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jonathan79
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26 May 2006, 2:46 pm

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My point is posting was not to debate but to point out that there are other valid perspectives other than the objectivist view. In fact, the objectivist view is out of favor with most academics. Most academics take a constructivist view. Geez, I didn't expect to get jumped by an Ayn Rand groupie. There is one thing I assume with "certainty" and that is that if you and I were in a philosophy 101 class and our posts were submitted as a paper on this subject, I would get an "F" for not responding to every objectivist argument I could possibly think of, and you would get an "F" just for being incoherent.



I always know that I've made my argument beyond reach when people resort solely to personal attacks without adding any logical responses. :lol: Just like in Peter Pan, when Rufio retorts, "you man, you stupid stupid man!!" after getting demolished in trading insults. I loved that part of the movie...

You make a simple premise than leave huge gaps of logic to be filled in. I have simply filled in those gaps and shown that you cannot make the connections that you are making. That is what philosophy is all about. You were not simply stating other perspectives other than objectionism. If that is what you are doing, then I readily agree with you that there are other perspectives, you have no argument from me on that. However, you were using absolute objectivity to refute human objectivity, which was the foundation of your attack on science.

If you were simply pointing out different points of view, then your attack on science has no merit. If thats your stance, then hey, I totally agree with you. So, what is it? (see, thats the problem with taken different positions, eventually they are pointed out, and used to show your contradicting positions)



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02 Jun 2006, 1:29 pm

I wouldn't exactly call my experience an encounter with God, but it was a religious experience nonetheless. It happened when I was in Jerusalem (you've probably guessed where this is going). Anyways, I was at the Western Wall; it's the holiest Jewish site in existance, and the only remaining part of the Holy Temple, which was destroyed in 70 A.D. As I stood in front of the Wall, a weird feeling came over me. It was a feeling of timelessness; images of Moses, David, Solomon, and the prophets flashed through my mind. They were at this same location over 2,000 years ago, when the Temple was still standing. Hanukkah originated here in 100 B.C., when the Maccabees liberated the Temple Mount from the Greeks. And now there I was, having an opportunity to visit the same location where the characters from the Torah prayed.

The Western Wall also seemed to be the Great Equalizer. Imagine an Orthodox Jew in the stereotypical outfit, a teenager with a skateboard in his hand, a soldier in full uniform, a middle-aged man in a business suit, and an old man with a cane, all praying within a few feet of each other. (The reason why these people are all men is because the Western Wall has separate praying areas for men and women.) It was a moving scene indeed.