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Quote:truism /truz()m/ n. E18. [f. TRUE a. + -ISM.] 1 A self-evident or indisputable truth, esp. a trivial or hackneyed one. Also, a proposition that states nothing beyond what is implied in any of its terms. E18. 2 Truistic statement. rare. E19. --------------------------------------------------------- Excerpted from Oxford Talking Dictionary Copyright © 1998 The Learning Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Quote:My own question is Do you accept your gospel, because it is your gospel, or the gospel accepted by most others? I ask because it would shed light on your ability to believe for yourself, as opposed to the studies of others that would support your own truisms.
Quote:I believe that the burden of proof falls on the accusers shoulders, and not the people that believe already the truths they have accepted, as truisms. Especially when those profess truisms that are made on faith issues.
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Quote: "There can be no burden of proof upon someone who asks questions, can there?" Phill Phree
Quote: Rastafarianism (rä´ste-fär´ê-e-nîz´em, ràs´te-fâr´-) noun A religious sect originating in Jamaica whose members worship Haile Selassie as savior and regard Africa, especially Ethiopia, as the Promised Land. Excerpted from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition © 1996 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Electronic version licensed from INSO Corporation; further reproduction and distribution in accordance with the Copyright Law of the United States. All rights reserved.
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Quote:Hi Mac, I didnt see you standing there!
Quote:There is always another side, or opposite situation, so to speak.
Quote:Its fun to speculate about it, but only with another believer. That would reduce the ridicule tremendously.
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Quote:Perhaps it was a one sided question, and John asked it to amuse those that are of a like-minded skepticisms?
Quote:When faith comes to the point of controlling people's lives, could it then be classed as a phsychological illness? Are those who organise such cults simply in it for the money, or are they guenuinely ill? What about the everyday members of such cults, who derive no financial gain from them - are they victims of a contagious phsychological illness?
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Quote:So let's legalise everything and have a fat tax.
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