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   Evil Roy Slade to Dale   
   Re: Abstraction?   
   24 Mar 16 20:38:02   
   
   XPost: alt.philosophy, sci.logic, alt.talk.creationism   
   XPost: alt.atheism, sci.skeptic   
   From: death@spank.666   
      
   Dale  wrote:   
      
   > Sylvia Else wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 25/03/2016 11:25 AM, Dale wrote:   
   >>> Do we abstract or do we just infer around unknowns or something like   
   >>> that? Blind Faith?   
   >>>   
   >>> Do only theists utilize blind faith? Since conjecture can proceed   
   >>> hypothesis should it be recognized as a part of the scientific process?   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> In the scientific process, after both conjecture and hypothesis (if   
   >> they're really different) there comes testing.   
   >>   
   >> Theists don't test their beliefs.   
   >   
   > Theists claim observation, that is at least material, not empirical.   
   >   
   > Theist claims have existed a very long time, it has passed "some" test of   
   > time.   
      
   It's called groupthink, you blithering nong. It has 'passed "some" test   
   of time' because most people are mentally lazy, preferring to have   
   someone tell them what to believe rather than discovering for themselves.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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