Richardthughes
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How Rude:
http://www.uncommondescent.com/intelli....-136980
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Rude
09/12/2007
6:47 pm
Think I have to agree with Joseph. Were I entering such a debate as a committed materialist, utterly uninterested in the truth–in fact not even believing there is such a thing–I’d hold out with, “Except you show me the Deity in supernatural, miraculous action (I’d still obfuscate on this point and deny any connection between biological design and the human capacity for the same), I’m not impressed with your religious claim. Meanwhile I’d bask in the travel and noteriety, the banquets and stipends: Eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die.
But then convincing the committed insincere may not be the point. Letting the uncommitted confused see some logic contrasted with puffery is reason enough to engage.
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That's right rude, we're the ones getting paid for legal advice and selling books rather than writing papers..
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