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From: bjanz@watarts.UUCP (Bruce Janz)
Newsgroups: net.philosophy
Subject: Re: a cross-posting request
Message-ID: <8517@watarts.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 2-Aug-85 14:17:22 EDT
Article-I.D.: watarts.8517
Posted: Fri Aug  2 14:17:22 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 3-Aug-85 03:20:50 EDT
References: <244@frog.UUCP>
Reply-To: bjanz@watarts.UUCP (Bruce Janz)
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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Summary: 

In article <244@frog.UUCP> frog!tdh writes:
>I would appreciate avoiding cross-posting to religious
>newgroups from net.philosophy .  Insofar as those who have
>succumbed to the idiocy of religion are willing to employ
>the arguments from faith that are the essence of religion,
>the level of activity in this newsgroup will tend to rise
>and the quality of argument will degenerate.  Insofar as
>they do not argue from faith, they are not being religious.
>Let those who are interested in philosophy get it other than
>from net.religion .
>
>Philosophy climbed back out of the religious abyss centuries
>ago.  I'd hate to see it shoved back in, here or elsewhere.
>
>				David Hudson


Now there's an arrogant position. . . Even though there will be
some crossover (there is, after all a recognized area of philosophy
called philosophy of religion), I agree that cross-posting should
be avoided. 

-- 

Reality is for those who have no imagination. . .


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