Re: virus: Belief and Knowledge

David McFadzean (david@lucifer.com)
Mon, 15 Sep 1997 15:28:29 -0600


At 10:32 PM 9/14/97 -0400, Reed Konsler wrote:

>Agreed, but don't waffle away from the point. You cannot adopt an
>intentional stance towards a phenomena without making THE ASSUMPTION that
>the phenomena is willful. You can bury that leap of faith in as many
>layers of philosophical/scientistic double talk as makes you comfortable

I apologize for being dense but I really don't understand how making an
assumption *because* of good evidence is a "leap of faith".

>Perhaps. What is inconsistent about a belief in God?

Which God? Brodie's? The Christians'?

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