Author Topic: A CALL TO THE RELIGIOUS  (Read 5232 times)

DaveM

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Re: A CALL TO THE RELIGIOUS
« Reply #25 on: February 01, 2017, 12:10:02 PM »
please explain why FAITH provides a pathway to truth and is it reliable?
Not being a 'religious' person I am not sure if I should be responding.  But I would like to know who the question is actually addressed to.  Certainly not the Christian faith as your sequence, as given, is the complete opposite of that found in Christianity.. 

Sebastian Toe

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Re: A CALL TO THE RELIGIOUS
« Reply #26 on: February 01, 2017, 12:22:23 PM »
You blatantly misquote me and then post gibberish. What are you expecting....?
He thinks he got on stage in time. He is expecting you not to have noticed that he didn't.
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Walter

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Re: A CALL TO THE RELIGIOUS
« Reply #27 on: February 03, 2017, 01:39:35 PM »

What 'objective' measures do you have for anything?
none, if you're a philosophy fan , splitting hairs is much more beneficial to the human race than actually doing something constructive.
I'd love to see a bunch of philosophers build a bridge over the Firth of Forth or send a probe to land on a comet , perhaps they have. What do I know?

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Re: A CALL TO THE RELIGIOUS
« Reply #28 on: February 03, 2017, 01:43:38 PM »
none, if you're a philosophy fan , splitting hairs is much more beneficial to the human race than actually doing something constructive.
I'd love to see a bunch of philosophers build a bridge over the Firth of Forth or send a probe to land on a comet , perhaps they have. What do I know?
How do you tell what is constructive without indulging in a value judgement?

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Re: A CALL TO THE RELIGIOUS
« Reply #29 on: February 03, 2017, 01:57:54 PM »
How do you tell what is constructive without indulging in a value judgement?
what more do I need to say? , thanks for that ;)