Many of the posters here need to know where others are basing their beliefs, i.e. know who they read (philosophically) and follow.
Helps to make a lot of sense of these threads but YMMV...
Once a topic gets over 5 pages long...it just becomes...long...and tiring.
People become more entrenched in their own positions, and little to nothing is accomplished.
Which is what one would expect from a venue as impersonal as a computer screen.
Yet, you continue?
Perhaps, you missed the point of my post.
I think I comprehend the content of your post.
I continue because at some point...like 30 pages ago...it becomes like guys poping each other with towels in the locker room.
I know where a lot of the arguments come from. I find most of them interesting...outside this format. I never cared for Dawkins or Krauss, however, I almost always enjoyed reading/watching Hitchens...although I disagreed with him on almost all of his conclusions and assurtions.
My feelings are not hurt when someone "bashes" (not the exact word I would use) my position. And when I fire off a zinger at another poster...AS for example...I am pretty sure he has been around the block enough that his feelings are not hurt either.
Thank you for your reply.
Many on this thread should google Karl Popper. It would save a lot of trouble.
