Comments on: On lying, cherry-picking & atheism … and a new word of the day http://blog.jmlynch.org/2009/06/29/on-lying-cherry-picking-atheism-and-a-new-word-of-the-day/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:12:36 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: DLC http://blog.jmlynch.org/2009/06/29/on-lying-cherry-picking-atheism-and-a-new-word-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-7087 DLC Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:40:41 +0000 http://jmlynch.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/on-lying-cherry-picking-atheism-and-a-new-word-of-the-day/#comment-7087 So Lars: you using a microscope and a set of micromanipulators to split those hairs or were you just guessing and hoping it comes out right ? "CMI Created a front company" why then did they create a front company, if not for the purpose of deception ? See my comment previously regarding Lee Atwater. So Lars: you using a microscope and a set of micromanipulators to split those hairs or were you just guessing and hoping it comes out right ?
“CMI Created a front company” why then did they create a front company, if not for the purpose of deception ?
See my comment previously regarding Lee Atwater.

]]> By: Wes http://blog.jmlynch.org/2009/06/29/on-lying-cherry-picking-atheism-and-a-new-word-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-7061 Wes Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:05:52 +0000 http://jmlynch.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/on-lying-cherry-picking-atheism-and-a-new-word-of-the-day/#comment-7061 <blockquote>com⋅punc⋅tion –noun 1. a feeling of uneasiness or anxiety of the conscience caused by regret for doing wrong or causing pain; contrition; remorse. 2. any uneasiness or hesitation about the rightness of an action.</blockquote> "Compunction to be truthful" doesn't really make sense. Should it be "compunction for lying"?

com⋅punc⋅tion
–noun
1. a feeling of uneasiness or anxiety of the conscience caused by regret for doing wrong or causing pain; contrition; remorse.
2. any uneasiness or hesitation about the rightness of an action.

“Compunction to be truthful” doesn’t really make sense. Should it be “compunction for lying”?

]]> By: John Pieret http://blog.jmlynch.org/2009/06/29/on-lying-cherry-picking-atheism-and-a-new-word-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-7060 John Pieret Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:56:18 +0000 http://jmlynch.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/on-lying-cherry-picking-atheism-and-a-new-word-of-the-day/#comment-7060 <i>I am not an atheist. Just like John Wilkins, I am an agnostic.</i> It seems they have you covered, you agnostopath, you. But I'm confused. They claim that atheists (and, no doubt, agnostopaths) have "no compunction to be truthful at all" and then go on to cite Bible passages where, they claim, Jesus had no compunction to be truthful either. Is there a little disconnect here? I am not an atheist. Just like John Wilkins, I am an agnostic.

It seems they have you covered, you agnostopath, you.

But I’m confused. They claim that atheists (and, no doubt, agnostopaths) have “no compunction to be truthful at all” and then go on to cite Bible passages where, they claim, Jesus had no compunction to be truthful either.

Is there a little disconnect here?

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