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RE: Critical thought is hard
April 6, 2015 at 1:00 pm
(April 6, 2015 at 12:51 pm)Mezmo! Wrote: It's just a question. How you answer it is up to you. But I think the question deserves an answer don't you?
Sure, but let's not forget the framing of this question, which is within a movie that attempts to show a broken and bitter man that is really just angry at god for letting his mother die as the typical atheist.
Existential questions are all well and good, but when they're used in such a dishonest and deceitful manner, they become propaganda tools.
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RE: Critical thought is hard
April 6, 2015 at 1:01 pm
(April 6, 2015 at 12:38 pm)Mezmo! Wrote: The most important line in the whole movie was the one that I invite you to ask yourself: "What gives you hope?"
I hope that some day the Evangelical community will make a film about their faith that is one-tenth as good as something by Pasolini. Barring that, I hope they just stop making films entirely.
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RE: Critical thought is hard
April 6, 2015 at 1:06 pm
(April 6, 2015 at 12:59 pm)Exian Wrote: I haven't seen the movie; does he show it isn't unreasonable that humans have the capacity to believe in god because we have faulty logic that needs actively worked on?
The trailer makes it clear that it is Christian propaganda. See for yourself...
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RE: Critical thought is hard
April 6, 2015 at 1:11 pm
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(April 6, 2015 at 12:57 pm)Mezmo! Wrote: (April 6, 2015 at 12:53 pm)urlawyer Wrote: ...my answer is really that I have no hope except for the continued advancement of human society which is only grounded in the inherent curiosity of man.
Are you truly content with that answer?
I certainly am  in fact, I have no qualms about stripping away that last bit and simply saying that I have zero hope.
I don't know if it's just that my brain works differently or I have no normal human emotions but I am perfectly content living my life with no hope that it will have any more impact other than the one on the floor when I inevitably collapse from heart failure.
Just existing as a brief spark in the longevity of the universal fire is enough for me.
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RE: Critical thought is hard
April 6, 2015 at 1:14 pm
(April 6, 2015 at 12:53 pm)urlawyer Wrote: (April 6, 2015 at 12:38 pm)Mezmo! Wrote: The most important line in the whole movie was the one that I invite you to ask yourself: "What gives you hope?"
I actually thought that was a good point as well. But the question, I realized, was faulty in and of itself.
Hope of what? I feel hope is merely a tool people have come to use as a crutch. It's useful to have hope that, say, your idea will come to fruition thus giving you the motivation to pursue it, but it is not useful to me personally to think I will live forever because it gives me reason to slack off until I die which will end up in me accomplishing nothing.
Therefore, my answer is really that I have no hope except for the continued advancement of human society which is only grounded in the inherent curiosity of man.
You know what? I'd say you're well on the way to becoming wise in your own way 
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RE: Critical thought is hard
April 6, 2015 at 1:21 pm
(This post was last modified: April 6, 2015 at 1:21 pm by Exian.)
This keeps popping up on my fb wall:
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Must have made a pretty penny off their first turd.
That God's Not Dead trailer is just embarrassing. The movie could have been on any subject and that trailer would have repulsed me. Extremely transparent. Although, they were able to pack a lot of dishonesty into a short time, so good job.
I can't remember where this verse is from, I think it got removed from canon:
"I don't hang around with mostly men because I'm gay. It's because men are better than women. Better trained, better equipped...better. Just better! I'm not gay."
For context, this is the previous verse:
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RE: Critical thought is hard
April 6, 2015 at 1:31 pm
(April 6, 2015 at 1:11 pm)urlawyer Wrote: (April 6, 2015 at 12:57 pm)Mezmo! Wrote: Are you truly content with that answer?
I certainly am in fact, I have no qualms about stripping away that last bit and simply saying that I have zero hope.
I don't know if it's just that my brain works differently or I have no normal human emotions but I am perfectly content living my life with no hope that it will have any more impact other than the one on the floor when I inevitably collapse from heart failure.
Just existing as a brief spark in the longevity of the universal fire is enough for me.
You make it sound romantic. Try stripping away the emotional content of what you just said.
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RE: Critical thought is hard
April 6, 2015 at 1:39 pm
Here is something from a real ex-Christian philosophy professor (Daniel Fincke)
Quote:This post turned out to be not just a movie review but a nearly comprehensive counter-apologetics case that I intend to refer Christians to in the future. For both those future and current readers, here is a Table of Contents, with links, so you can jump to the section that interests you most if you do not have time to read all ~12,000 words.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/camelswithh...e-for-god/
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RE: Critical thought is hard
April 6, 2015 at 1:40 pm
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Delroy Lindo? Sean Astin? Mira Sorvino?!? Are they just hard up for work or are they true believers?
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RE: Critical thought is hard
April 6, 2015 at 1:42 pm
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Some people often mix up hope and wishful thinking. It would be great if there really was a great God who has everything in hand, and heaven will be wonderful, blah blah blah. If it actually was as good as the game they talk, it would be good. But just wanting to believe in it doesn't make it true. And as you're no doubt aware, this view clashes rather drastically with reality. The universe is a much better fit for no God, or a god no longer interested, than an interacting loving God. That last is absolutely absurd in fact.
It sounds like you're getting there You're being very brave tackling it head on, and I predict it will only get easier. We're always here to back you up. Theist arguments are bogus, full stop. There is always dishonesty in there somewhere, it's just about spotting it. Their most powerful tool is emotional manipulation, which they often resort to pretty quickly when you rebut their wafer thin fallacy ridden arguments.
Again, it's worthless, appealing to emotion. How you feel about reality has no impact on reality. Accepting things as they are is one of the most important aspects of life.
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