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Topic: Religions > Atheism
User: ""
Date: 28 Dec 2005 04:03:40 PM
Object: It is okay to be skeptical
It is okay to be skeptical. I was once skeptical. But it is not okay to
be skeptical to the point of not being open to other possibilities.
Paul
.

User: ""

Title: Wow 28 Dec 2005 06:45:07 PM
Paul merely, simply, concisely, not imposingly, fairly stated a
nice axiom: Try to be open to new ideas. So what was the reply...
"He's an idiot". Wow!
.
User: "Ike"

Title: Re: Wow 28 Dec 2005 09:51:14 PM
<whyld4900@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Paul merely, simply, concisely, not imposingly, fairly stated a
nice axiom: Try to be open to new ideas. So what was the reply...
"He's an idiot". Wow!

I am so open-minded I never even bothered to read those.
.

User: "Denis Loubet"

Title: Re: Wow 28 Dec 2005 10:07:17 PM
<whyld4900@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Paul merely, simply, concisely, not imposingly, fairly stated a
nice axiom: Try to be open to new ideas. So what was the reply...
"He's an idiot". Wow!

No. We didn't call him an idiot because he said "try to be open to new
ideas", we called him an idiot because it's clear he doesn't know what it
means.
--
Denis Loubet
dloubet@io.com
http://www.io.com/~dloubet
http://www.ashenempires.com
.

User: "Robibnikoff"

Title: Re: Wow 28 Dec 2005 08:02:01 PM
<whyld4900@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Paul merely, simply, concisely, not imposingly, fairly stated a
nice axiom: Try to be open to new ideas. So what was the reply...
"He's an idiot". Wow!

Wow, you must be new here!
--
------
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
#1557
Science doesn't burn people at the stake for disagreeing - Vic Sagerquist
.
User: ""

Title: Re: Wow 02 Jan 2006 07:07:13 AM
Robibnikoff wrote:

<whyld4900@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1135817107.836136.154440@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...

Paul merely, simply, concisely, not imposingly, fairly stated a
nice axiom: Try to be open to new ideas. So what was the reply...
"He's an idiot". Wow!


Wow, you must be new here!
--

Yeah, I'm afraid I made a judgement and then a statement without
"assessing the landscape", so to speak, first. I now would like to
distance myself from my previous statement.
.


User: "J Forbes"

Title: Re: Wow 28 Dec 2005 07:52:51 PM
wrote:

Paul merely, simply, concisely, not imposingly, fairly stated a
nice axiom: Try to be open to new ideas. So what was the reply...
"He's an idiot". Wow!

If Paul had merely said "Try to be open to new ideas" then that would
not be grounds to call him an idiot. But he actually said:

It is okay to be skeptical. I was once skeptical. But it is not okay to
be skeptical to the point of not being open to other possibilities.

Since being skeptical essentially means being open to other
possibilities, what he said doesn't make sense.
Jim
.

User: "raven1"

Title: Re: Wow 28 Dec 2005 10:42:17 PM
On 28 Dec 2005 16:45:07 -0800,
wrote:

Paul merely, simply, concisely, not imposingly, fairly stated a
nice axiom: Try to be open to new ideas. So what was the reply...
"He's an idiot". Wow!

Carl Sagan also stated a nice axiom: Keep an open mind, but not so
open that your brain falls out.
--
"O Sybilli, si ergo
Fortibus es in ero
O Nobili! Themis trux
Sivat sinem? Causen Dux"
.
User: "Uncle Buck"

Title: Re: Wow 01 Jan 2006 05:40:57 AM
On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 23:42:17 -0500, raven1 <quoththeraven@nevermore.com> wrote:

On 28 Dec 2005 16:45:07 -0800,

wrote:

Paul merely, simply, concisely, not imposingly, fairly stated a
nice axiom: Try to be open to new ideas. So what was the reply...
"He's an idiot". Wow!


Carl Sagan also stated a nice axiom: Keep an open mind, but not so
open that your brain falls out.

That was Sagan? Here all this time I thought it was either Bill Cosby or Rosie
O'Donnel. Interesting. :-)
--
L8r,
Uncle Buck
aa#88
BAAWA Knight
"The gap betwixt civility and barbarism is the width of a tooth."
.



User: "DaveJr"

Title: Re: It is okay to be skeptical 28 Dec 2005 07:10:56 PM
<dunric@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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It is okay to be skeptical. I was once skeptical. But it is not okay to
be skeptical to the point of not being open to other possibilities.

Paul


"When you declare Smurf Village as the Kingdom of Heaven, only then will
you declare Papa Smurf the King of Kings. Jesus himself bows down to
worship the cotton tail of the resident Communist Father.
Paul"
Need we say more
.

User: "DaveJr"

Title: Re: It is okay to be skeptical 28 Dec 2005 04:20:57 PM
<dunric@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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It is okay to be skeptical. I was once skeptical. But it is not okay to
be skeptical to the point of not being open to other possibilities.

Paul

Thats how the christ-o-matic virus begins. Your words mean
absolutely nothing in this group. You're obviously forgetting
logic and common sense.
.

User: "Denis Loubet"

Title: Re: It is okay to be skeptical 28 Dec 2005 06:46:49 PM
<dunric@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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It is okay to be skeptical. I was once skeptical.

"Once"? Does that mean you're credulous now?

But it is not okay to
be skeptical to the point of not being open to other possibilities.

I only go where the evidence leads.
--
Denis Loubet
dloubet@io.com
http://www.io.com/~dloubet
http://www.ashenempires.com
.

User: "Ike"

Title: Re: It is okay to be skeptical 28 Dec 2005 09:51:13 PM
<dunric@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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It is okay to be skeptical. I was once skeptical. But it is not okay to
be skeptical to the point of not being open to other possibilities.

Paul

There are no other possibilities. If there were, of course I would be open
to them. I'm an open-minded m_f_r.
.
User: "Michael Gray"

Title: Re: It is okay to be skeptical 29 Dec 2005 02:58:13 AM
On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 03:51:13 GMT, "Ike"
<accordiondocxyzxyzxyz@mindspring.com> wrote:


<dunric@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1135807420.052953.12150@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...

It is okay to be skeptical. I was once skeptical. But it is not okay to
be skeptical to the point of not being open to other possibilities.

Paul

There are no other possibilities. If there were, of course I would be open
to them. I'm an open-minded m_f_r.

mefxr?
mofyr?
mifar?
????????
.
User: "John Smith"

Title: Re: It is okay to be skeptical 29 Dec 2005 08:44:20 AM
"Michael Gray" <fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote in message
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On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 03:51:13 GMT, "Ike"
<accordiondocxyzxyzxyz@mindspring.com> wrote:


<dunric@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1135807420.052953.12150@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...

It is okay to be skeptical. I was once skeptical. But it is not okay to
be skeptical to the point of not being open to other possibilities.

Paul

There are no other possibilities. If there were, of course I would be open
to them. I'm an open-minded m_f_r.


mefxr?
mofyr?
mifar?

????????

Maybe mortar forker?
.
User: "The Ghost In The Machine"

Title: Re: It is okay to be skeptical 29 Dec 2005 10:00:05 AM
In alt.atheism, John Smith
<js@nospam.com>
wrote
on Thu, 29 Dec 2005 06:44:20 -0800
<rtydneZuIN7Ray7eRVn-uQ@comcast.com>:


"Michael Gray" <fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote in message
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On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 03:51:13 GMT, "Ike"
<accordiondocxyzxyzxyz@mindspring.com> wrote:


<dunric@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1135807420.052953.12150@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...

It is okay to be skeptical. I was once skeptical. But it is not okay to
be skeptical to the point of not being open to other possibilities.

Paul

There are no other possibilities. If there were, of course I would be open
to them. I'm an open-minded m_f_r.


mefxr?
mofyr?
mifar?

????????


Maybe mortar forker?

That's gotta be the flip side to shitting bricks... :-)
--
#191,

It's still legal to go .sigless.
.
User: "Michael Gray"

Title: Re: It is okay to be skeptical 29 Dec 2005 05:24:04 PM
On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 16:00:05 GMT, The Ghost In The Machine
<ewill@sirius.tg00suus7038.net> wrote:

In alt.atheism, John Smith
<js@nospam.com>
wrote
on Thu, 29 Dec 2005 06:44:20 -0800
<rtydneZuIN7Ray7eRVn-uQ@comcast.com>:


"Michael Gray" <fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote in message
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On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 03:51:13 GMT, "Ike"
<accordiondocxyzxyzxyz@mindspring.com> wrote:


<dunric@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1135807420.052953.12150@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...

It is okay to be skeptical. I was once skeptical. But it is not okay to
be skeptical to the point of not being open to other possibilities.

Paul

There are no other possibilities. If there were, of course I would be open
to them. I'm an open-minded m_f_r.


mefxr?
mofyr?
mifar?

????????


Maybe mortar forker?


That's gotta be the flip side to shitting bricks... :-)

That's the first good belly laugh I've had in a long while!
Clever. ;)
.
User: "Ike"

Title: Re: It is okay to be skeptical 30 Dec 2005 12:00:58 AM
"Michael Gray" <fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote in message
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On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 16:00:05 GMT, The Ghost In The Machine
<ewill@sirius.tg00suus7038.net> wrote:

In alt.atheism, John Smith
<js@nospam.com>
wrote
on Thu, 29 Dec 2005 06:44:20 -0800
<rtydneZuIN7Ray7eRVn-uQ@comcast.com>:


"Michael Gray" <fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote in message
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On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 03:51:13 GMT, "Ike"
<accordiondocxyzxyzxyz@mindspring.com> wrote:


<dunric@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1135807420.052953.12150@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...

It is okay to be skeptical. I was once skeptical. But it is not okay
to
be skeptical to the point of not being open to other possibilities.

Paul

There are no other possibilities. If there were, of course I would be
open
to them. I'm an open-minded m_f_r.


mefxr?
mofyr?
mifar?

????????


Maybe mortar forker?


That's gotta be the flip side to shitting bricks... :-)


That's the first good belly laugh I've had in a long while!
Clever. ;)

Mother's father.
.
User: "Michael Gray"

Title: Re: It is okay to be skeptical 30 Dec 2005 02:21:12 AM
On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 06:00:58 GMT, "Ike"
<accordiondocxyzxyzxyz@mindspring.com> wrote:


"Michael Gray" <fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote in message
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On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 16:00:05 GMT, The Ghost In The Machine
<ewill@sirius.tg00suus7038.net> wrote:

In alt.atheism, John Smith
<js@nospam.com>
wrote
on Thu, 29 Dec 2005 06:44:20 -0800
<rtydneZuIN7Ray7eRVn-uQ@comcast.com>:


"Michael Gray" <fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote in message
news:1797r1lpl36o7s4jg2g9qnspdi8fnefsed@4ax.com...

On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 03:51:13 GMT, "Ike"
<accordiondocxyzxyzxyz@mindspring.com> wrote:


<dunric@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1135807420.052953.12150@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...

It is okay to be skeptical. I was once skeptical. But it is not okay
to
be skeptical to the point of not being open to other possibilities.

Paul

There are no other possibilities. If there were, of course I would be
open
to them. I'm an open-minded m_f_r.


mefxr?
mofyr?
mifar?

????????


Maybe mortar forker?


That's gotta be the flip side to shitting bricks... :-)


That's the first good belly laugh I've had in a long while!
Clever. ;)


Mother's father.

You just had to go and spoil it,
by telling us the answer now,
didn't you?
Spoilsport!
(Grandpa!) ;)
.







User: "Robibnikoff"

Title: Re: It is okay to be skeptical 28 Dec 2005 04:13:00 PM
<dunric@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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It is okay to be skeptical. I was once skeptical. But it is not okay to
be skeptical to the point of not being open to other possibilities.

Sorry, but you don't get to make any rules
--
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
#1557
.

User: "Gary Bohn"

Title: Re: It is okay to be skeptical 28 Dec 2005 08:45:29 PM
wrote in
news:1135807420.052953.12150@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

It is okay to be skeptical. I was once skeptical. But it is not okay
to be skeptical to the point of not being open to other possibilities.

Paul

Then you should be open to the possibility that there is no God, no
heaven, in fact there is nothing supernatural.
--
Gary Bohn
Science rationally modifies a theory to fit evidence, creationism
emotionally modifies evidence to fit a specific interpretation of the
bible.
.
User: "Michael Gray"

Title: Re: It is okay to be skeptical 29 Dec 2005 02:56:39 AM
On 29 Dec 2005 02:45:29 GMT, Gary Bohn
<garybohn@REMOVETHISaccesscomm.ca> wrote:

dunric@yahoo.com wrote in
news:1135807420.052953.12150@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

It is okay to be skeptical. I was once skeptical. But it is not okay
to be skeptical to the point of not being open to other possibilities.

Paul


Then you should be open to the possibility that there is no God, no
heaven, in fact there is nothing supernatural.

He said he "was once skeptical".
He's plainly now cured that apparent "fault".
.


User: "Enkidu"

Title: Re: It is okay to be skeptical 28 Dec 2005 05:58:29 PM
wrote in news:1135807420.052953.12150
@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

It is okay to be skeptical. I was once skeptical. But it is not okay to
be skeptical to the point of not being open to other possibilities.

Paul


I agree. Are you open to the possibility that your "faith" is nothing but
wishful thinking supported by the warm fuzzy feeling you get when you think
of all us atheists going to hell?
--
Enkidu AA#2165
http://www.thoughts.leaddogs.org/
EAC Chaplain and ordained minister,
ULC, Modesto, CA
PGP ID: 0xC4CE8CF0
We may not doubt that society in heaven consists mainly of undesirable
persons.
-- Mark Twain
.
User: "bob young"

Title: Re: It is okay to be skeptical 28 Dec 2005 11:40:04 PM
Enkidu wrote:

dunric@yahoo.com wrote in news:1135807420.052953.12150
@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

It is okay to be skeptical. I was once skeptical. But it is not okay to
be skeptical to the point of not being open to other possibilities.

Paul



I agree. Are you open to the possibility that your "faith" is nothing but
wishful thinking supported by the warm fuzzy feeling you get when you think
of all us atheists going to hell?

Yep, we human mammals are a clubbish lot



--
Enkidu AA#2165
http://www.thoughts.leaddogs.org/
EAC Chaplain and ordained minister,
ULC, Modesto, CA

PGP ID: 0xC4CE8CF0

We may not doubt that society in heaven consists mainly of undesirable
persons.
-- Mark Twain

.


User: "Woden"

Title: Re: It is okay to be skeptical 28 Dec 2005 04:40:58 PM
wrote in news:1135807420.052953.12150
@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

It is okay to be skeptical. I was once skeptical. But it is not okay to
be skeptical to the point of not being open to other possibilities.

Paul

There are lots of "possibilities". The trick is finding evidence, facts,
observations, measurements,... that support them. When you have some, then
come back and we can discuss your god.
--
Woden
"religion is a socio-political system for controlling people's thoughts,
lives and actions based on ancient myths and superstitions, perpetrated
through generations of subtle yet pervasive brainwashing."
.

User: "L.Roberts."

Title: Re: It is okay to be skeptical 28 Dec 2005 06:38:58 PM
wrote:

It is okay to be skeptical. I was once skeptical. But it is not okay to
be skeptical to the point of not being open to other possibilities.

Paul

It isn't okay to be brainwashed. I was once brainwashed (kinda). It is
not okay to
be brainwashed to the point of not being open to other possibilities,
but then, that is the point of brainwashing, hence, brainwashing isn't
okay either.
L.Roberts.
.

User: "Ian Braidwood"

Title: Re: It is okay to be skeptical 28 Dec 2005 05:25:46 PM
wrote:

It is okay to be skeptical. I was once skeptical. But it is not okay to
be skeptical to the point of not being open to other possibilities.

Paul

Paul - whoever you are - you argue as if we accepted or rejected
possibilities arbitrarily.
We atheists are guided by reason, not doctrine; because we know where
reason comes from and we can weigh one against the other.
Scepticism isn't not believing in anything - that is cynicism - but
only believing in things for which there is adequate or compelling
evidence. It is simply self dicipline, good faith and good intellectual
practice.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
(-: Ian :-)
.
User: "John Smith"

Title: Re: It is okay to be skeptical 29 Dec 2005 09:18:11 AM
"Ian Braidwood" <diri.gini@virgin.net> wrote in message
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dunric@yahoo.com wrote:

It is okay to be skeptical. I was once skeptical. But it is not okay to
be skeptical to the point of not being open to other possibilities.

Paul


Paul - whoever you are - you argue as if we accepted or rejected
possibilities arbitrarily.

We atheists are guided by reason, not doctrine; because we know where
reason comes from and we can weigh one against the other.

Scepticism isn't not believing in anything - that is cynicism - but
only believing in things for which there is adequate or compelling
evidence. It is simply self dicipline, good faith and good intellectual
practice.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

(-: Ian :-)

Precisely. "The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things
without evidence." -- Thomas Huxley, Evolution and Ethics
.


User: "bob young"

Title: Re: It is okay to be skeptical 28 Dec 2005 11:34:07 PM
wrote:

It is okay to be skeptical. I was once skeptical. But it is not okay to
be skeptical to the point of not being open to other possibilities.

Paul

you mean like religionists coming to their senses?
not in my lifetime they won't
.

User: "J Forbes"

Title: Re: It is okay to be skeptical 28 Dec 2005 04:11:40 PM
wrote:

It is okay to be skeptical. I was once skeptical. But it is not okay to
be skeptical to the point of not being open to other possibilities.

wtf?
If there were something to the other possiblities, then I'd probably
believe them (conditonally, as I hold all my beliefs). All the
checking I've done leads me to believe that the stuff you promote is
all BS.
But there's a big difference between being skeptical and being
credulous. Maybe you ought to look it up.
Jim
.

User: "Conspiracy of Doves"

Title: Re: It is okay to be skeptical 29 Dec 2005 10:03:47 AM
Do you even know what it means to be skeptical?
It means that you must see solid evidence before accepting something.
And even after you accept it you must reconsider if new evidence comes
up.
Basically it is how science works.
.

User: "Ted King"

Title: Re: It is okay to be skeptical 28 Dec 2005 06:07:04 PM
In article <1135807420.052953.12150@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
wrote:

It is okay to be skeptical. I was once skeptical. But it is not okay to
be skeptical to the point of not being open to other possibilities.

Paul

Here are some possibilities for *you* to be open to:
Agdistis or Angdistis
Ah Puch
Ahura Mazda
Alberich
Amaterasu
An
Anat
Andvari
Anshar
Anu
Aphrodite
Apollo
Apsu
Ares
Artemis
Asclepius
Athena
Athirat
Athtart
Atlas
Baal
Ba Xian
Bacchus
Balder
Bast
Bellona
Bergelmir
Bes
Bixia Yuanjin
Bragi
Brahma
Brigit
Camaxtli
Ceres
Ceridwen
Cernunnos
Chac
Chalchiuhtlicue
Charun
Cheng-huang
Cybele
Dagon
Damkina (Dumkina)
Davlin
Demeter
Diana
Di Cang
Dionysus
Ea
El
Enki
Enlil
Epona
Ereskigal
Farbauti
Fenrir
Forseti
Freya
Freyr
Frigg
Gaia
Ganesha
Ganga
Garuda
Gauri
Geb
Geong Si
Hades
Hanuman
Helios
Heng-o (Chang-o)
Hephaestus
Hera
Hermes
Hod
Hoderi
Hoori
Horus
Hotei
Hestia
Huitzilopochtli
Hsi-Wang-Mu
Hygeia
Inanna
Inti
Ishtar
Isis
Ixtab
Izanaki
Izanami
Juno
Jupiter
Kagutsuchi
Kartikeya
Khepri
Ki
Kingu
Kinich Ahau
Kishar
Krishna
Kukulcan
Lakshmi
Liza
Loki
Lugh
Magna Mater
Marduk
Mars
Medb
Mercury
Mimir
Minerva
Mithras
Morrigan
Mot
Mummu
Nammu
Nanna
Nanna (Norse)
Nanse
Nemesis
Nephthys
Neptune
Nergal
Ninazu
Ninhurzag
Nintu
Ninurta
Njord
Nut
Odin
Ohkuninushi
Ohyamatsumi
Orgelmir
Osiris
Ostara
Pan
Parvati
Poseidon
Quetzalcoatl
Rama
Re
Rhea
Sabazius
Sarasvati
Shiva
Seshat
Seti (Set)
Shamash
Shapsu
Shen Yi
Shiva
Shu
Si-Wang-Mu
Sin
Sirona
Surya
Susanoh
Tawaret
Tefnut
Tezcatlipoca
Thanatos
Thor
Tiamat
Tlaloc
Tonatiuh
Toyo-Uke-Bime
Tyche
Tyr
Utu
Uzume
Venus
Vesta
Vishnu
Vulcan
Xipe
Xi Wang-mu
Xochipilli
Xochiquetzal
Yam
Yarikh
Ymir
Yu-huang
Yum Kimil
Zeus
.

User: "Michael Gray"

Title: Re: It is okay to be skeptical 28 Dec 2005 04:56:57 PM
On 28 Dec 2005 14:03:40 -0800,
wrote:

It is okay to be skeptical. I was once skeptical. But it is not okay to
be skeptical to the point of not being open to other possibilities.

Paul

And you think WE should be taking lessons from YOU about thinking
skills ???????????????????????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The comedy act is really shaping up nicely, Paul.
Pity it wasn't ready in time, and you missed the Christmas Rounds of
the other Wards.
Oh well, there's always next year.
(Unless you take your anti-psychotics like you are supposed to, and
who knows? By next Christmas you may be released to outpatient
day-care.)
.

User: "Sanitys little helper"

Title: Re: It is okay to be skeptical 28 Dec 2005 04:20:55 PM
On 28 Dec 2005 14:03:40 -0800,
wrote:

It is okay to be skeptical. I was once skeptical. But it is not okay to
be skeptical to the point of not being open to other possibilities.

Paul

It's also perfectly reasonable to test these 'possibilities' against the
realms of, well, possibility.
--
Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow, we eat, drink and be merry.
D Silverman FLAHN, SMLAHN
AA #2208
.

User: "Uncle Vic"

Title: Re: It is okay to be skeptical 28 Dec 2005 04:11:37 PM
Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet (dunric@yahoo.com) made the
light shine upon us with this:

It is okay to be skeptical. I was once skeptical. But it is not okay to
be skeptical to the point of not being open to other possibilities.

Paul


I'm open to all possibilities. Unfortunately, your christian god is not a
possiblilty.
--
Uncle Vic
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
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Only the atheist realizes how morally objectionable it is for survivors of
a catastrophe to believe themselves spared by a loving God while this same
God drowned infants in their cribs. - Sam Harris
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Title: Re: It is okay to be skeptical 28 Dec 2005 05:46:00 PM
Read. Learn. Re-Learn:
http://www.crystalinks.com/holographic.html
Paul
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