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To: VadeRetro
And the scientific evidence for this "soul" thing is... what? It enters into astronomy and biology... where?

My prior isn't enough, sorry, this is just beyond the pale. It's bad enough that you're so cavalier about yourself but you actually expect to get by with that line of reasoning given the prior one? You need your freakin head examined. I'm sorry, I'm done with you. Cause if you actually expect people to be that stupid for you and you're that careless, you need a whoopin and some serious correction on your attitudes.. at least need to discover a topic called ETHICS. Later, I'm off to the store. Perhaps while I'm gone you might discover what evidentiary proof means and perhaps go one better and learn what authority is - maybe even logic. One might hope you could develope a responsible nature toward others as well; but, let's not go overboard. Getting you out of the ranks of a Stalin would be a good starting point. "I said it, you have to believe it" isn't science so you might discover what science IS.

424 posted on 12/20/2004 10:14:26 AM PST by Havoc (Reagan was right and so was McKinley. Down with free trade.)
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To: Havoc

Geez, someone asks you for evidence of a 'soul' and you go ballistic. Guess you don't like being exposed as someone without support for your positions.


425 posted on 12/20/2004 10:16:02 AM PST by Dimensio (http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif <-- required reading before you use your next apostrophe!Ah, but)
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To: Havoc
My prior isn't enough, sorry, this is just beyond the pale. It's bad enough that you're so cavalier about yourself but you actually expect to get by with that line of reasoning given the prior one?

So assertions (e.g: "The solar system had a chaotic early history") with data (e.g: craters, asteroid belt, jigsaw-puzzled gas giant moons) behind them are bad because some kind of INFERENCE was obviously used to get from the data to the conclusion. Assertions with no data (e.g: "People have souls") are not only preferable but cannot be challenged at all without sending Havoc into rabies mode.

429 posted on 12/20/2004 10:25:35 AM PST by VadeRetro (Nothing means anything when you go to Hell for knowing what things mean.)
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To: Havoc
and perhaps go one better and learn what authority is

You mention Stalin. Stalin was an authority. Which is a more reliable guide to truth: authority or evidence? Which is more reliable evidence: witness or replicable experiment?

439 posted on 12/20/2004 10:59:45 AM PST by js1138 (D*mn, I Missed!)
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