Lol. This is not the first time you make a fool of yourself. From dictionary.com: in·for·ma·tion /ˌɪnfərˈmeɪʃən/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[in-fer-mey-shuhn] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation ânoun 1. knowledge communicated or received concerning a particular fact or circumstance; news: information concerning a crime. 2. knowledge gained through study, communication, research, instruction, etc.; factual data: His wealth of general information is amazing. 3. the act or fact of informing. 4. an office, station, service, or employee whose function is to provide information to the public: The ticket seller said to ask information for a timetable. [other meanings clipped]
The dictionary response. How bloody predictable. Just like your Pavlovian reaction to my countering your false claim that "Jefferson was an atheist" which was in effect saying nothing more that you had the correct understanding of what Jefferson was saying. C...l...a...s...s...i...c. What a dunce. Geez, you really can't think for yourself, can you? Okay dumbass: "Information is not knowledge." ---Albert Einstein--- http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/alberteins163057.html http://thinkexist.com/quotation/information_is_not_knowledge/12642.html Man, you spend most of the time here spitting hooks out of your mouth... You are like a trained seal...
I guess I was wrong to say that only conservatives hate knowledge. At least one liberal also does. Too sad. Einstein would be turning in his grave knowing that you are butchering his words this way, way out of context. Here is the entire quote (I bet you can't find it on the web!) "Information is not knowledge, imagination is everything. Itâs more important than knowledge. The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education."
Man, I can just see you pulling out a dictionary and showing it Einstein telling him his quote was wrong. You are one dim bulb... I don't need to search for a quote, only a dumbass like you provides quotes without a link to confirm the quote. What an inestimable loser you are...
Read what I wrote. I deplore the term because it is typically used in a complimentary manner to describe someone. As you yourself wrote, someone who fears God is not necessarily functioning from a moral foundation. However, he pretends to do so and is therefore a more insidious threat: you don't see him coming. People who don't do something out of fear rather than because of their moral compass often transgress and then depend on ever-merciful forgiveness. You see it in the news all the time. If fear causes someone to do the right thing or at least not do the wrong thing, then I'm all for it. But let's not make the mistake of glorifying someone who operates in this manner.
i frankly never have understood why people debate religion the fact is, there is more to the universe, than humanity could ever possibly understand, let alone replicate or exceed whatever is, is no amount of debate will ever change one iota of it for many, their faith, their agnostisism or athism is just their way of accepting this fact, and appreciating whatever 'it's is that gave them what they have in this life people should just believe what suits them, and get on with their lives
I agree, provided that someone's personal beliefs associated with anything intangible or unmeasurable (and therefore potentially arbitrary by another's measure) is not imposed in any way on anyone else. Unfortunately, history, up to and including the present day, does not provide a very good example. And let's just be clear that moral standards and being a good neighbor need not be intertwined with "faith." Some people cannot seem to make that distinction. If we could all agree on ground rules at least similar to these, then I'm certainly willing to make a go of it. What about the rest of you bad haircuts?
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"Both sides will argue that it is not possible for them both to be right, and that one or the other of them has to be wrong. And depending on which side you listen to, it is easy to start believing one side or the other. But, whether or not it is possible for them both to be RIGHT, there is no doubt in my mind that it is not only possible, but quite definitely true that both sides are very WRONG. There is no need for anyone to side with either camp." Thoughts?
John Godfrey Saxe's ( 1816-1887) version of the famous Indian legend, It was six men of Indostan, To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. The First approach'd the Elephant, And happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once began to bawl: "God bless me! but the Elephant Is very like a wall!" The Second, feeling of the tusk, Cried, -"Ho! what have we here So very round and smooth and sharp? To me 'tis mighty clear, This wonder of an Elephant Is very like a spear!" The Third approach'd the animal, And happening to take The squirming trunk within his hands, Thus boldly up and spake: "I see," -quoth he- "the Elephant Is very like a snake!" The Fourth reached out an eager hand, And felt about the knee: "What most this wondrous beast is like Is mighty plain," -quoth he,- "'Tis clear enough the Elephant Is very like a tree!" The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear, Said- "E'en the blindest man Can tell what this resembles most; Deny the fact who can, This marvel of an Elephant Is very like a fan!" The Sixth no sooner had begun About the beast to grope, Then, seizing on the swinging tail That fell within his scope, "I see," -quoth he,- "the Elephant Is very like a rope!" And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding stiff and strong, Though each was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong! MORAL, So, oft in theologic wars The disputants, I ween, Rail on in utter ignorance Of what each other mean; And prate about an Elephant Not one of them has seen! <img src=http://www.noogenesis.com/pineapple/elephant/elephant.JPG>