XPost: alt.agnosticism, alt.athiesm, alt.talk.creationism   
   XPost: sci.skeptic   
   From: malte_runz@forgitit.dk   
      
   "grabber"  skrev i meddelelsen news:D6ssw.763495$kK3.50513@fx10.am4...   
   (snip)   
      
   > What you have discovered here is that "evidence" isn't the only word that   
   > you want to use differently than do at least some other people here.   
   > "Belief" and "faith" turn out to be also in that category, at least while   
   > you're talking to Malte.   
   >   
   > It's clear that Malte is happy to say he "believes" things that he knows   
   > are probable rather than certain: it seems you are not.   
   >   
   > It's also clear that Malte is capable of distinguishing between "faith"   
   > meaning a high degree of confidence in a belief, and "faith" referring to   
   > a belief held in the absence of sufficient evidence. It seems you are   
   > either unable or unwilling to make this discussion.   
   >   
   > It's not surprising that you find you can't agree with people if you don't   
   > establish shared understandings of the words you want to use.   
      
   When one doesn't want to reveal his personal beliefs, yet still want to tell   
   others that they are wrong, you have to have 'rubberband definitions' of all   
   relevant terms.   
      
   Apart from that, you're right... again.   
      
   >   
   > (As an aside, I note that you think tigers roam wild in Africa. You might   
   > want to check this out).   
      
   I don't expect to find a penguin in my fridge next time I open it. 'But if   
   you lived in an igloo...'   
      
      
      
   --   
   Malte Runz   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)