Re: Nostradamus gets it wrong again!

"Jim Phillips" <jphillip@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 23 Dec 2003, Not Im****tant wrote:
>
> > "Terry Hatchett" <thatchett@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> > news:bs82k7$pgu$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Not Im****tant wrote:
> > > > In fact I am, but the point is that other people do not affect my
> > self-worth
> > > > positively OR negatively. I wish this for everyone.
> > >
> > >
> > > I don't. Like I said elsewhere, it means you can't filter and
process
> > > information properly. People laughing at you is a clue that
somethig's
> > > wrong. You're standing in dog**** and people are laughing and you
don't
> > > have the sense too wipe your feet, metaphysically speaking.
> >
> > I did not say that I ignore it when people laugh at what I say. In
fact,
in
> > another thread I said that when I know that I am right
>
> But *how* do you know that you are right when you have a cold and so
> can't smell the **** you're standing in?

You are using the Christian method of analogy. It doesn't make sense. When
I
have experienced enough proof to know that I am right about something then
I
will need to be very firmly slapped in the face with proof to believe I am
wrong. That is why when I know that I am right I am very confident and
usually quite obvious about it.

> > then I pity them
> > because I know that either they are ignorant and not willing to accept
the
> > truth or are mentally ill, and if I have any doubt that I could be
wrong
I
> > take it as a challenge to find out how I may be wrong.
>
> Other people often help me figure out if I'm wrong about something.
> How do you get clues about whether you're wrong?

Whenever I have ANY doubt there is a BIG difference on how I present
myself.
I get plenty of clues to show that I am wrong whether I think I'm right or
not. Showing my confidence when I believe that I am right will definately
bring out evidence if I am wrong. That doesn't happen very often. It also
draws out pathetic negativity but they never show proof.

> > Your self-worth
> > should not be based on what others say or do, it should be based on
your
> > infinite potential.
>
> How sociopathic.  It doesn't watter what anyone else says or does,
> it only matters what I want.  Scary!

Right. I should have said that it should be based on how virtuous you are.
The statement above only applies to virtuous people.
--

Jim Scannell
jscannell@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Your link on things that are truly im****tant)