As Norm (of Cheers fame) said, Everyone has to believe in something...
I believe I'll have another beer. larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com http://www.pacel.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: cfhelp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 6:01 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Battleground God > > > I have Faith. > > Faith in my daughter. > Faith in my family. > Faith in my self. > Sometimes Faith in my car. > > Rick > > -----Original Message----- > From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 4:47 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Battleground God > > > *mumbles blissfully from his stupor* > > Faith in god and religion different context from faith in monsters' > existence/non existence. > Different kind of faith. > > *turns on his side* > Mmm..Muffins... > > -Gel > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 6:30 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Battleground God > > > At what point are you confused. I'll try to break it down further, if > you like. But it's just a set of logical propositions reaching a > conclusion: > > To deny one has faith in the existence or non-existence of God is > irrational. > > H. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 2:21 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Battleground God > > > *falls over in confused stupor* > > -Gel > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > I think it's a valid comparison. > > The Loch Ness monster seems to be a creature of myth. > Perfectly rational > people believe they have seen Nessy, but there is little if any > empirical evidence to support the existence of the Nessy. It > is equally > hard to prove that God does not exist as it is to prove that > Nessy does > not exist. > > As I suggested earlier, the flaw of the game is that it > presupposes that > faith is not rational. Pure faith can be a rational response to ones > environment. You need not be crazy or stupid to have faith. And since > all things that cannot be proven one way another (such as the > existence > or lack of existence of God or Nessy) are matters of faith, > to say that > faith is irrational is to say that all people are irrational, because > all people, at the end of the day, base their ultimate > beliefs about God > on faith. If all people are irrational, than the statements > of none can > be trusted. But since we can observe that some people are > rational, and > since all people have faith, and since in rational people, their faith > is founded on some sort of reasonable response to experience, then we > must conclude that faith is rational. > > It is the proclamation of a lack of faith that is irrational > because the > person who proclaims a lack of faith is denying all evidence to the > contrary that he cannot disprove the existence of God. > > H. > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
