"David Rodemaker" <dar at horusinc.com> writes: > > >Very mildly. But they're still encouraging people to believe things > > >on faith rather than evidence, for example, and that's bad. People do > > >far to little thinking. > > > > > >***************************************************************** > > ********************* > > > > > >Clarify this for me please, are you saying that those that follow a > > >religion don't think? > > > > Let's not say everyone. Let us speak of someone who says, "I believe. I > > believe purely on faith." Now, would you say that this person, on this > > subject, is thinking? > > Any type of mathematics beyond the measurement of discrete objects that can > be physically manipulated and observed at the time of 'belief'. I can't parse this sentence, sorry. But I'll point out that "measurement of discrete objects" isn't mathematics in the first place. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net / http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info