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- From: mam@jcnpc.cmhnet.org (Mike A. McAngus)
- Subject: Re: iq<->religion: connection?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.025227.22079@jcnpc.cmhnet.org>
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- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 02:52:27 GMT
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- Iikka Paavolainen (iikkap@mits.mdata.fi) wrote:
- : In article <75972@apple.apple.COM> mikel@Apple.COM (Mikel Evins) writes:
- : >Stephen Doe's request for journal citations was perfectly reasonable.
- : >His criticism of your reasoning was completely justified, and he is
- : >perfectly right to say that, as we are unwilling to accept such
- : >feeble reasoning from Christians and other theists, we ought to
- : >insist upon sound reasoning from atheists as well. All your snideness
- : >in response to Stephen's perfectly justified requests does nothing
- : >whatever to improve the quality of your reasoning (though you
- : >could improve it whenever you like by complying with his requests;
- :
- : I am usually very friendly, but I just can't understand people who rush off
- : to flame others, completely inconsiderately. And second, what Doe seems to
- : have warped badly, is that I have no statements or thesis or premises made
- : whatsoever, the post was asking for opinions and what other people could glea
- n
- : from their resources. Let's say, as a comparison, that someone asks you what
- : if we take this route home instead of the usual one, it is shorter, I believe
- .
- : What kind of psycho goes saying "Give me substatial proof that that route is
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- Another rational, non-emotional, non-inflammatory response brought to you by
- Iikka Paavolainen.
-
- Get a clue Iikka. If the route is reasonably short, the driver can do an
- experiment and learn the truth. With sociological studies, experimentation is
- much more time intensive and fewer people are qualified to do the experiments.
- Since you claimed to have, in your possession, proof of your assertion, why
- should I or Stephen Doe do the experiment over?
-
- : shorter"? Most people would think for themselves and then agree or disagree.
- :
- : As for the Journal citations, if I had a study on exactly this statement and
- : area, would I ask about it on the net? In this manner, I mean. I gave one
- : journal that could give some way to the subject, but I doubt Doe will do
- : anything with it. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- Another logical, non-emotional, non-inflammatory response brought to you by
- Iikka Paavolainen.
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- Mike McAngus | As if I needed Another time consuming hobby.
- (mam@jcnpc.cmhnet.org) |
- The Truth is still the Truth | This Post exploits illiterates.
- Even if you choose to ignore it. |
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