(220)   Wed 26 Nov 97 15:21
By: Curtis Johnson
To: Alan Presley
Re: Re: atheism
St:
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 -=> Quoting Alan Presley to mkimes@ibm.net <=-

 m> But not everyone agrees with you, Alan, that ignorance is bliss.
 m>
 m> You're pathetic, little man.  You have the IQ of a turnip (with apologies
 m> to all turnips).
 AP> If they don't agree with me on this one, they are wrong.  Btw, I'd be
 AP> prety close to betting money that my IQ is higher than yours.

        Do you realize that you were speaking to a graduate
 student in physics?
        I realize that you've claimed a genius-level IQ; yet
 you have displayed no evidence of it in your posts.  Even
 granting your age, you've shown incompetence in a computer
 task all others here have mastered (downloading and replying
 to messages).  You've shown incompetence in high-school
 mathematics (thinking that there is a non-existent branch
 of mathematics which can prove or disprove axioms).  You've
 shown consistently poor reasoning (for example, maintaining
 a _post hoc, ergo hoc_ fallacy about Bible in schools and
 violent crime rates, even when counter-examples (e.g., Japan
 and the most recent U.S. rates; other events that occurred
 at about the same time) have been pointed out to you again
 and again.  Moreover, your linguistic skills are below par
 for here.
        If you actually did test out at your claimed IQ, then
 you are a perfect example that fundyism does lower one's
 intellectual powers.  Keep your sense of curiosity alive.
 Check out a book on logic (your parents can hardly object
 to that!) and analyze the arguments here on both sides.
 Most of all, seek out the other side--other religions than
 Christianity, philosophy, etc.  Read history.  Surely if
 Christianity is the best path, there will be no danger in
 it.  And if it is not, why continue in a path which seems
 to be damaging your intellectual talents?




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