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To: outlawcam
Actually faith and reason are not mutually exclusive. You are now guilty of the fallacy of false dilemma. Faith is a necessary component of everything we do, and we all have faith in one thing or another--including logic and reason itself (some of us do, anyway). Indeed, reason is a very important component of my faith. Without one, I could not have the other. Would you like me to elaborate?

In other words, Thomas Aquinas totally rocks, and there is a reason that - contrary to claims by anti-religionists - the church was one of the primary organs for preserving and advancing learning in both philosophy and the hard sciences for 1200 years after the fall of the Roman Empire. Generally, all we hear about is church censorship, like Galilleo's trial, not the development of foundations for Western scientific thought.

16 posted on 08/16/2004 1:06:37 PM PDT by FateAmenableToChange
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To: FateAmenableToChange
Thomas Aquinas totally rocks

He's a veritable rock star, one might say. ;)

17 posted on 08/16/2004 1:14:13 PM PDT by outlawcam (No time to waste. Now get moving.)
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To: FateAmenableToChange
Thomas Aquinas totally rocks

You could say the Dumb Ox rocks!

44 posted on 08/16/2004 6:11:32 PM PDT by Unam Sanctam
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