1 Step at a Time
Farrell Till jftill@midwest.net
Sat, 4 Oct 1997 22:58:25 -0500 (CDT) (00876045505, 199710050358.WAA24966@cdale3.midwest.net)
At 08:52 PM 10/4/97 -0400, JAlw@aol.com wrote:
>> At 04:32 PM 10/4/97 -0400, JAlw@aol.com wrote:
>> >I'll cut this argument short. There were two more parts to go. One for
>> >Mark, then an argument which short-circuits the false notion that the two
>> >statements are in contradiction. I'll present them if anyone really wants
>>>to see them.
>>
>> TILL
>> I'd like to see them. Some members of the list may not know this, but I
>> believe that Mr. Alward teaches philosophy at a university in California.
>> >>
>>
>>ALWARD
>>The first argument presented (snipped above) is independent of the second
>>two. If the first can be rebutted, I won't bother presenting the second and
>>third parts. May I first hear your response to my first comments?
>
>TILL
>Okay, I'll respond to your other argument. You compared the biblical
>statements to someone who might say, "If you aren't part of the solution,
>then you are part of the problem," but I too would consider this a logical
>absurdity. <snip>
>
>
>ALWARD
>More to the point, does it not convey well the attitudes and beliefs of the
>speaker?
>
TILL
Of course, it does, but my position is that the attitudes and beliefs of the
speaker are logically absurd. They are rooted in the either-or fallacy.
Farrell Till
Skepticism, Inc.
jftill@midwest.net