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Originally Posted by Willravel
I can be a lot more specific. Two cases I read about today on reddit:
Recently, a UCF student was at a Catholic Mass. When he went up for communion, he pocketed the Eucharist (wafer), planning on eating it when he got back to his seat. Someone grabbed him and tried to prevent him from leaving, and now the Catholic Church is demanding that he return the wafer. He's received death threats from theists. Why was he in mass? He (an atheist) was concerned about public UCF funds paying for a religious service.
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If dunking the koran is considered sacreligious to those that believe in Allah, then this is equal to Catholics and their blessed wafers.
I find both absurd.
As for the man in the service, I still state that there's not enough information to pass judgement. I've had people whom I did not promote tell me that they had what it takes and when tested they weren't able to pass muster. They still believed they should have gotten the promotion.
Again, I state it emphatically just because you believe you should be promoted, doesn't mean you will.
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Originally Posted by Willravel
Look at it like enlightenment. There are many roads to enlightenment. Anne and I each have a different set of cognitive biases, which color or ability to rationalize and reason. I can't speak for her, but one of my goals is to remove as many of my biases as possible.
I can't stand Rand.
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Seems that you have biases you aren't willing to remove.
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Last edited by Cynthetiq; 07-09-2008 at 07:36 PM..
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