--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What if none of it is true, and the only thing you're "protecting" > is an eternal technique which has never been lost and never > "corrupted" because it cannot possibly be? And, of course, > an immensely profitible monopoly, and the self important egos > of those who run it? OTOH, what if it IS true? You obviously don't believe that it is, but that's your belief. Those that believe that it IS true would likely behave differently than those that don't. And even those who are agnostic would likely behave differently than those that believe that the purity thing is wrong, period. Agnostics would say "well, we can't be sure, but the behavior, while extreme in cases, is consistent with the belief." Those who are actively ANTI in their belief will mock both the believers and agnostics because it makes them feel better about their obvious insecurities. You see this behavior in fundamentalist Atheists all the time: they can't accept that there are things that may not be proveable or disproveable (dispite most Atheists claiming to believe in Mathematics), and insist that not only are True Believers fools, but agnostics are as well. Dare I point out that many/most who post regularly on this forum fall into the Fundamentalist Atheist camp? I think I will, and let the flames fall where they may. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
