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Comment Re:More Info Please... (Score 5, Informative) 123

science doesn't deal with facts

Uh, what? Facts are the foundation of science. If science has any issue with facts it's that Joe Sixpack thinks the hierarchy is...

Hypothesis -> Theory -> Facts

In actuality, it's...

Facts -> Hypothesis -> Theory

Hypotheses and theories are built on facts. Maybe you meant science doesn't deal with proof?

Comment Re:I'll give you more than one (Score 1) 700

The Bible. Except for atheists and agnostics, most people should insert their favorite holy book here.

In the USA, at least, everyone should list The Bible, even if they've never read it or don't believe a word of it. After all, it's largely because of The Bible that...

  1. Gay people can't marry.
  2. Women are second-class citizens who can't be trusted or expected to manage their own lives.
  3. Gays, non-whites, and non-Christians are second-class citizens and are treated with mistrust or contempt, sometimes to the point of assault or murder, and do not deserve to have their views reflected in government or society.
  4. Slavery was all good and well into the 1860's and race discrimination was still going strong 100 years later.
  5. Infant boys have parts of their genitals cut off.
  6. We are in perpetual war with much of the Middle East (the Qur'an shares much of the blame here).

Whether you believe The Bible or not, whether you've read The Bible or not, whether you even care about The Bible or not, it has restricted your liberty if you live amongst those who live by it.

Comment Bear in mind... (Score 1) 654

Nostalgia translates from Greek as "painful homecoming". This is no place for happy memories. While I would probably find older versions of Windows painful to use now, I do not remember them that way.

Some of the contenders for me are Corel Wordperfect Suite 8-9, Quickbooks, Mac OS X, DOS Shell, Ins-Pro, RightNow...

Those last two probably take it. They're both so bad I'd have a hard time choosing.

Comment Re:Not just analytic... (Score 1) 1258

Ah, this is where you have your terminology confused:

  • Religious - You believe in a god.
  • Atheist - You do not beleive in a god.
  • Agnostic - You are not sure whether to believe in a god.

Note that not believing in a god is not the same thing as saying there is not a (miniscule) possiblity that one exists. I don't know if a god exists, I'm an Atheist, and what that means is I have no reason to believe in a God, and more than I do in an elephant in my bathtub.

Your terminology is off as well.

A theist believes in a god. A religious person need not (see Buddhism).
An atheist is one who is not a theist. They may not believe in god or they may believe there is no god.
An agnostic believes that the truth about the existence of god(s) is unknowable.

You can be agnostic in addition to theist or atheist. I don't believe in gods but I also don't think we can be certain about their existence. I'm an agnostic atheist.

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