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06-10-2009, 03:38 AM
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In your opinion are humans rational or not?
What say you?
I think not. 
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06-10-2009, 03:39 AM
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 "If you don't believe that Puerto Rican Americans ought to be able to get married in this country, you are a bigot. If you don't think African Americans should be allowed in the military, you are a bigot. If you think it ought to be legal to refuse to hire Asian Americans, you are a bigot. And in case you're missing the point, there's only one group in America against whom the bigots are winning in all three areas." -Michael Dixon
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06-10-2009, 03:51 AM
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We don't have to practice it to recognize it. For example studies of gambling show patterns of behaviour that are hopeless from a rational perspective
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06-10-2009, 08:38 AM
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We have a capacity for it, but from a Christian point of view, that capacity is as flawed as all the other parts of our human nature.
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06-10-2009, 08:42 AM
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I think we're both. It's not an either-or thing. We've got our rational moments and our irrational moments.
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06-10-2009, 09:00 AM
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Humans are capible of being rational, but are not naturally that way. IMHO
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06-10-2009, 10:13 AM
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Yes and no. We are all rational about some things, and not so rational about others. Different individuals also have differing percentages of rationality. This can also vary from day to day, just in case it wasn't confusing enough.
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06-10-2009, 11:04 AM
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That's like asking whether human beings can dunk a basketball or not. Some can, some can't.
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06-10-2009, 11:41 AM
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06-10-2009, 11:56 AM
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