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To: elfman2
"I think you’re confusing “subjective” with “wrong”. "

No I'm not. The following definitions from dictionary.com work pretty well. What I'm saying is that Ayn Ryan may have missed the evidence or failed to reason clearly. And if she missed the evidence or failed to reason clearly, then her view or reality was subjective (not based on evidence) while the evidence in fact points to another scenario which you summarily lumped with all other scenarios under the label "subjective". Which would then be a misnomer, because if the her entire concept of reality was flawed, then there is another concept of reality out there that is not flawed and the evidence points to it, making it "objective".

Objective
1. Of or having to do with a material object.
2. Having actual existence or reality.

Subjective
Proceeding from or taking place in a person's mind rather than the external world:

Christianity in my view is Objective, the evidence points to it.

Islam however is both subjective and wrong. It is subjective because the evidence points to Christianity not to Islam. Islam is therefore a matter of faith that Mohammed was really a prophet and that all the other prophets that came before him were wrong or their works were corrupted. Making Islam a matter of faith despite the evidence and therefore totally subjective.

55 posted on 02/24/2004 11:27:41 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: DannyTN
Pitiful try. You think you’re the only one with a dictionary? This is the definition of objective that Objectivism took its name from:

"Uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices: an objective critic. "

You claim evidence leads to Christianity but selectively present evidence to the point of mischaracterization.

64 posted on 02/24/2004 3:43:01 PM PST by elfman2
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