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To: RobRoy

Supporting facts isn’t the same as religion.


624 posted on 04/05/2008 9:28:39 AM PDT by tokenatheist
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To: tokenatheist

>>Supporting facts isn’t the same as religion.<<

With that I agree 100%!

But one has to be careful about supporting facts. Every argument has supporting facts to one degree or another. But to win the day one must have a significant body of “evidence” to support ones position.

Ptolemy had supporting facts for his theory about our solar system. Ultimately though, the whole thing turned out to be dead wrong at the most foundational level.

Supporting facts can be used by True Believers for the most absurd of positions.


665 posted on 04/05/2008 7:21:31 PM PDT by RobRoy
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