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8964 bestonnet_00 Sep 28, 2005
2:26 am
... No it isn't. You see faith is believing without or despite evidence which is exactly the opposite of what science is (science being only believing what...
8965 n1n31nchn3rd Send Email Sep 28, 2005
2:55 am
... That you would be pronounced clinically insane... Not admitted into any college... Not allowed a handgun... Be allowed to play with a big plastic sack...
8966 Mark
parashakti108 Send Email
Sep 28, 2005
9:56 pm
... any college...Not allowed a handgun...Be allowed to play with a big plastic sack unsupervised... -M: You seem quite opinionated - You must have quite a...
8967 Mark
parashakti108 Send Email
Sep 28, 2005
10:00 pm
... conviction; ... and ... evidence... -M: Who's evidence? Is there faith in this evidence? (I have been through this one many times before.) Isn't the...
8968 bestonnet_00 Sep 29, 2005
7:38 am
... The only good evidence is scientific evidence. For evidence to be scientific it has to come from experiment or observation and has to be able to be...
8969 Mark
parashakti108 Send Email
Sep 30, 2005
2:35 am
... -M: There are repeatable and observable yogic techniques. ... have faith. ... Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary Main Entry: faith [...] 3 : something that...
8970 Dave D
slambango Send Email
Sep 30, 2005
1:06 pm
This is an incredibly stupid thing to do Mark. Religious faith is defined as "BELIEF WITHOUT EVIDENCE" - that is faith. You are asked in religion to have faith...
8971 Bruce Allen
ab72756 Send Email
Sep 30, 2005
1:38 pm
conviction: noun, An unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence. (wordweb) From "The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English...
8972 Mark
parashakti108 Send Email
Oct 1, 2005
5:12 am
... -M: In science, aren't you asked to believe in the Scientific Method? And do you have evidence that your *means of determining evidence* is correct?...
8973 Mark
parashakti108 Send Email
Oct 1, 2005
5:13 am
... need for proof or evidence. (wordweb) ... phenomena. ... misleading. The strong conviction used by science would be to avoid a strong conviction to any...
8974 bestonnet_00 Oct 1, 2005
8:46 am
... You don't have to believe in it. The evidence that it works is right in front of you (you are using a computer to read this right?). ... Your definition...
8975 bestonnet_00 Oct 1, 2005
8:50 am
... No. You are arguing for the definition that you like. ... Just because you want something doesn't mean you'll get it....
8976 Cut You Up In Pieces
slambango Send Email
Oct 1, 2005
1:05 pm
Here's how it works, Mark. The speaker gets to determine which definition of the word he uses. I am now speaking, "I have no faith in anything, I have proof...
8977 bestonnet_00 Oct 1, 2005
1:27 pm
OK, here is the definition of faith from the Compact Oxford English Dictionary. OED is considered to be *the* English dictionary. faith • noun 1 complete...
8978 Mark
parashakti108 Send Email
Oct 1, 2005
8:55 pm
--bestonnet_00 wrote: -M: So which one are you proposing as the operational definition? You can even make your own if you like, I just need one to work with. ...
8979 Mark
parashakti108 Send Email
Oct 1, 2005
8:55 pm
... definition of the word he uses. I am now speaking, "I have no faith in anything,... -M: And this you have faith in. ... -M: And you have faith in your...
8980 Bruce Allen
ab72756 Send Email
Oct 1, 2005
10:31 pm
... Winning debates is what the sophist did and lawyers do. However neither have added one iota of knowledge or understanding to human episteme. I hope you're...
8981 Cut You Up In Pieces
slambango Send Email
Oct 2, 2005
12:36 am
Sorry, none of those examples come from legitimate scientific PEER REIVEWED sources. You lose. ... aren't ... making...
8982 bestonnet_00 Oct 2, 2005
9:16 am
... I see no reason why all of them can't be used....
8983 Mark
parashakti108 Send Email
Oct 3, 2005
2:43 am
... PEER REIVEWED sources. -M: Yes they do. ... -M: How about responding to me point-by-point? Sore loser. shanti Mark, Seattle ... which definition of the...
8984 De-ane Bailey
freethot77 Send Email
Oct 3, 2005
2:43 am
Arguing or debating with christians is a waste of time, They "know it all" and they never shut up! one had said "I am your friend" before they knew I am an...
8985 Mark
parashakti108 Send Email
Oct 3, 2005
2:43 am
... You can even make your own if you like, I just need one to work with. ... -M: Did you take geometry in school? Did you ever use multiple definitions...
8986 Mark
parashakti108 Send Email
Oct 3, 2005
2:43 am
... -M: I am arguing for the definitions that I like because they are the most rigorous - the test is in the debate, so give me responses that I can work with....
8987 Mark
parashakti108 Send Email
Oct 3, 2005
2:43 am
... -M: By this logic, then I guess that your debate isn't adding one iota of knowledge or understanding to human episteme. ... -M: Yes. ... -M: This is how...
8988 Mark
parashakti108 Send Email
Oct 3, 2005
2:43 am
... right in front of you (you are using a computer to read this right?). -M: Yes, I have FAITH in this, and I hope that you do too. ... tested than your...
8989 Mark
parashakti108 Send Email
Oct 3, 2005
4:06 am
... They "know it all" and they never shut up! one had said "I am your friend" before they knew I am an atheist, and ignored me or shunned me afterward. This...
8990 bestonnet_00 Oct 3, 2005
10:09 am
... Yes. ... Yes. ... Actually you gave a whole heap of them as well....
8991 bestonnet_00 Oct 3, 2005
10:14 am
... But they aren't....
8992 bestonnet_00 Oct 3, 2005
10:34 am
... I haven't seen any new knowledge added myself. ... No. It's how people who realise that you are pointless to debate get out of it. He didn't concede to...
8993 Mark
parashakti108 Send Email
Oct 4, 2005
4:24 am
... [...] ... definition. ... Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary Main Entry: faith [...] 3 : something that is believed especially with strong conviction; [...]...
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