Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The Joy of *small* business Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2024 12:24:53 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <72616cd8-3cd6-8e7a-2fe0-3078e6a2e899@example.net> References: <1248675b-e38a-04a7-93b3-6fa527725858@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="4094752"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:62901 On Sun, 22 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote: > On Sun, 22 Dec 2024 02:12:43 -0500, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote: > >> Those poor people ... caught between an ever-growing mountain of >> facts/evidence and equally-persuasive *belief* (which requires no >> facts). They TRY to find ways to splice it all together. It doesn't >> work well ... > > A friend was a Young Earther despite being a proficient programmer. Given > the premise God can do anything it's no problem for him to whip up the > Grand Canyon with all its geological layers in his spare time. He was also > well rehearsed in the creationist arguments against evolution. Did you ever get anywhere with him in arguments, or was every argument closed down by the "God"-argument?