Re: transcendental

J J R (jrovira@juno.com)
Tue, 20 Oct 1998 16:37:52 -0400 (EDT)

No, of course not, Scottie, but I'd like to see the evidence first that
the earth isn't flat.

See, you're begging the question rather than making a reasoned argument. 
It's really no different than reciting, "This is what I believe" without
offering any reasons for that belief...

Jim

On Tue, 20 Oct 1998 10:00:58 +0000 Scottie Bowman <bowman@mail.indigo.ie>
writes:
>
>	`... Sorry, but you're not really in a position to judge 
>	the motives people have for holding to certain beliefs unless 
>	you share those beliefs yourself.  I mean, couldn't your 
>criticism 
>	here be viewed as a bit smug and self-righteous? ...'
>
>	As Jim would say: `eh, I mean,...' isn't this a bit steep ?  
>	Must I believe we're all living on a dinner plate before I 
>start 
>	questioning the tenets of the Flat Earth Society ?  Would that 
>
>	be evidence of my smugness & self-righteousness ?
>
>	And why is the *modest* proselytiser - Hare Krishna 
>cymbal-basher, 
>	or Joseph Smith salesman, or shining faced nun - always so 
>	off putting ?
>
>	Scottie B.
>
>
>

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