Is It Ok To Be Wrong.

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Originally posted by hobbes@15 March 2004 - 16:40





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[hobbes]

Originally posted by Busyman@15 March 2004 - 04:28
Alot of people have tremendous egos and being wrong gets in the way.

I&#39;ve noticed college students and alumni are the ones that have a problem with being wrong. They have had their heads buried in books and this is their outlet to skeet their knowledge upon us poor souls.

I see it not just on here but among my friends with their Master&#39;s degree&#39;s (I did not finish btw).

The lot of them lack some common sense or yet claim there is no such thing because it has not been proven. &nbsp;

The irony that someone who believes in an unknowable God and pretends to know what he wants, is giving me lectures on "common sense" is almost more than I can bear.

I put stock in things which can be reproducibly duplicated, which is rather logical.

For things that are merely speculation, with many conflicting opinions, I hestitate to put my eggs in one basket, and take a more, wait and see attitude. I have never said "God" was impossible, he is surely a possibility as we ARE here, but to pretend that I know him is ridiculous.

[Busyman]

Originally posted by hobbes+15 March 2004 - 23:59--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (hobbes @ 15 March 2004 - 23:59)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Originally posted by Busyman@15 March 2004 - 04:28
Alot of people have tremendous egos and being wrong gets in the way.

I&#39;ve noticed college students and alumni are the ones that have a problem with being wrong. They have had their heads buried in books and this is their outlet to skeet their knowledge upon us poor souls.

I see it not just on here but among my friends with their Master&#39;s degree&#39;s (I did not finish btw).

The lot of them lack some common sense or yet claim there is no such thing because it has not been proven.

The irony that someone who believes in an unknowable God and pretends to know what he wants, is giving me lectures on "common sense" is almost more than I can bear.

I put stock in things which can be reproducibly duplicated, which is rather logical.

For things that are merely speculation, with many conflicting opinions, I hestitate to put my eggs in one basket, and take a more, wait and see attitude. I have never said "God" was impossible, he is surely a possibility as we ARE here, but to pretend that I know him is ridiculous. [/b]

Who was talking about you? First and foremost, before trying to "bear" something in the first place make sure you are individually being addressed.

If you feel the shoe fits, so be it.

Obviously things that have not been proven are up for debate and that&#39;s good.
Whatever you are on about with this God diatribe....well.... let me in on it.

<!--QuoteBegin-hobbes
I have never said "God" was impossible, he is surely a possibility as we ARE here, but to pretend that I know him is ridiculous[/quote]

And I never said you said God was impossible.

[hobbes]

Perhaps I had a lapse in common sense?

Good one Busy.

[NikkiD]

I&#39;ve just read this entire thread and I must say...



To your original question - I think it&#39;s fine to be wrong. I admit it when I&#39;m wrong.

HOWEVER

I will go out of my way to try and prove that I am right. At times, this can be frustrating to those around me (my boyfriend will attest to this, and abhors the words "fine, let me check google.") I generally find that for me, it is easier to steer clear of the more serious discussions on the forum for this reason, to keep things light. This is also partly due to the position I hold here, where oft times taking sides isn&#39;t advisable, and appearing neutral is.

Will I disappear if I am proven wrong? I don&#39;t think that I have, but you can prove me wrong.

[hobbes]

Nikki? Nikki?

Where the hell did she go?

Typical&#33;

[NikkiD]

Just my usual "drive-by" posting on my way to bed - or rather to watch the Sopranos. I missed it last night, and I&#39;ve been itching to watch it since it finished downloading... but I promised I would wait for Chris to get home from work. He&#39;s now fallen asleep with his notebook on his lap... but he&#39;s home, so I&#39;m going to watch it anyway. He didn&#39;t stipulate that he had to be home AND awake.

And now that I&#39;ve done my usual and taken this well off topic...

[j2k4]

Originally posted by hobbes@16 March 2004 - 00:59
I put stock in things which can be reproducibly duplicated, which is rather logical.

It may be logical, but that there is an oxy-somethingorother.

I read about them somewhere.

[j2k4]

Originally posted by J&#39;Pol+15 March 2004 - 20:04--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (J&#39;Pol @ 15 March 2004 - 20:04)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-j2k4@15 March 2004 - 06:59

Many viewpoints are utterly ridiculous, and we should not be shy of dismissing them as such.

Preposterous drivel, but I mean that in a good way. [/b][/quote]
It had the desired effect, then.

I couldn&#39;t suss another way to get you to post.

[Wizard_Mon1]

Originally posted by Busyman+16 March 2004 - 04:36--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Busyman @ 16 March 2004 - 04:36)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Originally posted by hobbes+15 March 2004 - 23:59--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (hobbes &#064; 15 March 2004 - 23:59)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Busyman@15 March 2004 - 04:28
Alot of people have tremendous egos and being wrong gets in the way.

I&#39;ve noticed college students and alumni are the ones that have a problem with being wrong. They have had their heads buried in books and this is their outlet to skeet their knowledge upon us poor souls.

I see it not just on here but among my friends with their Master&#39;s degree&#39;s (I did not finish btw).

The lot of them lack some common sense or yet claim there is no such thing because it has not been proven. &nbsp;

The irony that someone who believes in an unknowable God and pretends to know what he wants, is giving me lectures on "common sense" is almost more than I can bear.

I put stock in things which can be reproducibly duplicated, which is rather logical.

For things that are merely speculation, with many conflicting opinions, I hestitate to put my eggs in one basket, and take a more, wait and see attitude. I have never said "God" was impossible, he is surely a possibility as we ARE here, but to pretend that I know him is ridiculous. [/b]

Who was talking about you? First and foremost, before trying to "bear" something in the first place make sure you are individually being addressed.

If you feel the shoe fits, so be it.

Obviously things that have not been proven are up for debate and that&#39;s good.
Whatever you are on about with this God diatribe....well.... let me in on it.

<!--QuoteBegin-hobbes
I have never said "God" was impossible, he is surely a possibility as we ARE here, but to pretend that I know him is ridiculous[/quote]

And I never said you said God was impossible. [/b][/quote]
Busy, i think that post by hobbes was directed straight at my head, albeit in defence of of what he thought you were posting about.

/me ducks. (Get it, ducks.)

Almost more than i can bear

LMFAO

Well, i am sorry for burdening your supierior mind.

All i was saying was similar to what you have been saying and that is you can&#39;t be sure, i might have direct experience of an &#39;unknowable&#39; god and you wouldn&#39;t know it, you would, however, continue to argue that i couldn&#39;t because it doesn&#39;t fit into your world view.

There are differing views, you so adamently stand by and publish your views, i am just doing the same, standing by my views. I think that is fair. But if it is more than you can bear...





I apologise if i have interperted your post wrongly but it sounded like it was directed at me, so i replyed.