To be perfectly honest, yes.If there's
A) a rational and natural explanation
and
B) an irrational explanation that invokes the supernatural
anyone who plumps for option B) despite no supporting evidence is, to my mind, insane.
But then again, that pretty much sums up every female I know. Most of my relationship problems stem from the fact that I run from a purely logical standpoint and have difficulty understanding overly emotional 'reasoning', or indeed, faith.
(A) a rational and natural explanation
and
B) an irrational explanation that invokes the supernatural
anyone who plumps for option B) despite no supporting evidence is, to my mind, insane.
But then again, that pretty much sums up every female I know. Most of my relationship problems stem from the fact that I run from a purely logical standpoint and have difficulty understanding overly emotional 'reasoning', or indeed, faith.
emvee cruor deo cruoris,
Fri 23 May 2008, 9:59,
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So you'd never risk your life to save a loved one?That's overly emotional reasoning.
(
Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous,
Fri 23 May 2008, 10:02,
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I dunno:My personal value of my life = X
My personal value of loved one's life = Y
If X<Y then RUN TO THE FIRE.
This seems rationally emotional, rather than crezzy.
(My personal value of loved one's life = Y
If X<Y then RUN TO THE FIRE.
This seems rationally emotional, rather than crezzy.
Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE,
Fri 23 May 2008, 10:07,
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Well, what Mockingbird saidbut I've been told by many women that I'm too "reserved", to employ a euphemism.
And I just don't understand how there's any value in saying "this is impossible and there's no proof for it, yet I believe it anyway".
(And I just don't understand how there's any value in saying "this is impossible and there's no proof for it, yet I believe it anyway".
emvee cruor deo cruoris,
Fri 23 May 2008, 10:13,
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How is it impossible?Improbable, certainly. But then so is winning the lottery.
I'm not trying to fight with you. I'm genuinely interested, although I didn't appreciate the sexism.
Also, there may be no 'value' in it to you, but then is that a viable excuse to throw around insults?
(I'm not trying to fight with you. I'm genuinely interested, although I didn't appreciate the sexism.
Also, there may be no 'value' in it to you, but then is that a viable excuse to throw around insults?
Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous,
Fri 23 May 2008, 10:17,
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Not trying to be sexistNone of my male friends have ever told me that I'm too emotionally reserved...even when I fail to muster a response to, say, an England penalty shoot-out. It's only the women in my life who seem to have a problem with it. Empirical evidence.
And I'm not trying to pick a fight, and I'm not trying to throw around insults, but to me insanity is characterised by believing impossible things to be true. I wouldn't insult you by saying "well, I think most people who have faith are insane but you're special", that would be dishonest. This is what I think. You asked, I'll tell you. I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings, but that's the way I roll. I do have friends who have faith and they know full well my feelings on the subject. Generally we talk about something else.
(And I'm not trying to pick a fight, and I'm not trying to throw around insults, but to me insanity is characterised by believing impossible things to be true. I wouldn't insult you by saying "well, I think most people who have faith are insane but you're special", that would be dishonest. This is what I think. You asked, I'll tell you. I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings, but that's the way I roll. I do have friends who have faith and they know full well my feelings on the subject. Generally we talk about something else.
emvee cruor deo cruoris,
Fri 23 May 2008, 10:26,
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I agree,I just do not think that there is an awfully large percentage of things which happen that fall into category A
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Fri 23 May 2008, 10:20,
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