(October 29, 2015 at 8:37 am)TheRocketSurgeon Wrote: Whatever, dude. I thought pictures were better than 1000 words, as the saying goes, that's all.
Sure, pictures can be better as in more effective. That's because we're emotional as well as rational creatures, and pictures tend to appeal to our emotions. If a theist put up pictures of aborted fetuses in a thread on abortion, you could make a similar charge.
Quote:His contention is that Paul would not have done what he did, at risk of his life, unless he truly believed.
Yep, and you twisted that to the straw man: Ah, so it's "willingness to die" = must be true.
Quote:The pictures point out that people are willing to suffer greatly and even die in the name of false beliefs, even when they are (or follow) cult leaders who are clearly charlatans, like Koresh and Jones.
He didn't argue otherwise, and expressly said that the correctness of Paul's beliefs was not his point.
