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arachnophilia
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Message 31 of 41 (190896)
03-10-2005 7:19 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by ohnhai
03-08-2005 7:00 AM


What if 100 believe X to be true and 1 that it is not, what then?
palmer joss is trying to make a deist point, which is funny coming from a fundamentalist preacher. that 95% just believes in some kind of god, period. if it came down to WHICH god is right, possibly greater than 95% would in fact be wrong.
i liked him better as a tatooed circus freak than the "insert cute guy here" love interest. the book actually makes a better comment on spirituality, intelligent design (for lack of better words), and it's role or lack thereof in the things important in life. but i won't spoil the ending.
and no, numbers of believers do not affect the truth of the belief.
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arachnophilia
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Message 39 of 41 (191041)
03-11-2005 7:24 AM
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03-11-2005 5:13 AM


Re: How about fashion?
If 95% of the population believes that wearing a baseball cap back to front is very fashionable, then it is very fashionable and their belief is justified.
no! it's still unfashionable!
sorry, i had to.
i was speaking more about things that are not matters of public opinion, and actually have substance to them: right and wrong answers.

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