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   From: Omixochitl2002@yahoo.com   
      
   eastwood132@yahoo.com (Ted Lechman) wrote in   
   news:b89924f9.0402181419.76460e05@posting.google.com:   
      
   > "James Whitehead"  wrote in message   
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   >> Nihilism IS a very religioud term -   
   >   
   > Only by extending the term religious untill it looses all meaning -   
   > i.e. when there is nothing that isn't religious. This process has been   
      
   Yep.  I've even seen a complaint about girls wearing trousers to state-   
   run schools because trousers on female legs are now supposedly a Muslim   
   religious statement.  :/   
      
   > Actually, Jim, It is not quite correct to say that scientists BELIVE   
   > their axioms and PROCEED from their. He's closer to the truth.   
   > Scientists ASSUME their azioms and BUILD from their - they "BELIVE"   
   > their results when the results WORK. It similar to a bunch of kids   
   > raiding their fathers toolshed for lumber, tools, nails, etc in order   
   > to BUILD a treehouse. They ASSUME their tools, and use them to BUILD   
   > their treehouse - which the "believe" if it is sturdy and "cool"   
   > enough to play in.   
      
   Good point.  :)   
      
   > Giambattista Vico was very observant with his Fundamental principle:   
   > " The Truth is the Made"  (G.B. Vico - the Making of an Anti-Modern,   
   > M. Lilla).   
   >   
   > Also -  "To Know the world, one must contruct it." - Cesare Pavese.   
   >   
   > With Religion, on the other hand the Assumptions (Axioms) and the   
   > resulting contruction (ediface) is one and the same. One is not   
      
   Edifice, Ted, edifice.  As in "the architects in the never-ending race to   
   built the world's tallest skyscraper have an edifice complex."  ;)   
      
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