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  Re: FAITH The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-06-22 23:55 -0700
    Re: FAITH Les Hellawell <les@shant.tell> - 2016-06-23 14:16 +0100

#2130523 — Re: FAITH

Les Hellawell wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 00:54:11 -0700, The Starmaker
> <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> 
> >Smiler wrote:
> >>
> >> On Mon, 20 Jun 2016 18:16:46 -0700, The Starmaker wrote:
> >>
> >> > Smiler wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> On Mon, 20 Jun 2016 11:09:51 -0700, The Starmaker wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > The Starmaker wrote:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Faith
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> faith
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> noun: faith
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>     1.
> >> >> >>     complete trust or confidence in someone or something.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> https://www.google.com/#q=define+faith
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Like for example...
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Science has faith that there is water on Mars.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Science have a complete trust, they are confident there is water on
> >> >> >> Mars.
> >> >> >> They just have to keep the faith, and keep looking.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Science has faith that there is Life on other planets somewhere in
> >> >> >> the universe.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Science doesn't need evidence, they have ....Faith.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Have they found any Martians yet?
> >> >>
> >> >> Why do you want to know?
> >> >> Are you going to Mars to try to convert them?
> >> >
> >> > What other reasons would they have to want to go to Mars???
> >>
> >> The search for knowledge, something quite alien to you.
> >
> >
> >Well, if i need to search for knowledge, I'm suppose to dig a hole in
> >the ground???
> >
> >
> >What knowledge can you get from a rock????
> 
> Quite a lot as it happens


"Quite a lot" is not an acceptable answer.



What knowledge can you get from a rock????

Take your monitor and keyboard and plug it into your rock and see how
much information you get...

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#2130629

On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 23:55:16 -0700, The Starmaker
<starmaker@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

>Les Hellawell wrote:
>> 
>> On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 00:54:11 -0700, The Starmaker
>> <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>> 
>> >Smiler wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, 20 Jun 2016 18:16:46 -0700, The Starmaker wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Smiler wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Mon, 20 Jun 2016 11:09:51 -0700, The Starmaker wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > The Starmaker wrote:
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Faith
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> faith
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> noun: faith
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>     1.
>> >> >> >>     complete trust or confidence in someone or something.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> https://www.google.com/#q=define+faith
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Like for example...
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Science has faith that there is water on Mars.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Science have a complete trust, they are confident there is water on
>> >> >> >> Mars.
>> >> >> >> They just have to keep the faith, and keep looking.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Science has faith that there is Life on other planets somewhere in
>> >> >> >> the universe.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Science doesn't need evidence, they have ....Faith.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Have they found any Martians yet?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Why do you want to know?
>> >> >> Are you going to Mars to try to convert them?
>> >> >
>> >> > What other reasons would they have to want to go to Mars???
>> >>
>> >> The search for knowledge, something quite alien to you.
>> >
>> >
>> >Well, if i need to search for knowledge, I'm suppose to dig a hole in
>> >the ground???
>> >
>> >
>> >What knowledge can you get from a rock????
>> 
>> Quite a lot as it happens
>
>
>"Quite a lot" is not an acceptable answer.

Don't accept it then and stay ignorant. 

Being religious you will most likely prefer it that way anyway
>
>
>
>What knowledge can you get from a rock????
>
>Take your monitor and keyboard and plug it into your rock and see how
>much information you get...

I know exactly how much information I would get but that is not how
I would go about studying rocks. 



Les Hellawell
Greeting from
YORKSHIRE - The White Rose County

Martin Luther wrote:
"Faith must trample underfoot all sense, reason and understanding

Which means that if Luther practised what he preached
nothing he ever said made any sense

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