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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dayuhan who wrote (18292)	7/15/2001 10:19:05 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

"...a chihuahua is a dog..." Bravo, brilliant as usual. Do you require faith to believe in Chihuahua? How do you know Chihuahua exists, have you seen Chihuahua or do you trust solely in the subjective senses of people who have? Is the existence of Chihuahua proof of design and has anyone tried to prove Chihuahua does not exist? Are they more blessed who have not seen Chihuahua and believe, than those who have direct knowledge of Chihuahua?

To: Dayuhan who wrote (18292)	7/15/2001 10:32:55 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Every belief, no matter how thoroughly implanted, no matter how basic, can be questioned. Ah, you're starting to get it. We know that women are human in the same way that we know that a chihuahua is a dog and not an overgrown rat. How do we know those things? We make the definitions. But that has no reality. We could just as well define a woman as a spider if we wanted to. Definitions are not proof. All you're saying is "I'm relying on what others say, not what I know." If you insist on relying on the dictionary for your argument, you're using the dictionary just as the religious use the Bible. Not good enough. You need to rely on your own thinking, not on some book that you claim to be authoritative. Think deeper.