Subj : Re: "i Hate The Lefties, To : Lee Lofaso From : Jeff Thiele Date : Tue Aug 16 2022 22:06:51 On 17 Aug 2022, Lee Lofaso said the following... LL> Without doubt, one cannot believe. For example, Jesus does not LL> believe in God. How could he? If he is God, as he claimed, then LL> he would know. LL> We must doubt in order to believe. LL> Whatever our belief might be, we can never truly know. The best LL> we can do is come up with a theory of probability. And then believe LL> whatever we want, or pretend it does not exist. LL> So what are facts? There are no facts. There are facts, as you pointed out in your example of Jesus not believing in God. LL> JT> Not all Republicans are ultra-conservative Christian fanatics, but as LL> JT> whole they tend to strongly favor allowing ultra-conservative Christi LL> JT> fanatics to force their beliefs on others. LL> That is a theory of probability. Roy Moore had plenty of Republican defenders when he wanted the Ten Commandments in his courthouse (not so many, but still quite a few, when he was accused of being a psexual predator). The Texas GOP platform condemns homosexuality, so either the majority of Texas Republicans agree with that statement, or they're voting against their own interests. LL> JT> They are complicit. LL> But on what scale? That is the question. With the USSC falling into conservative hands, the scale is only growing. Recent cases have proven that. Jeff. --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32) * Origin: Cold War Computing BBS (1:387/26) .