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Ceteloguing the Tricks Theists Play
June 2, 2015 at 6:45 am
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I think it's important to codify and catalogue the mind games theists play so we know what we are dealing with when we see them. This list of five is hardly exhaustive, so feel free to add things you have noticed.
- They try to put the burden of proof on the non-believer.
- They never lie. They simply say whatever they think is necessary to get their point across with no regard for whether what they are saying is true or not. If it will convince someone to accept their religion, god is powerful enough to make it true.
- They are ambulance chasers, looking for weaknesses and addictions to which they claim that god has the answer.
- They present statements as if they were facts, then when we prove them wrong, they switch gears
- When we point to something in the Bible that is obviously incorrect or of questionable morality, they play the bad hermeneutics card.
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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.
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RE: Ceteloguing the Tricks Theists Play
June 2, 2015 at 6:50 am
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6. They shroud any ambiguities or contradictions by chanting "God works in mysterious ways".
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RE: Ceteloguing the Tricks Theists Play
June 2, 2015 at 8:16 am
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7. They treat religious morality (what God wants) and actual morality (wellbeing versus harm of actions) as if they are the same thing. They do the same with sin and immorality. They may or may not be aware of the conflation, and the changing of definition mid argument.
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RE: Ceteloguing the Tricks Theists Play
June 2, 2015 at 8:57 am
8. Thou shall not kill its a wonder there is theists in jail for doing that thing it pretty much tells them not to.
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RE: Ceteloguing the Tricks Theists Play
June 2, 2015 at 9:01 am
(June 2, 2015 at 7:02 am)robvalue Wrote: Could you change the colour please? I can barely read the yellow 
Hey Rob,
I don't know how that happened since I did nothing to alter the color. Is anyone else having this problem? Let me know what I can do and I will do it.
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.
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RE: Ceteloguing the Tricks Theists Play
June 2, 2015 at 9:04 am
9 they will present unfalsifiable claims and assert that since you can't prove them wrong, they're true and will commit special pleading when countered with other similarly unfalsifiable claims
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RE: Ceteloguing the Tricks Theists Play
June 2, 2015 at 9:10 am
(June 2, 2015 at 8:57 am)dyresand Wrote: 8. Thou shall not kill its a wonder there is theists in jail for doing that thing it pretty much tells them not to.
In other words, they sow seeds to the flesh all week then go to church on Sunday and pray for a crop failure.
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.
