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From: mrh@cybvax0.UUCP (Mike Huybensz)
Newsgroups: talk.religion.misc,net.religion.christian
Subject: Re: A Fig for 'what's his name'.
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Date: Thu, 25-Sep-86 10:44:07 EDT
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Let this be a lesson to you, dear readers: read and comprehend the whole
article before writing a response, or you'll shoot yourself in the foot.

In article <1156@cybvax0.UUCP> mrh@cybvax0.UUCP I write:
> [paragraph 1 omitted]
> I'm disgusted by the common Christian attitude that "because we assume
> god is good, we can make up any outlandish story we want to reinterpret
> the bible to cast god in a favorable light."  You blatantly assume what
> you want to prove, rather than examining the evidence (such as it is.)

In article <258@prometheus.UUCP> pmk@prometheus.UUCP (Paul M Koloc) answers
paragraph 1's argument with exactly the same sort of fallacy:
> Very true, but remember Mike, some of us are more thick headed than others
> and we couldn't learn that there miracle thing so good in this life, so
> maybe we should be give a few lessons in "tough love".

Perhaps you need a lesson in "tough love", Paul.  Shall I ask Charlie Wingate
to stand behind you with a broomstick to discipline you whenever you repeat
a fallacy you've just been chastised for?
--

"A loud-mouthed, red-necked stogie-sucker!  And them's good eatin'"
					Anonymous duck in Bloom County.
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Mike Huybensz		...decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!cybvax0!mrh