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Percy
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Message 683 of 1429 (896658)
08-16-2022 11:58 AM
Reply to: Message 681 by ringo
08-16-2022 11:48 AM


Re: Dredge thinks not knowing everything is not knowing anything
ringo writes:
The law courts would work a lot better if they used a more practical meaning of "I know" and "I saw". A lot of people have been unjustly convicted because somebody "definitely saw" something - when they actually meant they were "pretty sure" of what they saw.
I'm off-topic here, but I'm again reminded of this selective attention video that must be part of any examination of the reliability of eyewitness testimony:
--Percy

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Percy
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Message 698 of 1429 (896704)
08-17-2022 8:51 AM
Reply to: Message 692 by Dredge
08-16-2022 10:46 PM


Re: Dredge thinks not knowing everything is not knowing anything
Dredge writes:
I didn't cut'n'paste that number in. I used my own words; I didn't copy them from anywhere.
My natural inclination is toward trust, but the character you've exhibited here so far tells me that would be foolish in this case.
The superscript issue is minor, but regardless of what really happened, that it's the remnants of a cut-n-paste you did is consistent with your other behavior here. That's the problem people create for themselves when they behave badly. They get blamed for any bad things that happen even when they're not actually responsible.
That little number "6" popped up again about a week later, but I can't figure out where it came from.
What browser and machine type are you using (Windows? Mac? iPhone? Android?). I'll investigate the possible ways a superscript 6 could get inserted in a textbox (other than cut-n-pasting). I've already demonstrated to myself that on a Macbook Pro using Chrome (that's my personal setup) it isn't possible.
--Percy

Edited by Percy, : Minor clarification.


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Percy
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Message 700 of 1429 (896709)
08-17-2022 10:39 AM
Reply to: Message 699 by Theodoric
08-17-2022 10:06 AM


Re: Dredge thinks not knowing everything is not knowing anything
As a participant I can take no administrative action in this thread.
--Percy

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Percy
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Message 774 of 1429 (896971)
08-27-2022 3:17 PM
Reply to: Message 772 by Phat
08-27-2022 11:55 AM


Re: Dredge Doesn't Think
Phat writes:
Now, why would you reply like that? That is yet another example of trolling, Dredge. What do you hope to gain by annoying these guys?
I think he believes he's serving the same God as you, that he sees what he's doing as pleasing this God. He's concluded that those who do not share his beliefs do not deserve to be treated as fellow human beings, that attempting to torment and antagonize them is perfectly okay.
Religion is just one of the many ways man has found to divide into bickering and often warring factions. Many believe that whatever one does to fellow humans, as long as it is done in God's name then it is okay.
--Percy

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Percy
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Message 776 of 1429 (896993)
08-27-2022 5:16 PM
Reply to: Message 775 by dwise1
08-27-2022 3:59 PM


Re: Dredge Doesn't Think
dwise1 writes:
Theists keep trying to misrepresent our atheism as "rejecting God" or as "hating God and fighting against Him". Laughably wrong!
By the same logic they also reject and hate unicorns, leprechauns and mermaids.
While I'm not an atheist, I don't accept the Christian God, and the only time I think about Him is when someone else brings him up, like in discussions here.
Or like when the Mormons or the Jehovah's Witnesses appear on my doorstep. Since retirement I've taken to inviting them in, and for whatever reason they never stay more than 20 minutes, and now that I think of it, none of them have called on me in the last two or three years, though that could be covid.
--Percy

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