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bluescat48
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Message 9 of 262 (618567)
06-04-2011 1:22 AM
Reply to: Message 8 by GDR
06-03-2011 9:20 PM


Re: Are Atheists "Philosophically Limited"....?
The more I read the more, the more I learn, and as I learn my views change. There are any number of things about my faith that I believed 10 years ago that I don't believe now. In addition there are things I believe now that I had no understanding of 10 years ago.
If other creationists held your philosophy, we might get somewhere.
Most creationists, that I know, would call you a hypocrite.

There is no better love between 2 people than mutual respect for each other WT Young, 2002
Who gave anyone the authority to call me an authority on anything. WT Young, 1969
Since Evolution is only ~90% correct it should be thrown out and replaced by Creation which has even a lower % of correctness. W T Young, 2008

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bluescat48
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Message 14 of 262 (618615)
06-04-2011 10:25 AM
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06-04-2011 2:45 AM


Re: Are Atheists "Philosophically Limited"....?
Wouldn't an atheist reject philsophy altogether making the whole question moot?
It would be more at what one's definition of philosophy was.
Wikipedia writes:
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. It is distinguished from other ways of addressing fundamental questions (such as mysticism, myth, or the arts) by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational argument. The word "philosophy" comes from the Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophia), which literally means "love of wisdom".
Love of Wisdom is what I would consider and that matters not whether a person is a Theist, Deist, Agnostic or Atheist.
The point is that science is knowledge and art is science being put to use. The 2 are intertwined and that is what philosophy is. Knowledge yields wisdom.
Edited by bluescat48, : incorrect verb

There is no better love between 2 people than mutual respect for each other WT Young, 2002
Who gave anyone the authority to call me an authority on anything. WT Young, 1969
Since Evolution is only ~90% correct it should be thrown out and replaced by Creation which has even a lower % of correctness. W T Young, 2008

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