Religion: the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, esp. a personal God or gods.
That argument about atheism being a religion reminds me of HGTG infocom game where you carry "no-tea" as an item in your inventory. Of course, in that it was meant to be comedy. Unfortunately, in the real world, that's not so true. On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 12:01 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > It's not a lie if it's not an affirmation. If you are religiously against > religion then you should not take the job. Until they cater to your > religious needs that is. > > . > > > On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 12:43 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > What other qualifications for office do you feel it would be okay to lie > > about? > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I don't consider it an affirmation, but I understand if you do. > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > true, but the point was being made that it's okay if you don't > believe > > > > because technically it's not lying. > > > > > > > > a lie is a lie regardless of how easy it is to expose. > > > > > > > > If I apply for office in Texas and I affirm that I believe in a > higher > > > > power, is that not a lie just because it can't be proven easily? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It is a lot easier, I think, to verify someone has a degree than > > verify > > > > > that they believe in some kind of deity. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:366656 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
