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By all means, elaborate. Given a certain claim about the existence of beings for the existence of which there is no evidence (say, demons, ghosts, or djinn), what standards can be used to objectively evaluate the claim and determine whether it should be accepted?
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That depends on what you mean. It is legal for residents of the town as individuals; it is not legal for the council to officially recognize the holiday and make it illegal to, ooh, sell alcohol during it or make it illegal to have restaurants open before sunset.
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BTW in this case someone posted the bail anonymously for the perpetrator almost immediately once the judge set it.
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He was probably fat. Slim people as a rule don't get called gluttons.
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I'm not comfortable with artwork that skewers cherished beliefs, but the right to produce such works should be protected. If it isn't, then freedom means only the freedom to voice accepted opinions. And that's no freedom at all. |
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Although it does seem to be OK for everyone to publicy ridicule Christians more than any other faith. Just the same way it seems to be OK to make a white man look like a buffoon in television ads. Try the same with a black guy or a woman and everyone cries "rascist" or "sexist".
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Beliefs have consequences. That isn't to say that certain beliefs should be censored, but no beliefs should be beyond criticism. What harm is there in believing in homeopathy? Probably very little, until a child dies as a result of his parents belief that diarrhea can best be cured by homeopathic medicines or a cancer patient dies because they relied on homeopathic remedies rather than Western medicine.
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I wonder how much this controversy/publicity will increase the selling price of Enrique Chagoya's next painting.
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That's been going on for a very long time.
.....Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has; it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but—more frequently than not—struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God. ..........— Martin Luther (1483-1546), Father of the Reformation. Table Talk (1569), CCCLIII (tr. Hazlitt). Last edited by WT Sharpe; 10-08-2010 at 07:28 PM. |
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