Belief versus knowledge

[Subduction Zone]

Keep in mind that referring to Inuit as Eskimos is like referring to African-Americans as nigg*rs.

I don't think that the Eskimos has even a fraction of the negative connotations of the much hated "n word".

 

[Audie]

what sorts of facts would make one believe more upon The Holy Bible?

Why is it "believe more upon" ? Kind of an odd construction, almost like totally out of date.

 

[Subduction Zone]

what sorts of facts would make one believe more upon The Holy Bible?

Matthew 2:23 "And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene."

There is no such prophecy in the Old Testament. Why start with such an utter failure?

 

[Audie]

I don't think that the Eskimos has even a fraction of the negative connotations of the much hated "n word".

That is only one of the reasons that the comparison is
inept.

 

[Cockadoodledoo]

I hope I havn’t Offended anyone.
Sorry if I used the wrong word, Inuit.

 

[Subduction Zone]

I hope I havn’t Offended anyone.
Sorry if I used the wrong word, Inuit.

Just think of the storm you would have raised up if you used the word "Equimaux" . . . oh oh

 

[Audie]

I hope I havn’t Offended anyone.
Sorry if I used the wrong word, Inuit.

If you referred to a Yu'pik Eskimo as Inuit I suppose
he'd think you a bit more into some attempt at PC than
offensive, but its is still as wrong as calling a German
"French".

 

[Audie]

Just think of the storm you would have raised up if you used the word "Equimaux" . . . oh oh

I dont think you could cook up a storm anywhere but ina
places where the pc wars are going on amongst white folk.

Look up the Japanese, French, German words for "Eskimo".

Perhaps a PC squad should be sent to re educate them.

Or maybe the PC people should educate their own freakin' selves.

 

[Cockadoodledoo]

From my English Dictionary.......
Eskimo n. Member of the aboriginal race inhabiting N Canada, Greenland, Alaska, and E Siberia; their language.

 

[Guy Threepwood]

Let’s say That I write a book containing chapter after chapter of supposedly truth,
And then I ask you to believe it.
I ask you to believe it because, obviously, by yourself you can’t verify the truth.
Wouldn’t it have been better if I had took some other approach,
An approach whereby you didn’t have to rely on your powers of belief?
An approach whereby you had firsthand knowledge of the truth.

For example let’s say you’re an Eskimo in the Artic,
And I give you a book describing the properties of a magnet and claim it’s the truth.
A better approach might be to show you a magnet and some iron filings,
And demonstrate what a magnet can do.

So let’s take another example........the Bible versus a personal miracle.
(A personal miracle may for example be the constant vision of a cross in the sky witnessed by all humanity)
Whereas the Bible supposedly contains truth but can’t be verified & requires belief,
The cross in the sky gives all firsthand knowledge of the truth of God.

So I would say knowledge is superior to belief.
So why then are we not presented with knowledge in this way to verify God’s existence?
Why go to all the trouble of documenting ‘facts’ in the Bible if, at the end of the day, belief is required?