RE: If theists understood "evidence"
October 8, 2018 at 1:41 pm
(This post was last modified: October 8, 2018 at 1:41 pm by Fidel_Castronaut.)
(October 8, 2018 at 8:11 am)RoadRunner79 Wrote: This seems like the same response I have gotten when asking similar questions of atheists claims that theists just need to be educated or lack critical thinking . It's appears (to me) to be nothing more than sophism, and a way to disparage others, without any real solid backing or reason for the claim. As usual, the result is just senseless attacks on Christianity, with nothing to support it. I wonder if that fits under the prime directive rule?
There’s nothing senseless in attacking Christianity. It’s an idea like everything else, so as a result is (and should be) subject to criticism and critiques. Beliefs aren’t sacred.
So no. Any attempt to make a belief subject to PD will be given a physical turd by me to hold whilst they contribute to the forum.
I for one don’t think it’s a lack of critical thinking or lack of education or intelligence. What I do think is that often it’s a cognitive dissonance. People are sceptical (usually) of claims made by people in most instances (such as a stranger asking you to give her $100 to double your money in a week! But you just have to believe that she’ll do it.). This same scepticism doesn’t appear to extend to extraordinary religious claims, though.
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