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- From: sdoe@nmsu.edu (Stephen Doe)
- Subject: Re: iq<->religion: connection?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.161139.13531@nmsu.edu>
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- Organization: New Mexico State University
- References: <1992Dec26.220732.28497@prime.mdata.fi> <1992Dec28.210152.19416@arden.linet.org> <1992Dec29.141114.11620@prime.mdata.fi>
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 16:11:39 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec29.141114.11620@prime.mdata.fi> iikkap@mits.mdata.fi (Iikka Paavolainen) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec28.210152.19416@arden.linet.org> joeb@arden.linet.org (Joe Beiter) writes:
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- >Seems that Stephen Doe has done us all a favor by warping the subject very
- >badly. Here are the facts:
- >
- >1) I have NOT made any theses or hard statements, thus I am indifferent
- >2) This was meant as a poll for opinions, NOT an argument
- >3) I can believe that some people are offended, but then say what your
- >opinion is, DON'T flame me.
-
- I have a hard time believing you don't have an emotional attachment to
- your thesi--I mean, "sincere observation." Does the fact that it is
- only a sincere observation mean you don't need to back it up? Does
- that mean we are assholes for pointing out that your pre-conceptions
- *might* have an effect on your observations.
-
- My opinion, Iikka, is that 1) IQ is probably not as good a measurement
- as you think 2) you have a huge emotional attachment to your position,
- blinding you to the possibility that even people as intelligent as
- yourself may arrive at a different belief--I think you need this
- notion of atheistic superiority to bolster your self image, hence the
- hostility to those of us who pointed out any weaknesses in your
- position.
-
- You could have saved yourself from getting flamed, if instead of going
- on about my "emotional attachment" to Christianity, and other absurd
- and insulting statements that anyone interested can see for themselves
- in your previous posts, you had answered my posts rationally. I think
- most of us can see that your anecdotal evidence is a load of crap, and
- that your criticism of my saying so has just been one long ad hominem
- attack. You've done a lot to show that atheists can be just as
- irrational when it comes to deeply held beliefs as any theists.
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- SD
-