Where Faith Comes From in the "moderate" Christian religions

For once I agree with Peg. But I believe it is this drive that caused the Bible to be written. Faith comes from wonder and innocence.

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Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them.

If Peg were talking about evolution I'd agree with you 100%, and maybe because of Peg's history it's still not an excusable inexactitude; but, scheesh, cut her a break.If I said π is 3.14159 I'd expect agreement. If I said π is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter: π=3.14159 I'd expect you to correct me to say "∏≈3.14159: an irrational number. Its decimal representation neither ends nor repeats."

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Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them.

Agreed.

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Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them.

Jees! Peg. I go and defend you (to some small degree) and then you go and say:You just couldn't leave well enough alone, could you?When you said:I was allowing that you might have been saying it in the gist of we being a product of evolution. (As opposed to evolution having something to do with abiogenesis.) And rocks fall to Earth miraculously too, I suppose?I had faith in you, Peg. Now if I'm ever sitting in a courtyard and a servant girl comes to me and say, "You also were with Peg," I'll deny it before them all. "I don't know what you're talking about," I'll say. And then if I go out to the gateway, where another girl sees me and says to the people there, "This fellow was with Peg." I'll deny it again, with an oath: "I don't know the woman!" And, if after a little while, those standing there come up to me and say, "Surely you are one of them, for your accent gives you away." Then I'll call down curses on myself and swear to them, "I don't know the woman!"See if I don't

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Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them.

God is good
But God was glib
When He made Eve
From Adam's ribEdited by lyx2no, : One too many "o"s in God.

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Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them.

I think you're going to have a hard time convincing Peg of this in light of this little gem. I think your exasperation is getting to you.Edited by lyx2no, : Typo.

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Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them.

And ruin my fun.

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Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them.