[MD] Empiricism for dummies

[MarshaV]

Sorry for the two incomplete posts sent by error....   - Marsha




At 02:24 PM 1/23/2009, you wrote:

>Mel, I thought th
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>At 02:13 PM 1/23/2009, you wrote:
>>Did I read of it, the great Silver
>>Tome?
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>>Alas, yes.  They are hours of life
>>expended as meaniglessly as
>>if I were watching TV.  I normally
>>make notes as I read, if there
>>are significant "structures" in
>>a book.  (I like to develop the
>>writer's case better than the
>>writer does.  It aids my
>>understanding.)
>>
>>With his, I was making
>>four pages of notes for every page
>>of his--almost all were fallacies
>>and such, little was new, and
>>none matched the "proofs' that
>>already exist.
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>>But, gods bless him for his literary
>>success.
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>>I did not say that you stated that
>>choice, but that you alluded to it.
>>The secific, formulated choice
>>existed before your e-mail.  Sorry
>>if it was taken otherwise.
>>
>>I did understand your context of
>>the comments as given and did not
>>mean to put anything into your words.
>>Sorry if it appeared otherwise.
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>>thanks--mel
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>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "MarshaV" <marshalz at charter.net>
>>To: "MD Forum" <moq_discuss at moqtalk.org>
>>Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 11:34 AM
>>Subject: Re: [MD] Empiricism for dummies
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>> > Greetings Mel,
>> >
>> > I didn't state that religion and science are equivalent or
>> > interchangeable, I merely stated them as two hypothetical choices and
>> > my preference.
>> >
>> > Did you actually read the book???  Call me stupid if you like, but I
>> > thought the book presented many _solid_ examples and arguments of why
>> > Judaism, Christianity and Islam, with their dogma and accoutrements,
>> > should be flushed.
>> >
>> > Besides I am awaiting the return of the Great Handkerchief.
>> >
>> >
>> > Marsha
>> >
>> >
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>> > Science does not know its debt to imagination.  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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>>mel:
>>Actually, the most gifted scientists trumpet the value of
>>imagination frequently and they are awed by it.
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