(December 4, 2013 at 9:49 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: I believe it was Thomas paine who saidIndeed. Fortunately, most people haven't 'renounced' reason, rather they just don't apply it to the position in question (often for well-understood cultural & indoctrinal reasons). Those people can often be persuaded by reason, eventually.
"To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead"
Sum ergo sum