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Originally posted by pieman
i don't see any great merit in disbelief of all over belief of all. a hardened skeptic, to me, seems as useless as a fervent believer.
neither is really capable of adding anything relevant to the debate, they just clog up attempts at an honest assessment of the evidence with their vanity and bickering.
The difference is that disbelief of everything makes us ask questions, while belief in anything makes us accept things.
Originally posted by pieman
i don't see any great merit in disbelief of all over belief of all. a hardened skeptic, to me, seems as useless as a fervent believer.
neither is really capable of adding anything relevant to the debate, they just clog up attempts at an honest assessment of the evidence with their vanity and bickering.
Originally posted by ArMaP
The difference is that disbelief of everything makes us ask questions,
Originally posted by pieman
Originally posted by ArMaP
The difference is that disbelief of everything makes us ask questions,
i don't think that's true though, i think it's a misconception.
Originally posted by pieman
the only question that will move things forward is "is this true?".
Originally posted by easynow
with that said ...why do i get the feeling the purpose of this thread is to gather info for next months newsletter
Because your mind conjures up phantom motivations for people whose opinions you want an excuse to ignore?