Godfree wrote:Only knowledge and science should be used to steer the human ship away from the rocks. As it surely contains no individual self interests.[/color]
A nice sentiment , but who's knowledge , and who's science ,,???
Scientology ,,??? ,,The New Scientist ,,??? ,,,Intelligent Design ,,???
and having the knowledge is not enough , you also have to have the courage and commitment ,
to act and do something ,
and that is where the Skeptics fail , we get the status quo because they , the Skeptics ,
will be skeptical of the idea that they should act ,
so it's like Skeptic is just a convenient excuse for complacency ,
change requires you to chose , this way or that ,
STOP TRYING TO MAKE EVERY BODY HAPPY ,AND JUST BE HONEST[/quote]
Your a nice guy , I can tell that , you wouldn't hurt a fly , me neither , sort of , flies , should be squashed ,
but you know what I mean , your doing what I did as a child within my own family ,
I was playing the role of the peace maker and often wondered why my siblings liked to take sides and make war ,
I'm not unfamiliar with your philosophy , I do understand the stance your taking ,
but we can play games with things to make points , ie ,
if you had to chose , does god exist or not and sitting on the fence was not an option ,
what would you decide you think ,???
so nice as you are , you don't help me further my cause , you do just as I do ,
and only want to continually promote my cause/philosophy ,
so I don't mind , my favourite saying as a fifteen yr old ,
reality is an individual experience , or
reality is subjective ,
I started quite early , and was getting my brain around subjects like infinity by the time I was 10 ,
to say I know these arguments backwards ,
would be an understatement ,,,!!!