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Old 02-09-2008, 12:25 PM   #24 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Herra1 View Post
Mister.
It can also be, the lord, but not me.

Anyway, like i said, i was being agnostic `bout 1. It seems that people know what is one. it is a simple concept. ...Easily proven.

Well, not really.If a child ask a question about, lets say, heaven.
Do you answer that the child should know the answer ?
According to Wiki: Herra = Lord and herra = mister?

regarding A = A type discussions ....there are a few recent threads on truth and absolute truth etc. The conclusions that I have come to are 1) there's no such thing as absolute truth at keat for practical purposes. 2) to prove something for practical purposes you and I have to agree on a framework before we can move forward.

If a child asked about heaven etc.... the exact answer would depend on the child.....but in general I would avoid answering the question unless the child directly asked me what I believe. But would counter with other questions...
what do you think?
why do you think that?
and
what is the evidence?
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