in a new light.

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