Re: The Joy of *small* business

On Sun, 22 Dec 2024, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:

On 12/22/24 4:31 AM, rbowman wrote:

On Sun, 22 Dec 2024 02:12:43 -0500, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
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    Those poor people ... caught between an ever-growing mountain of
    facts/evidence and equally-persuasive *belief* (which requires no
    facts). They TRY to find ways to splice it all together. It doesn't
    work well ...

 A friend was a Young Earther despite being a proficient programmer. Given
the premise God can do anything it's no problem for him to whip up the
Grand Canyon with all its geological layers in his spare time. He was also
well rehearsed in the creationist arguments against evolution.

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 Met 'em. Even prompted one to physically attack me
 because I refused to give in to his worldview.
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 In any case, as soon as you accept some 'Big Magic
 Joe in the sky' then EVERY weird possibility becomes
 credible. "Belief" knows no bounds and IS at least

This is the truth! This is also why I think metaphysics and idealism is a mistake. It just multiplies things needlessly.

 as persuasive as any mountain of facts. Amass all
 the facts you want ... they'll STILL burn you at
 the stake. Problem solved .......
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 And no, such 'theology' is NOT restricted to the
 political 'right' ... it's part of how WE are
 wired-up.
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