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Message 3 of 55 (398676)
05-02-2007 3:54 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by Jon
05-02-2007 3:21 AM


Jon,
Logic = Consistency (according to my big bumper book of logic).
As such you can make a perfectly logical argument based on scripture, & perfectly logical ones based on empiricism. The split occurswhen you take a step back & try to determine the truth of the world around us & factor in all of the evidence. Scripture is more often than not guilty of being supported by no evidence at all (meaning no-one is compelled to accept), or contradicted by evidence (meaning no-one [i]should accept).
It is this latter logical fallacy that the religious are most guilty of.

There are 10 kinds of people in this world; those that understand binary, & those that don't

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