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   Sylvia Else to All   
   Re: Abstraction?   
   04 Apr 16 12:19:09   
   
   XPost: alt.philosophy, sci.logic, alt.talk.creationism   
   XPost: alt.atheism, sci.skeptic   
   From: sylvia@not.at.this.address   
      
   On 4/04/2016 10:53 AM, mur@. wrote:   
   > On Tue, 29 Mar 2016 14:24:51 +1100, Sylvia Else    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 28/03/2016 12:44 PM, mur@. wrote:   
   >>> On Thu, 24 Mar 2016 20:25:56 -0400, Dale  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Do we abstract or do we just infer around unknowns or something like that?   
   >>>> Blind Faith?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Do only theists utilize blind faith?   
   >>>   
   >>>       Strong atheism is more faith dependant than any other religious   
   belief.   
   >>   
   >> How do you quantify faith dependency?   
   >   
   >      Believing it to be true without there being any evidence at all to   
   support   
   > it, or any evidence that could support it. As yet I've never encountered a   
   > strong atheist--or anyone else for that matter--who could even imagine   
   evidence   
   > that could support it.   
   >   
      
   No, the question is how do you quantify it?   
      
   Sylvia.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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