> Chirstianity took centuries to take
> root but once it became firmly in place it caused a dark cloud to desend
> on the face of Europe that held back civilization for a thousand years.
How many hospitals have been built by Objectivists? And by Christians?
> That is why it is so Important Proffesor. That is why I fight. I fight
> for the mind, for the right to think and I will take on anything that I
> honestly believe is a threat to that. Such as making room for
> "contradiction in a limited amount of areas". To me that is the
> equivilent of saying "why not make room for a limited amount of poison?"
Why, again, is contradiction a poison? I may well agree with you (you'd
be surprised to know), but I'd rather have a strong enemy than a weak
ally. *Show me* why consistency is of primary importance and I will
agree.
> I suspect Tim that you think of this as more of an intellectual game
> than as something of importance.
Nothing is more important than The Game(tm).
> Sometimes I play too. But for today at least I'm not.
In deadly seriousness, What would be different in my life if A did not
equal A?
-Prof. Tim