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To: Ichneumon; Zuriel
How does that square with your denial of eternal life?

"Okay, I'll bite, where do you think I've denied such a thing?"

Right Here

Zuriel: The grave awaits us all. Some of us are positively convinced that that is not the end.

Ichy: "The desire for such a comforting possibility is a strong incentive to believe that it is true, regardless of the poor evidence for it.

As I said, you'll say what is expdient. I fully expect you to try to wiggle from the obvious meaning of your words above, but you're wasting your time; we see through you.

335 posted on 12/28/2005 9:19:00 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Atheist and Fool are synonyms; Evolution is where fools hide from the sunrise)
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To: editor-surveyor
"Okay, I'll bite, where do you think I've denied such a thing?"

Right Here

Nope. Learn to read. Stating (correctly) that there is poor evidence for "eternal life" (you *do* know what evidence means, don't you?), and stating (correctly) that there are strong emotional incentives to believe in such a thing, is not the same as a "denial of eternal life". Instead, it is an observation on the pitfalls of epistemology.

If you can't grasp the difference, you're not equipped to hold up your end of this discussion.

I fully expect you to try to wiggle from the obvious meaning of your words above,

It's good that you comprehend, however dimly, that I am likely to disagree with your faulty conclusions about what I've actually written, and what I actually believe.

but you're wasting your time;

Yes, I am obviously wasting my time trying to have a rational conversation with you. we see through you.

You see what you wish to see. Don't mistake that for what actually is.

354 posted on 12/28/2005 9:43:35 PM PST by Ichneumon
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