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Re: On Minority Rights and on Beliefs (none / 0)

acknowledging the existence of God

Wait, the existence of God is a fact?

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Feb 13th, 2014 at 09:27:31 AM EST
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Isn't that nitpicking? (none / 0)

Does "acknowledge" necessarily imply fact, not belief?

by Katrin on Thu Feb 13th, 2014 at 09:34:59 AM EST
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Re: Isn't that nitpicking? (none / 1)

I can acknowledge that you believe in God.

You're not going to get me to acknowledge that God exists.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Feb 13th, 2014 at 09:48:15 AM EST
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Re: Isn't that nitpicking? (none / 0)

Do you see a difference between "know" and "believe"?

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Feb 13th, 2014 at 09:49:57 AM EST
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Re: Isn't that nitpicking? (none / 0)

Yes. I am not wondering about the difference between fact and belief (indeed I am insisting on it). I am wondering about the meaning of "acknowledge", and you are right. I should have chosen another word.

by Katrin on Thu Feb 13th, 2014 at 10:42:36 AM EST
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