Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:59:23 -0700 From: "David Brodbeck" <gull@gull.us> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD logo Message-ID: <305ebb1a984a51ba20974e74e41dbeea.squirrel@www.gull.us> In-Reply-To: <B23A174F1E6A41A22E08DAE4@utd65257.utdallas.edu> References: <E1OcU31-0002Iw-00.vic_sk-mail-ru@f138.mail.ru> <20100724062446.GD78741@guilt.hydra> <1E1FB8AF2B3AD9F567716164@utd65257.utdallas.edu> <5fe257a732fe215609f88432ae3051d4.squirrel@www.gull.us> <B23A174F1E6A41A22E08DAE4@utd65257.utdallas.edu>
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On Mon, July 26, 2010 3:53 pm, Paul Schmehl wrote: > --On Monday, July 26, 2010 14:06:17 -0700 David Brodbeck <gull@gull.us> > wrote: > >> On Mon, July 26, 2010 11:24 am, Paul Schmehl wrote: >>> When this is the way one answers a simple question, I tend to believe >>> there's no genuine interest in dialog. >> >> Well, I hate to break it to you, but people who are trying to make a >> religious point aren't interested in dialog, anyway. In fact, it's >> pretty >> well impossible to have a dialog with them that gets anywhere. You >> can't >> have a sensible debate when the other person's fallback response is >> always >> "it's god's will, so it's beyond our understanding and we can't question >> it, and you're an evil person for not agreeing with me." These people >> have been taught from a young age that logic is evil and will lead them >> down the road to hell, so logical arguments are lost on them. >> > > The assumptions and bias in that statement are so broad as to defy > description. Well, all I can say is I was a regular church-goer for 20 years, and went to religious school for six of those, so I come by my position honestly. I guess this is pretty thoroughly OT at this point, though.
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