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“The Problem of Evil” in atheism and in Islam
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RE: “The Problem of Evil” in atheism and in Islam
I just remembered that Harris was the person who, in our last significant interaction, posted a link and then insisted the link said the exact opposite of what it actually said, due to the presence of a single word which, in isolation, was conducive to his argument, but in the sentence it was a part of, said literally the opposite. I was never able to convince him that a sentence which read "the data was not misrepresented," meant that the data was not misrepresented: the sentence had the word "misrepresented" in it, after all. The only possible thing that could mean is that the data was misrepresented! Rolleyes

Essentially, I don't have the time or inclination to deal with that level of willful ignorance or dishonesty again.
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RE: “The Problem of Evil” in atheism and in Islam - by Esquilax - February 1, 2015 at 1:28 pm

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