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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