Posted by SLS on October 2, 2006, at 13:00:12
In reply to Re: untrue religions » Dr. Bob, posted by Dinah on October 2, 2006, at 11:40:41
> Dr. Bob, I don't understand that at all.
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> Many religions teach things that are completely incompatible with the teachings of other religions. How can they all be true, if one says that X equals Y, and others say that X does not equal Y? I draw no conclusions about whether X does or doesn't equal Y, but surely it's not unsupportive to say that either X equals Y or it doesn't, but that X can't both equal Y and not equal Y?
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> I must have read that sentence completely differently than you did.
I will say this. The first time I read the sentence, I felt that my belief system was being put down. Now when I read the sentence, I feel the same way.The main reason I didn't want to see the poster blocked was purely selfish. I wanted to continue the discourse with him or her. I thought one could make a legitimate argument that the phrase being cited for sanction could have been misjudged as being judgmental when it was perhaps an attempt at making a statement of logic. I thought it was a close call. I gave it a shot.
- Scott
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