"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
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 "A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."  RE: Ask A Historian
June 2, 2015 at 11:25 pm
(This post was last modified: June 2, 2015 at 11:30 pm by Jenny A.)
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
I can't speak for Min, but I'll definitely be imaging those things all night.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
RE: Ask A Historian
June 2, 2015 at 11:32 pm
(This post was last modified: June 2, 2015 at 11:45 pm by Jenny A.)
(June 2, 2015 at 11:27 pm)Stimbo Wrote: I can't speak for Min, but I'll definitely be imaging those things all night. Sweet dreams. 
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
Not that big a deal. I was a bit disillusioned after student teaching anyway and this was the early 70's. The only places that were hiring new teachers were inner-city schools and I was married by then and my wife was resistant to the idea of going there to work.
Yes, I am retired. (June 2, 2015 at 11:39 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Not that big a deal. I was a bit disillusioned after student teaching anyway and this was the early 70's. The only places that were hiring new teachers were inner-city schools and I was married by then and my wife was resistant to the idea of going there to work. Aha! You did student teaching! I can now claim that my guess was not completely wrong. (Even though it was wrong.) "A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence." — David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
Um. Partial credit!
So who taught you to swear like a trooper?
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear.
Used to do factory work during the summers. Back then, we still had factories.
And summers.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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