A matter of perpective to Rick G.
Derek Pomery errancy@infidels.org
Wed, 14 Apr 1999 13:47:38 -0400 (EDT) (00924130058, Pine.LNX.3.95.990414134535.4145B-100000@helix.cs.cuc.edu)
> [rev grgaud]
> SJANE, I think you've indentified the problem: where Terry's religion
> is concerned, he doesn't want to think, he simply wants to believe.
> My take on this is that if he were to actually think about his
> beliefs, he might just loose them and he's afraid of that. I know that
> feeling, it was that way for me when I was a Fundie.
>
> TERRY
> My dear friend Rick, I always find your comments interesting Rick, whether
> I agree with them or not. One of them was this "Sometimes I wish it
> wasn't that way and I
> still wish the Atheist was wrong. However, I will not be dishonest and lie
> to myself! The evidence I see doesn't support my wish. "
>
> Its all a matter of perspective, I simply see the evidence in a different
> way then you do.
DEREK
Actually, I think it's a case of *refusing* to see it, and throwing it
out; since you had no good reason to reject it or explain it away.
Failure to come up with a viable alternative, yet refusing to accept the
evidence is not a coming up with a different perspective on it.