Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:55:02 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: David Brodbeck <gull@gull.us> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD logo Message-ID: <20100727155502.GA95542@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <5fe257a732fe215609f88432ae3051d4.squirrel@www.gull.us> References: <E1OcU31-0002Iw-00.vic_sk-mail-ru@f138.mail.ru> <20100724062446.GD78741@guilt.hydra> <1E1FB8AF2B3AD9F567716164@utd65257.utdallas.edu> <5fe257a732fe215609f88432ae3051d4.squirrel@www.gull.us>
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On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 02:06:17PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: > On Mon, July 26, 2010 11:24 am, Paul Schmehl wrote: > > When this is the way one answers a simple question, I tend to believe > > there's no genuine interest in dialog. > > Well, I hate to break it to you, but people who are trying to make a > religious point aren't interested in dialog, anyway. In fact, it's pretty > well impossible to have a dialog with them that gets anywhere. You can't > have a sensible debate when the other person's fallback response is always > "it's god's will, so it's beyond our understanding and we can't question > it, and you're an evil person for not agreeing with me." These people > have been taught from a young age that logic is evil and will lead them > down the road to hell, so logical arguments are lost on them. Careful about making rash generalizations. I replied to the OP with some info on the background of BSDie and how he was drawn. He sent me a nice thank you and sounded more interested in the information than in promoting a cause. Although I have know those who seem to function in the way you describe, but I know as many or more religious people to think about what they say and are willing to let people of other persuasions to think and say what they want - and take responsibility for their own consequences. Don't let a few weirdos on TV and radio determine the total of your learning about religions. ////jerry > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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