kallend 2,070 #51 June 27, 2006 QuoteQuoteWhat's wrong with polymorphism? Which one? It can't even get along within itself.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,070 #52 June 27, 2006 What's the big deal? I see no problem in substituting one set of beliefs with another when neither has any basis in fact. Why not hold both sets of beliefs at the same time? There's no contrary evidence. Logic is not required, after all. Be like Alice.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #53 June 27, 2006 QuoteWhat's the big deal? I see no problem in substituting one set of beliefs with another when neither has any basis in fact. Why not hold both sets of beliefs at the same time? There's no contrary evidence. Logic is not required, after all. Be like Alice. That seems to be the best answer so far... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydyvr 0 #54 June 27, 2006 QuoteQuoteWhat's the big deal? I see no problem in substituting one set of beliefs with another when neither has any basis in fact. Why not hold both sets of beliefs at the same time? There's no contrary evidence. Logic is not required, after all. Be like Alice. That seems to be the best answer so far... Yep, it really is. . . =(_8^(1) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #55 June 27, 2006 QuoteWhat's the big deal? I see no problem in substituting one set of beliefs with another when neither has any basis in fact. Why not hold both sets of beliefs at the same time? There's no contrary evidence. Logic is not required, after all. Be like Alice. So if a woman you were dating asked you to believe in Allah or Jehova, you'd agree? All belief systems are faith-based, including atheism, because none of us know what truths lie beyond death (and therein lies the hook for all religions...being unprovable). I have my own suspicions, based on what I think is likely and unlikely, but I'm not so arrogant as to presume my beliefs are infallible. I just think I'm probably closer to right than wrong. Anyhow, I absolutely couldn't change what I believe on the simple basis of someone asking me to. It would take tangible evidence to convince me to believe otherwise. The idea of holding multiple belief systems at the same time is somewhat absurd. How could a person simultaneously believe in an everlasting soul and anatta? Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dolph 0 #56 June 27, 2006 QuoteQuoteIt sounds like you are religious. Just that your religion in Atheisim. You don't really want to go down that road. Anti-religious, quasi-pseudo Bobist atheists are a bit sensitive about those types of comments. Just like bald men who're told that bald is a hair colour. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zipp0 1 #57 June 27, 2006 QuoteWhat's more curious to me is that she was able to intentionally say "I have previously believed X, but I love this man so I will choose to believe Y from now on". My wife to-be forced me to worship chewed bubble gum. I took to it quite well. 3 years of marital bliss later, could she have been wrong? -------------------------- Chuck Norris doesn't do push-ups, he pushes the Earth down. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,031 #58 June 27, 2006 >Be like Alice. When she's ten feet tall? Or when she's just . . . small? Or is it more like a "you can get anything you want at her restaurant" sort of thing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
windcatcher 0 #59 June 27, 2006 One's faith affects all aspects of one's life...IMHO, at least it should. Marrying someone with different beliefs means living a different lifestyle, with different things being important, what one's purpose in life is, etc. I married a born-again Christian, and it is wonderful to be married to someone who has the same purpose in life, same vision, same beliefs, same morals,etc. Obviously we don't believe EVERY single thing the other one does, but the most important things, we do agree on. Mother to the cutest little thing in the world... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,070 #60 June 27, 2006 Quote>Be like Alice. When she's ten feet tall? Or when she's just . . . small? Or is it more like a "you can get anything you want at her restaurant" sort of thing? All of the above, simultaneously. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,070 #61 June 27, 2006 Same answer as I gave Bill.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
