What's your take on this?

http://www.aclj.org/News/Read.aspx?ID=2945

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Never argue with an idiot. They'll just drag you down to their level
and beat you with experience!

On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:51:35 -0700, witfal <nospam@all4.me> wrote:


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Scott in Florida

"witfal" <nospam@all4.me> wrote in message
news:ftredn$ppu$1@news.albasani.net...
> What's your take on this?
>
> http://www.aclj.org/News/Read.aspx?ID=2945
>


There could be multiple things going on here. We don't know enough. If we
could question the student and the teacher in separate rooms, we'd probably
find they both had agendas which don't belong in the classroom.

No professor has any business labeling anyone. But if the college course was
one called "Skepticism, Atheism and Religious Faith", as opposed to a plain
vanilla "Philosophy 101" course, I can envision a religious robot (as
opposed to religious thinker) becoming argumentative and defensive. A young
robot would be especially prone to such behavior, since youngsters tend to
be blindly passionate about anything from strange diets to worshipping
musicians because they have great tattoos. You don't take a philosophy
course to proclaim your beliefs. You're there to explore what others have
written in the past.

Your clergy person may be a devout believer, but if he (or she) got a high
quality education in theology, I'll bet he took some courses involving
disbelief, and realized it wasn't the place to make a ruckus over their own
beliefs.

Here's the course listing from that college. We need to know which course
was involved.
http://www3.sunysuffolk.edu/Courses/searchcourse.asp



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http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/~danahol/3mm3/


http://www.ustpaul.ca/Philosophy/cou...riptions_e.asp
MIS 2331 Atheism, Agnosticism, and Secularization Historical roots of
atheism and agnosticism in the Western tradition. Dialogue with atheism. New
language about God. Post-secular shape of the God question.

http://www.edinboro.edu/cwis/philos/course.html
PHIL319 EXISTENTIALISM (3)

This course examines the main themes of contemporary existentialistic
thought. Atheistic, agnostic, and theistic existentialists are treated. The
course begins with Kierkegaard and Nietzsche and studies, among others,
Heidegger, Jaspers, Sartre, Marcel, Camus, and Merleau-Ponty. The
phenomenological method is also examined and evaluated.

http://registrar.wlu.edu/catalogs/2005-2006/fall05.htm

Religion 195 - (3) - Varieties of Unbelief - topical description - A study
of atheism, agnosticism, and religious skepticism. The course begins by
discussing unbelief in the ancient world (e.g., India, China, Israel and
Greece) and its role in the creation of new religious movements, and then
turns to unbelief in the modern world, in particular, the writings of Hume,
Feuerbach, and Nietzsche. This course offers students a chance to examine
their own faith and doubts by confronting some of the most formidable
skeptics in the history of religion and philosophy. (GE4) Davis

On Apr 12, 8:53 pm, Scott in Florida <JustA...@verizon.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:51:35 -0700, witfal <nos...@all4.me> wrote:
>
> --
> Scott in Florida

Remember that old warner bros. cartoon with the big bulldog and the
little mutt who chased him around! Hey! Hey! What about me!

And the bulldog : *thwap* SHADDUP

On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:16:04 -0700 (PDT), Learning Richard
<learningrichard@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Apr 12, 8:53 pm, Scott in Florida <JustA...@verizon.net> wrote:
>> On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:51:35 -0700, witfal <nos...@all4.me> wrote:
>>
>> --
>> Scott in Florida
>
>Remember that old warner bros. cartoon with the big bulldog and the
>little mutt who chased him around! Hey! Hey! What about me!
>
>And the bulldog : *thwap* SHADDUP


Yes...LOL

Which is which with the circle jerker's?

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Scott in Florida

On Apr 14, 1:50 pm, Scott in Florida <JustA...@verizon.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:16:04 -0700 (PDT), Learning Richard
>
> <learningrich...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >On Apr 12, 8:53 pm, Scott in Florida <JustA...@verizon.net> wrote:
> >> On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:51:35 -0700, witfal <nos...@all4.me> wrote:
>
> >> --
> >> Scott in Florida
>
> >Remember that old warner bros. cartoon with the big bulldog and the
> >little mutt who chased him around! Hey! Hey! What about me!
>
> >And the bulldog : *thwap* SHADDUP
>
> Yes...LOL
>
> Which is which with the circle jerker's?
>

That would be the one singing "Ping JSB" (in a sissy voice) ~ Ping
JSB, oh Ping, JSB!

On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:06:19 -0700 (PDT), Learning Richard
<learningrichard@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Apr 14, 1:50 pm, Scott in Florida <JustA...@verizon.net> wrote:
>> On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:16:04 -0700 (PDT), Learning Richard
>>
>> <learningrich...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >On Apr 12, 8:53 pm, Scott in Florida <JustA...@verizon.net> wrote:
>> >> On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:51:35 -0700, witfal <nos...@all4.me> wrote:
>>
>> >> --
>> >> Scott in Florida
>>
>> >Remember that old warner bros. cartoon with the big bulldog and the
>> >little mutt who chased him around! Hey! Hey! What about me!
>>
>> >And the bulldog : *thwap* SHADDUP
>>
>> Yes...LOL
>>
>> Which is which with the circle jerker's?
>>
>
>That would be the one singing "Ping JSB" (in a sissy voice) ~ Ping
>JSB, oh Ping, JSB!
>
>

LOL


I pressed badgolferman to send you a joke..

I take full responsibility for it.....

Much as I argue with you, you do have a good sense of humor.

Something lacking in most liberals on here!

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Scott in Florida

witfal wrote:
> What's your take on this?
>
> http://www.aclj.org/News/Read.aspx?ID=2945

She would have been flunked or expelled if the school had been a
Jesuit college.

beerspill@whoever.com wrote:
>
> witfal wrote:
>> What's your take on this?
>>
>> http://www.aclj.org/News/Read.aspx?ID=2945
>
> She would have been flunked or expelled if the school had been a
> Jesuit college.

For refusing to acknowledge the possibility that God does not exist?

Speaking as a Jesuit graduate, I would be very surprised if any Jesuit
college would flunk or expel a student for failing to acknowledge the
possibility that God does not exist.

Jeff

"Jeff" <kidsdoc2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:dTTMj.6591$HJ1.492@trndny01...
> beerspill@whoever.com wrote:
>>
>> witfal wrote:
>>> What's your take on this?
>>>
>>> http://www.aclj.org/News/Read.aspx?ID=2945
>>
>> She would have been flunked or expelled if the school had been a
>> Jesuit college.
>
> For refusing to acknowledge the possibility that God does not exist?
>
> Speaking as a Jesuit graduate, I would be very surprised if any Jesuit
> college would flunk or expel a student for failing to acknowledge the
> possibility that God does not exist.
>
> Jeff


We don't know enough about the course in question to pass judgement either
way. I explained this in my magnificent response to witfal.