In the end, Mark, it is I think that whining mock-"assumption" of
underdog status while simultaneously mega-drop-kicking ass across the
world without any respect for others' "assumptions" that is the real
pain in the ass, the ass-umption in words dripping with smug fake
embattlement, as you imply in your last para. Why bother to argue with
one of the Reps of the Good Fight, when argument is precisely what he &
his kind wish to banish from the world? Leave him to froth.
Martin, getting very pissed off at this mixture of faux servility &
breast-beating sanctimony.
Mark Weiss wrote:
>>
>> amongst the intellectual elite,my personal
>> viewpoint cast aside with distaste.
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> Assumption. Most humans most of the time follow the evidence of their
> senses as far as it will take them--that's why fishermen try different
> flies if the fish don't bite until they find one that works.
> Empiricism is
> hardly limited to any kind of elite.
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>
>> Nevertheless I shall not wave the white flag.
>> I shall not surrender.I will not bow down and
>> worship the religion of individualism,a religion
>> whereupon man-kind worships itself.
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> Assumption
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>> 'Knowledge' is worshipped as God.
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> Assumption
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>> You will usually find these worshippers amongst
>> the highly educated in our society.
>> They are the ones who take pride in the fact
>> that they have been blessed with this knowledge
>> and therefore deserve our worship.
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>
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> Assumption. And how do you classify those who cling to other scriptures?
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>> >Others have questioned your assumptions; I do not read that as
>> intolerance.
>> >If you are not interested in debating your beliefs, why raise them
>> here?
>> >
>>
>> not assumptions Alison.
>> my beliefs could never be construed
>> as assumptions.my beliefs are not pretentiousness.
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> Look up pretensiousness, I think you're misusing it. I do tend to believe
> in dictionaries, tho always with a hint of skepticism.
>
>
>> If you indeed fail to see the
>> intolerance that has so far been displayed toward my
>> point of view,then there is nothing I can say that
>> will persuade you otherwise.
>>
>> As far as debating my beliefs is concerned, I have yet
>> to see any rational argument put forward by anyone
>> on this List that is worthy of any response from me.
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> One can't have rational discourse about belief in givens--a contradiction
> in terms.
>
> But hey, you guys have for the moment taken over America, causing immense
> destruction in sub-Saharan Africa (AIDS policy), not to speak of the
> middle
> east and our own continent. Why should you care what anybody thinks?
> Unless, with true Christian compassion, you're trying to save our souls.
>
> Mark
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