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From: brianp@shark.UUCP (Brian Peterson)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: empirical skeptics' basic assumption
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Date: Sat, 21-Jul-84 04:21:25 EDT
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#H   From: aeq@pucc-h (Jeff Sargent)
#H   Subject: empirical skeptics' basic assumption
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Not no more!

#H   
#H   Many skeptics begin by assuming that the physical world as perceived by our
#H   physical senses is real.  Where do they get this notion?  From the Western
#H   Judaeo-Christian tradition!
And where do you think the J-C's got the notion?  I assume that even they
pay attention to what illusions sneak in through their eyeballs when
they aren't looking.

#H  ...
#H  There is a fine irony in the fact that the basic assumption of many who deny
#H  Christianity is firmly rooted in the belief system they are trying to deny!
#H   -- Jeff Sargent
Maybe those many aren't denying that Christianity is based on things that
people saw and heard, but are denying the stories that Christians make up
to explain what they see and hear.

		Brian Peterson	{ucbvax, ihnp4, }  !tektronix!shark!brianp