RE: virus: Incredulity

Richard Brodie (RBrodie@brodietech.com)
Wed, 19 Mar 1997 16:34:29 -0800


David McF wrote:

>If I have a blind spot, it is figuring out what you mean by "faith".
>From my perspective, you have faith in X if and only if X is beyond
>criticism. Since I don't think rationality is beyond criticism, I
>don't have faith in rationality. What are you talking about?

>From my perspective, X is evil if and only if X is against God. Since I
don't think faith is against God, faith is not evil.
>
>>Creationists also believe their beliefs are not without "good evidence."
>
>True, but then we can discuss what makes evidence "good" and why
>calling evidence "good" doesn't make it so and why the Creationist's
>evidence isn't really good after all.

And your argument would certainly be one of rationality rather than one
of revelation.

Richard Brodie RBrodie@brodietech.com +1.206.688.8600
CEO, Brodie Technology Group, Inc., Bellevue, WA, USA
http://www.brodietech.com/rbrodie
Do you know what a "meme" is?
http://www.brodietech.com/rbrodie/meme.htm
>