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"I refuse to change my mind"
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RE: "I refuse to change my mind"
(February 27, 2017 at 6:32 am)Adventurer Wrote:
(February 27, 2017 at 5:02 am)Socrates Wrote: There are many religious people who absolutely refuse to change their mind, some of them even call others who dont believe in their god and who claim to be open to being convinced a god exist closed minded.

So tell me, if I said, as an Atheist, that I refuse to change my mind, am I closed minded? If a religious person who agreed with you said they wouldn't change their mind, are they closed minded? What about religious people who disagree with you, are they closed minded?
The question is more aimed torwards religious people as you can probably tell.

If you think all the others who disagree with you are closed minded then what seperates your case from theirs?
Why in the first place would you refuse to change your mind about anything? That doesnt seem like an effective way to find truth, just clinging on to an answer and refusing to be convinced otherwise regardless of what we discover or see.

But how can you tell who is closed minded and who is not?

Your query depends on the circumstances and context in which an argument, be it theistic or atheistic, is being put forward and on the argument itself. It's unclear in what sense you're claiming many theists as close-minded. Can you please give solid examples first about what exactly it is that they are changing their mind, before I can assess and provide my responses? Otherwise, this comes across as vague, unsubstantiated and over-generalised.

Gosh, chatting with you is fun and informative.
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"I refuse to change my mind" - by Socrates - February 27, 2017 at 5:02 am
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by Thumpalumpacus - February 27, 2017 at 5:09 am
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 27, 2017 at 5:12 am
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by Alex K - February 27, 2017 at 5:23 am
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by ignoramus - February 27, 2017 at 5:51 am
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by bennyboy - February 27, 2017 at 5:57 am
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by Azu - February 27, 2017 at 6:32 am
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by Socrates - February 27, 2017 at 7:07 am
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by brewer - February 27, 2017 at 11:21 am
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by Mr Greene - February 27, 2017 at 6:40 am
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by vorlon13 - February 27, 2017 at 11:05 am
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by Simon Moon - February 27, 2017 at 11:41 am
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by paulpablo - February 27, 2017 at 1:10 pm
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by Huggy Bear - February 27, 2017 at 1:19 pm
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by Harry Nevis - March 1, 2017 at 10:28 am
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by Minimalist - February 27, 2017 at 1:49 pm
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by Huggy Bear - February 27, 2017 at 1:58 pm
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by Simon Moon - February 27, 2017 at 2:17 pm
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by Huggy Bear - February 27, 2017 at 10:16 pm
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by Cyberman - February 28, 2017 at 11:55 pm
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by Huggy Bear - March 1, 2017 at 4:15 am
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by Cyberman - March 1, 2017 at 7:45 pm
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by Huggy Bear - March 1, 2017 at 8:19 pm
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by Minimalist - February 27, 2017 at 2:00 pm
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by Crunchy - February 27, 2017 at 2:09 pm
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by Huggy Bear - February 27, 2017 at 2:12 pm
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by downbeatplumb - February 27, 2017 at 2:58 pm
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by Simon Moon - February 27, 2017 at 3:20 pm
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by Drich - February 27, 2017 at 6:42 pm
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by downbeatplumb - February 27, 2017 at 6:55 pm
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by Kosh - February 28, 2017 at 2:40 am
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by Angrboda - February 27, 2017 at 9:37 pm
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by ignoramus - February 27, 2017 at 9:47 pm
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by The Valkyrie - February 27, 2017 at 9:52 pm
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by account_inactive - March 1, 2017 at 12:03 am
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by Cyberman - March 1, 2017 at 9:08 pm
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by Huggy Bear - March 1, 2017 at 10:36 pm
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by Cyberman - March 1, 2017 at 11:30 pm
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by Huggy Bear - March 2, 2017 at 1:31 am
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by Cyberman - March 2, 2017 at 3:12 am
RE: "I refuse to change my mind" - by Huggy Bear - March 2, 2017 at 4:39 am

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