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To: crghill; Guenevere
The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God...

"Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us." -- Thomas Jefferson

This is a classic logical fallacy, no different from Hillary calling us here at FR a part of some vast rightwing conspiracy (which implies we pose some grave danger to national security for the mere reason that she said so and she should be believed in total). It's sophomoric Ad Hominem.

72 posted on 05/13/2007 9:43:18 AM PDT by GraniteStateConservative (...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
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To: GraniteStateConservative
It's a quote from the Bible.

Psalms 41:1...The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God...

I was responding to another poster (follow my post #)...

..who posted the Psalm...I posted the text.

90 posted on 05/13/2007 11:20:10 AM PDT by Guenevere (Duncan Hunter for President, 2008!!)
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To: GraniteStateConservative

“Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.” — Thomas Jefferson

The Psalmist is not engaging in name calling, rather He is describing the mental state of a person who would believe such a thing. Reason is against the Atheist. He cannot account for the world around him.


133 posted on 05/13/2007 3:37:24 PM PDT by crghill (Jacob Harmenszoon is no friend of mine!)
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