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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Aragorn243: [QB] Glassman, Your tactics in these discussions seems to be one of posting limited quotes, basically the portion that fits your view. That too is not common sense. It is ignoring the whole. You recently stated that Abraham Lincoln was not a Christian, yet that is not the whole truth is it. For one, we don't know if he was or not. You can believe in Christ and not attend church. Lincoln was once questioned on the matter. His reply: A charge having got into circulation in some of the neighborhoods of this District, in substance that I am an open scoffer at Christianity, I have by the advice of some friends concluded to notice the subject in this form. That I am not a member of any Christian Church, is true; but I have never denied the truth of the Scriptures; and I have never spoken with intentional disrespect of religion in general, or any denomination of Christians in particular. It is true that in early life I was inclined to believe in what I understand is called the "Doctrine of Necessity" -- that is, that the human mind is impelled to action, or held in rest by some power, over which the mind itself has no control; and I have sometimes (with one, two or three, but never publicly) tried to maintain this opinion in argument. The habit of arguing thus however, I have, entirely left off for more than five years. And I add here, I have always understood this same opinion to be held by several of the Christian denominations. The foregoing, is the whole truth, briefly stated, in relation to myself, upon this subject. "I do not think I could myself, be brought to support a man for office, whom I knew to be an open enemy of, and scoffer at, religion. Leaving the higher matter of eternal consequences, between him and his Maker, I still do not think any man has the right thus to insult the feelings, and injure the morals, or the community in which he may live. If, then, I was guilty of such conduct, I should blame no man who should condemn me for it; but I do blame those, whoever they may be, who falsely put such a charge in circulation against me." -- Handbill Replying to Charges of Infidelity, 31 July 1846 When you are confronted by your incorrect assumptions, you ignore them, or as in this case refer the "offender" to some long ago post you made that we must find to get our answers. Again, not common sense. I've seen you refer to having similar debates to this one for over a year here on this board. Good for you. I've had the same debates concerning Iraq for 15 years on other message boards. Should I refer you to those? Or should I discuss it again, even though it is repititious to me. Common sense and simple courtesy says I must repeat it once again. And then lastly, there is always the ever popular change of subject, and implying that in this case I have some sort of allegience to that topic because you have a faulty image of my position on that topic. In this instance the Dover school board and intelligent design. I'm not a proponent of intelligent design, I simply see no harm in it. Once again, common sense. The theory of evolution which I do believe in does not have all the answers. It remains a theory, just as intelligent design. Dover was not teaching it, they were introducing it as a posibility for individual research if interested. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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