(August 17, 2015 at 6:37 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: Argument by mere assertion is all religious people can do. That's what their entire holy scripture is, assertion.It works like this: Any assertion that supports their belief is true. Any argument that challenges their belief is false.
It's not about what the scripture says. It's about what the ruling authority says the scripture says.
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.