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"Dan Luke" wrote in
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"Judah" wrote:

I know you weren't. I was just pointing out the oxymoron of the typical
scientific theory and those who believe in them.

You apparently do not understand the meaning of "oxymoron."

...or science...

or "theory."

What do you understand?

I understand that some people are so blinded by their own dogma, and are so
insecure in their position, that they would rather insult anyone who
disagrees with them than communicate intelligently about it.

I also understand that my sentence above did not end with the word "theory".

Judah wrote in
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"Dan Luke" wrote in
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"Judah" wrote:

I know you weren't. I was just pointing out the oxymoron of the
typical scientific theory and those who believe in them.

You apparently do not understand the meaning of "oxymoron."

...or science...

or "theory."

What do you understand?

I understand that some people are so blinded by their own dogma, and
are so insecure in their position, that they would rather insult
anyone who disagrees with them than communicate intelligently about
it.

I also understand that my sentence above did not end with the word
"theory"


Or so you believe.


Bertie

"Judah" wrote:
I was just pointing out the oxymoron of the typical
scientific theory and those who believe in them.

I also understand that my sentence above did not end with the word "theory".

That is the only thing about your sentence that is understandable.

The rest of it makes no sense, except perhaps by using your private
definitions of some of the words.

Let's trim it down and see if you can paraphrase in standard English terms:

What does "oxymoron of the typical scientific theory" mean?


--
Dan
T-182T at BFM

"Dan Luke" wrote in
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"Judah" wrote:
I was just pointing out the oxymoron of the typical
scientific theory and those who believe in them.

I also understand that my sentence above did not end with the word
"theory".

That is the only thing about your sentence that is understandable.

The rest of it makes no sense, except perhaps by using your private
definitions of some of the words.

Let's trim it down and see if you can paraphrase in standard English
terms:

What does "oxymoron of the typical scientific theory" mean?

That's like asking "What is 1 + "?

"Judah" wrote:


What does "oxymoron of the typical scientific theory" mean?

That's like asking "What is 1 + "?

So it's meaningless.

Thought so.

--
Dan
T-182T at BFM

"Dan Luke" wrote in news:13qd2lenuqlup02
@news.supernews.com:


"Judah" wrote:


What does "oxymoron of the typical scientific theory" mean?

That's like asking "What is 1 + "?

So it's meaningless.

Thought so.


Correct. If you don't complete the sentence, the result is your failure to
comprehend.

"Judah" wrote:
What does "oxymoron of the typical scientific theory" mean?

That's like asking "What is 1 + "?

So it's meaningless.

Thought so.


Correct. If you don't complete the sentence, the result is your failure to
comprehend.

"I was just pointing out the oxymoron of the typical scientific theory and
those who believe in them."

In the interest of moving this along, I will guess at your fuzzy parsing and
peculiar definition of "oxymoron", and assume you are making a coy attempt to
equate scientific conviction with religious faith.

Is that about it?

Go ahead and use a dictionary and thesaurus if you need to; it's not cheating.


--
Dan
T-182T at BFM

Dan Luke schrieb:
In the interest of moving this along, I will guess at your fuzzy parsing and
peculiar definition of "oxymoron", ...

Although English is not my native language, I did understand it without
difficulties, and the sentence fits perfectly the definition of an
oxymoron. The formulation was not very elegant, and it can even be
debated whether believing in a scientific theory is an oxymoron, but
that doesn't change the fact that the point was perfectly understandable.

Hmm, I see that oxymoron sounds pretty similar to moron.

"Dan Luke" wrote in
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"Judah" wrote:
What does "oxymoron of the typical scientific theory" mean?

That's like asking "What is 1 + "?

So it's meaningless.

Thought so.


Correct. If you don't complete the sentence, the result is your failure
to comprehend.

"I was just pointing out the oxymoron of the typical scientific theory
and those who believe in them."

In the interest of moving this along, I will guess at your fuzzy
parsing and peculiar definition of "oxymoron", and assume you are making
a coy attempt to equate scientific conviction with religious faith.

Is that about it?

Go ahead and use a dictionary and thesaurus if you need to; it's not
cheating.


Since you brought it up, I looked on dictionary.com :

con·vic·tion –noun 1. a fixed or firm belief.

faith -noun 1. Confident belief in the truth, value, or trustworthiness
of a person, idea, or thing.


Perhaps you meant, "scientific faith and religious conviction."