Re: Scientism, faith, & knowledge

Pim van Meurs (entheta@eskimo.com)
Sun, 22 Jun 1997 15:02:34 -0400

Keithp: The picture that came to mind when I read these words was that of
driving around aimlessly with no destination in mind, being asked by my
passenger "Where are we going?", and replying confidently, "I haven't the
slightest idea but I know I'm pretty darn close!"

Pimv: Strange things do happen.

Ms Reader: Pardon me, Mr van Meurs, but do you keep sidestepping because
you think it is harder to hit a moving target? This was a excellent point
Mr Plummer made and I suspect, because of that, you gave an evasive
response that failed by design to address the point made.

Mr Plummer made an imho strange interpretation. That you consider this an
excellent point has no relevance though.

Ms Reader: Having read, with great interest, the posts between Mr Plummer
and Mr van Meurs I have to question why you make statements such as
accusing Mr Plummer of creating a strawman. I believe, Mr van Meurs, that
it is incumbent upon you
to retract that assertion because there was no strawman there. It is
clear that Mr Plummer is more than capable of presenting his argument
without the
sophistic aid of strawmen and dancing about the points. Every one of his
posts has shown this in glaringly obvious fashion. I would challenge you
to present
evidence to the contrary.

Boy are we defensive Ms Reader. If Mr Plummer is more than capable of
presenting his argument, why worry ? I explained why I considered his
turning around of my comment and then attacking it a strawman.

If you believe you have anything to contribute to the debate, feel free to
do so, sideline cheerleading and empty rethoric is not what I consider a
contribution to any debate.

Now back to the real issues.

Regards

Pim