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> Uncle Davey wrote:
>
> > news:r534uvoennq2o43epa23ugldq4rmv47e0c@4ax.com...
> >
> >>In talk.origins, "Uncle Davey" <noway@jose.com> wrote in
> >><brsvkk$hbj$1@nemesis.news.tpi.pl>:
> >>
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> >>>
> >>>>"Uncle Davey" <noway@jose.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>news:3fe11b95$1_4@corp.newsgroups.com...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>But I strongly suspect that "Constance" is not a female anyway . . .
> >
> > .
> >
> >>>.
> >>>
> >>>>>>. . .
> >>>>>
> >>>>>That's nice.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Why should we listen to your opinions on whether Constance is a
female
> >>>
> >>>more
> >>>
> >>>>>than Behe's or Ross's or, for that matter, the guy who delivered a
> >
> > pizza
> >
> >>>>>here to my colleagues this afternoon?
> >>>>
> >>>>Because evidence, however circumstancial, is on the side of his
> >
> > opinion?
> >
> >>>>Note, too, that Lenny doesn't make his claim with the certainty of a
> >>>>creationist; he qualifies it with a "strongly suspect."
> >>>>
> >>>>I know, I know... you were just trying to turn the tables on him, but
> >
> > it
> >
> >>>>didn't work.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>I was just satirising his highly amusing style of questioning.
> >>>
> >>>Uncle Davey, I don't mean it in a nasty way, though.
> >>>
> >>
> >>Have you noticed that none of the anti-science folks have ever tried to
> >>answer Lenny's questions? A few have responded with non-responsive
> >>comments, but I don't recall any actual attempts at an answer.
> >>
> >
> >
> > Well, the question as to why we think our opinions are worth listening
to is
> > obvious, I would have thought. Everybody holds their opinions because
they
> > think they are the correct opinions and therefore worth listening to.
>
>
>
>
>
> But you claim more than that, Davey --- you claim YOU ARE SPEAKING TO US
> ON BEHALF OF GOD.
>
> That's a bit different from "I'm entitled to my opinion".
>
>
In as much as what I say is scriptural, it is on behalf of God, but I don't
claim papal infallibility for my interpretations.
You're naturally welcome to give other interpretations, and we can discuss
why we don't prefer each other's versions.
> If
> > people believe they don't know or care about a topic, they won't even
> > comment it. For example, you won't see me join many sports threads, as I
> > really have no opinions on sports.
> >
> > It's built in to any form of belief or opinion holding that you thing
what
> > you have accepted as the truth is a better version than what you
rejected.
> > If not, you would change your beliefs.
> >
>
> Is it "built into any form of belief or opinion holding" that one's
> opinion is ON BEHALF OF GOD? When I express the opinion "I like
> chocolate ice cream", am I automatically assuming the GOD likes
> chocolate ice cream too? When I give the opinion "Republicans are
> assholes", does that automatically mean that GOD HIMSELF thinks
> Republicans are assholes?
>
> Are your opinions YOUR opinions, Davey, or are they GOD'S opinion.
I know they are my opinions, and I hope they coincide with God's opinions.
>
> Or are they both one and the same to you.
>
That's what I'm working towards, but not in the way you're hinting at.
> > That's why the question is comical to me, and I started treating Lenny
as
> > more a fuigure of fun than anything else.
> >
> > But like I say, I don't mean it in a nasty way.
> And when I say that you are a self-righteous prideful arrogant
> holier-than-thou (literally) prick who actually believes that HE IS
> SPEAKING TO US DIRECTLY ON BEHALF OF GOD -- I don't mean THAT in a nasty
> way, either.
Heh.
That's all right, then.
Happy Hanukkah.
Uncle Davey
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