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From: mangoe@umcp-cs.UUCP (Charley Wingate)
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Subject: Re: Penses on "Is God Knowable?"
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Date: Tue, 28-May-85 00:20:12 EDT
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In article <1310006@acf4.UUCP> mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora) writes:

>>Therefore, the existence of God is scientifically
>>unknowable."

>How do you know?

If this statement were taken in context, it should have been read to say:

     "A god who possessed the qualities listed would be scientifically
      unknowable."

Stripping the statement of all context isn't exactly the road to honest
discussion.

Charley Wingate   umcp-cs!mangoe

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