On 10/4/07, Venky TV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/3/07, Deepa Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10/3/07, ashok_ wrote: > > > > >If people are gullible enough to believe something, > > >they should be allowed to. > > > > Well..I would take exception, on principle, to that word "gullible", > > which I think is a value judgement. In matters of religious faith, > > there are only different beliefs.. > > Isn't that what gullibility is all about -- belief in something illogical?
I'd say gullibility would be belief in something illogical without realising it's illogical. Religious belief (very often) is a conscious choice to believe in something irrational. > Venky (the Second). I think you'd be Venky (the Third) because a. There were at least two silklist Venkys before you. b. Somehow "the third" seem appropriate for you. viz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Madness_of_King_George -- b
