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To: kosta50; shibumi; Alamo-Girl; Quix; metmom
A guy who claims to be Napoleon said the same thing. In his world, he really is Napoleon and we are "crazy" for doubting him!

Obviously this is a case where the common ground of existence has been destroyed, as between this self-styled Napoleon and the rest of us. In the olden days, on the chronic ward, we used to call this sort of self-identification with Napoleon (or Jesus Christ, or some other historical figure) evidence of profound mental disturbance, "insanity."

But lose the common ground of existence, and all you have left is opinion.

In our current "climate of opinion," this ersatz Napoleon's "opinion" is just as good as anyone else's. If your opinion is that this Napoleon is insane for believing what he believes, well, that's just your "opinion." You could be the insane one.

Wipe out the common ground of existence, and there's no way to tell who is insane. For there is simply no longer any criterion by which the judgment could be made. It's all a matter of "opinion."

This is where your method of reasoning, dear kosta, is taking you down a path that leads to exactly nowhere. In my "opinion." :^)

391 posted on 03/26/2010 11:13:19 AM PDT by betty boop (Moral law is not rooted in factual laws of nature; they only tell us what happens, not what ought to)
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To: betty boop

INDEED! INDEED!

Reminded of the old joke . . .

. . . so . . . who told you that you were Napoleon?

GOD TOLD ME.

When a voice from the next bed said:

“I DID NOT!”


442 posted on 03/26/2010 9:06:30 PM PDT by Quix (BLOKES who got us where we R: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: betty boop; shibumi; Alamo-Girl; Quix; metmom
It's all a matter of "opinion." This is where your method of reasoning, dear kosta, is taking you down a path that leads to exactly nowhere. In my "opinion."

LOL! I am not interested in opinions; I want demonstrable facts. You will have to make up your mind what is "wrong" with me, because sometimes it seems I want too much proof and at other times I am going down the slippery slope of "everything is an opinion."

All I ever asked you for was what is God and for demonstrable proof of all the immaterial things you claim exist. All I ever got from you was unsolicited characterization of what 'drives' me, or complaints that what I want is excessive. But you never really gave me what I asked for.

485 posted on 03/27/2010 8:49:39 AM PDT by kosta50 (The world is the way it is even if YOU don't understand it)
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To: betty boop
Wipe out the common ground of existence, and there's no way to tell who is insane. For there is simply no longer any criterion by which the judgment could be made. It's all a matter of "opinion."

So very true.

Thank you for sharing your insights, dearest sister in Christ!

547 posted on 03/27/2010 11:28:34 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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