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Re: the undead urban myth of the LOC/EID split NOT AN EASY READ
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 16:46:19 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu Date: November 4, 2008 1:21:04 PM EST To: dave () farber net Cc: ip <ip () v2 listbox com>Subject: Re: [IP] the undead urban myth of the LOC/EID split NOT AN EASY READ
On Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:52:31 EST, David P. Reed said:
Oh - I guess all it takes to makes something a "fact" is the loud assertion by a partisan of "facthood". So if I were to say that it is a "fact that God created the earth in 7 days", I could get away with that?
Bad example there. It's amazing how many evolutionists overlook the subtlety that *in the creationist's world-view, that **is** a given fact*.And delving further - it's a good idea to remember that *every single* "fact"
that you know that wasn't derived from your own personal experience was,itself, delivered to you via a loud assertion by a partisan of "facthood".
Think quickly - how do you *know* that George Washington was actually President of the US? You "know" it because you've been given enough assertions by partisans of "facthood" (and you can't weasel out of it by going and reading newspapers and other accounts of the day - *those* are all written by partisans of "facthood" as well). ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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