RE: Which was first: Atheism or Religion?
June 27, 2014 at 8:39 am
(This post was last modified: June 27, 2014 at 8:42 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(June 27, 2014 at 8:19 am)fr0d0 Wrote: LOL RB-mine, as I explained (could link the post again) that bit is precisely the problem. Those two things cannot be simultaneously true. I willing to accept either and go from there as part of a healthy discussion - but there can be no progress beyond mutually exclusive statements. If I tried, I'd just be straw manning you at a fundamental level. Your senses, your experiences (and those of others as recounted in narratives) - are the very definition of the word "empirical"..............
Yep I'm sticking with the no empirical evidence plus bible and experience as that's consistent. I'm not confused about what's allegorical/ symbolic/ metaphorical as you say you are, so I guess that's how I can know where you can't.
(no, really, look it up - it's not just the definition or a definition but the entirety of the definition..lol)
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
