Re: The story-telling ape (was virus: Logic)

Marie Foster (mfos@ieway.com)
Tue, 21 Oct 1997 13:11:49 -0700

David McFadzean wrote:
>
> At 11:08 AM 10/21/97 -0700, Tim Rhodes wrote:
>
> >On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, David McFadzean wrote:
> >> I wonder if you have given any thought to why I might
> >> list "faith" (defined as belief without evidence) among
> >> the sins.
> >
> >You know, I could probably agree with your definition and your decision to
> >call it a sin, if the "without" was changed to "in the face of".
>
> Maybe we could work toward a compromise. The sin I have in mind
> can be more accurately described as "belief without sufficient good
> evidence". Is that closer to your "in the face of"?
>
> --
> David McFadzean david@lucifer.com
> Memetic Engineer http://www.lucifer.com/~david/
> Church of Virus http://www.lucifer.com/virus/

I am wondering if good is redundant... not sure. I think it is much
more of what you had in mind.

BTW I had a question. Is there some reason you chose Lucifer as your
domain name? To me it seemed a bit incongruous. Perhaps that was your
intent. It does not bother me, but I wonder if it might not be at the
root of some people's discomfort.

Marie