Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2002 14:17:24 -0700 From: Dave Hayes <dave@jetcafe.org> To: "Neal E. Westfall" <nwestfal@directvinternet.com> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.ORG>, Joshua Lee <yid@softhome.net>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why did evolution fail? Message-ID: <200209092117.g89LHT134642@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org>
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Neal E Westfall <nwestfal@directvinternet.com> writes:
> On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Dave Hayes wrote:
>> Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> writes:
>> > Dave Hayes wrote:
>> >> What is this assumption that, if I say something in a debate, I am
>> >> trying to convince people of it? Can't we just be arguing to express
>> >> our worldview?
>> > Not really, no. 8-).
>>
>> Thus spake Terry Lambert:
>>
>> "For yea, there must be One True and Right worldview, and any statement
>> of one's worldview is trying to convince others that one's worldview
>> belongs in the One True and Right worldview, amen."
>>
>> Did you claim to ever study Zen? =)
>
> Ah, but what is the claim that there is no One True Right worldview,
> but a claim that the only One True Right worldview is the one which
> denies that there is One True Right worldview? 8-)
You have painted the dilemna of the human mind well. The real One
True Right worldview is that there is no One True Right worldview,
not even this one.
Still, when you can think of a fish, the lion appears. ;)
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Dave Hayes - Consultant - Altadena CA, USA - dave@jetcafe.org
>>> The opinions expressed above are entirely my own <<<
A "No" uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a
"Yes" merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.
-- Mahatma Ghandi
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