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"Of Miracles" by David Hume

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"Of Miracles" by David Hume
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RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume
May 20, 2015 at 1:27 pm

"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
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RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume
May 20, 2015 at 1:31 pm
(May 17, 2015 at 7:32 pm)francismjenkins Wrote: Yeah but didn't pee wee get busted with his wee wee in his hand in a porn theater in NYC? Smile

What else are you supposed to do in a porn theatre?

Its like arresting someone for gun possession at a rifle range. 



You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.

Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.




 








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RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume
May 20, 2015 at 1:32 pm
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RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume
May 20, 2015 at 1:38 pm
You nailed it, Pyrrho. And that's why I can't take WLC or anyone who cites him as a thinker to be reckoned with remotely seriously. He's another sad example of a reasonably bright person who has committed a kind of intellectual suicide in the name of his religion. It's disgusting and pathetic, more so because he makes a decent living pandering to idiots who crave a patina of intellectual respectability to conceal their bad consciences for believing such nonsense as their religion requires.
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RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume
May 20, 2015 at 2:04 pm
Yes.  It's a lucrative scam and he is a con artist.
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RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume
May 20, 2015 at 2:14 pm

"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
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RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume
May 20, 2015 at 2:18 pm
(May 20, 2015 at 2:04 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Yes.  It's a lucrative scam and he is a con artist.

I've often wondered how many of those that profit from pandering their religion really believe what they are spewing or if it's just a good business model.
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RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume
May 20, 2015 at 2:40 pm
You mean like "Pastor Gas?"

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RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume
May 20, 2015 at 3:00 pm

"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
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RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume
May 20, 2015 at 4:48 pm
Using the supernatural to explain events in your life is a failure of the intellect to comprehend the world around you. -The Inquisition
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