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I can't argue with Satan... (Original Post)
MrScorpio
Nov 2018
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vlyons
(10,252 posts)1. Thus have I heard
Kalama Sutra
Do not believe anything simply because you have heard it.
Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations.
Do not believe in anything because it is spoken and rumored by many.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books.
Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.
But after observation and analysis, when you find anything that agrees with reason and is conductive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)2. In other words
Think for yourself!!!
This is why I teach analysis and logical reasoning in my composition classes.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)3. a little more than merely thinking
Some thoughts are not worth thinking. We're supposed to use our discriminating awareness. Thank-you for teaching logic.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)5. Yes, "critical thinking" to be precise
Brawndo
(535 posts)4. Hail Reason!!!
BSdetect
(8,999 posts)6. Freedom from religion works for me.