<div>Where would I be if I shared the perspective but acted as though I understood that there were those who didn't and that those people remain rational?</div>
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<div>I guess I'd have ironclad faith and yet be an accepted and polite member of civil society. Doesn't sound too bad.<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 10:24 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brunians@brunians.org">brunians@brunians.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">And if this perspective was true, where then would you be?<br><br>.<br>
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<div class="h5"><br><br>> I think that's right. brunians has repeatedly referred to his direct<br>> experiences of what others would call the supernatural. It may be that,<br>> from his perspective (or feigned perspective), it makes as much sense to<br>
> deny the existence of God as to deny the existence of the sun.<br>><br>> Even if I shared this perspective, I'd like to think I'd understand that<br>> most other people didn't and behave accordingly.<br>
><br>> On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 10:05 AM, David Stockhoff<br>> <<a href="mailto:dstockhoff@verizon.net">dstockhoff@verizon.net</a>>wrote:<br>><br>>> Pedro<br>>><br>>> Brunians is not being evasive. Rather, as far as I can tell, he<br>
>> considers<br>>> the existence of the natural world (as he defines it) and the entire<br>>> universe to be an argument for his beliefs; in short, his observations<br>>> are<br>>> beliefs and his beliefs are observations. There is no light between them<br>
>> and<br>>> therefore no need to construct an argument for them.<br>>><br>>> ------------------------------<br>>><br>>> Message: 3<br>>> Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 16:41:17 +0300<br>>> From: Pedro Pereira <<a href="mailto:domus_artemis@hotmail.com">domus_artemis@hotmail.com</a>><br>
>><br>>> To: <<a href="mailto:urth@lists.urth.net">urth@lists.urth.net</a>><br>>> Subject: Re: (urth) Religious writers and audiences<br>>> Message-ID: <COL105-W362F28CE7274F1620D236285D40@phx.gbl><br>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> What!??!?!<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> I'm not reading a book and demanding that the author makes it "easier"<br>
>> for<br>>> me; I'm asking for a straight answer from someone that accuses me (and<br>>> others) of beying insane in an internet forum. But thanks for nothing.<br>>> I'm<br>>> not going to waste more time with this.<br>
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