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____/ Gregory Shearman on Sunday 11 Sep 2011 13:40 : \____
> On 2011-09-11, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> ____/ Gregory Shearman on Sunday 11 Sep 2011 12:57 : \____
>>
>>> On 2011-09-11, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> ____/ Gregory Shearman on Sunday 11 Sep 2011 09:32 : \____
>>>>
>>>>> On 2011-09-11, Hardon <hardon.quirk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>> On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 01:12:45 +0000, RonB wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:37:52 -0700, Sneaky Weasel wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The days of the iPhone are coming to an end. People are too smart
>>>>>>>> to keep buying them just because they have an Apple logo. What else
>>>>>>>> do they have that the Android phones do not?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Well... you don't have to turn the iPhone off in church, because the
>>>>>>> phone's crappy antenna won't get a signal anyway.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why do you need to turn a phone off in church? Oh, you mean church
>>>>>> service. Don't tell me you believe in some god myth.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please don't belittle the beliefs of others. I'm an atheist and I hope
>>>>> everyone else respects my lack of belief, as I respect the beliefs of
>>>>> others.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think it is the right of anyone to believe in whatever they want,
>>>>> without censure, no matter how whacky such beliefs may appear to
>>>>> non-believers.
>>>>>
>>>>> The human world is a big and an amazing place. Our intellect makes this
>>>>> a human world of infinite variety. I hope it stays that way. It's both
>>>>> an asset and a joy.
>>>>
>>>> Apple too is a religion. Should we respect it through self censorship? :-)
>>>
>>> People are entitled to their beliefs, even in the religion of apple.
>>> What would have to be censored? Facts aren't belief.
>>
>> Right. :-) And therefore we can be critical of things that are factually
>> incorrect, even if it might upset someone.
>>
>> To use an extreme example, should we not say that planes brought down
>> buildings in 9/11 cause it might upset some "truthers"?
>
> Belief lies outside the realm of proof. Belief in a deity cannot be
> disproved. The circumstances surrounding a terrorist attack *can* be
> disproved.
Right. By my point was, the movement of sceptics that that area has become
more like a faith and talking them out of it is therefore hard.
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