RE: Is There a Difference Between Trusting Scientists and Trusting Preachers?
July 14, 2016 at 10:39 am
(July 13, 2016 at 8:44 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote: In general, the comparison "why do I accept the scientists and reject the preachers?" in the OP is just nonsense as well as a false dichotomy. I accept both.
All that does is make you a rather shitty xtian.
Not to mention, it totally redefines the word "accept." But then, for them, words mean whatever they want them to mean, that way they're never wrong.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.