Sport. "That which amuses in general"
Funk and Wagnells
"There's no such sport, as sport by sport o'thrown'
Shakespeare, Love's Labour Lost Act V, Sc.2
Art. "Facility resulting from practice."
Funk and Wagnells
At 11:39 AM 12/14/1998 -0800, you wrote:
>Bryan its simple things that cannot be proven are taken on faith. In
>answer to your question yes there are things I take on faith. I don't
>see why this is getting you upset.
>
>Steve
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>---Bryan Hyden <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> >Perhaps I was not totally clear here. Does the state of the planet
>> >10,000 years from now mean as much to you as it does tomorrow? Or
>100
>> >years from now?
>>
>> you were clear enough.... my answer is still yes...
>>
>> >Yep thats right you believe it with out proof. Therefore it is a
>dogma.
>>
>> do you believe nothing without proof steve? can you prove that you
>exist?
>> do you believe it? other examples are not coming to me right now of
>things
>> that many of us probably believe but that cannot be proven, but i'm
>sure
>> there are several out there... i think you are overextending the
>> definition of dogma... i think it is more limited to a religious
>> context...
>>
>> >Just like the existence of God cannot be tested or refuted.
>>
>> what point are you making here?
>>
>> bryan
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Steve <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>> Date: Monday, December 14, 1998 11:17 AM
>> Subject: Re: Is Altruism consistent with environmentalsim?
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>> >---Bryan Hyden <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Lets think of it in these terms, Bryan do care
>> >> >about the planet 10,000 years from now?
>> >>
>> >> that's an easy one... yes...
>> >
>> >Perhaps I was not totally clear here. Does the state of the planet
>> >10,000 years from now mean as much to you as it does tomorrow? Or
>100
>> >years from now?
>> >
>> >>
>> >> >To be fair to Bryan here he is right, he has stated clearly now in
>> >his
>> >> >last several posts that for him the Earth being sentient is
>dogma not
>> >> >a hypothesis to be tested or even refuted.
>> >>
>> >> i don't know that it's dogma... it's just what i believe... and
>> >it's
>> >
>> >Yep thats right you believe it with out proof. Therefore it is a
>dogma.
>> >
>> >not
>> >> that i choose for it not to be tested or refuted... i just don't
>> >know that
>> >> it can be...
>> >
>> >Just like the existence of God cannot be tested or refuted.
>> >
>> >Steve
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