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Date:      Wed, 4 Sep 2002 08:56:36 -0400
From:      Joshua Lee <yid@softhome.net>
To:        chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Why did evolution fail?
Message-ID:  <20020904085636.2fcba73c.yid@softhome.net>

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On Wed, 04 Sep 2002 04:12:53 -0700
Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> wrote:

> Joshua Lee wrote:
> > Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> wrote:
> > > I don't personally know if there is a God or not.
> > >
> > > Barring evidence one way or the other, the choice between any
> > > two competing hypothesis must be made on the basis of which of
> > > the two is simpler.
> > 
> > Terry, William of Occam was a theist. ;-)
> 
> My uncle, who is names on the patent for microwave ovens, still
> to this day refuses to have one in his house... your point is?

That it's fairly odd to quote a Franciscan Friar in favor of atheism, albeit one that rejected the utility of Medieval scholastic proofs in favor of revelation.

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