RE: Exposing the Intellectual Bankruptcy of Atheists Criticizing Religion
November 1, 2015 at 2:49 pm
(November 1, 2015 at 1:40 pm)robvalue Wrote: I've noticed a problem with Delicate's thinking that I think it would be useful for him/her to address.
He seems to not know the difference between him having an opinion, and that opinion being true.
For example, instead of saying, "In my opinion, 99% of the atheists here make bad arguments" or "It seems to me most atheists make bad arguments", we get the assertion of fact "99% of atheists here make bad arguments".
And it's been implied that his interpretation of the point of the article must be the correct one, and if I come to any other conclusion, I am wrong. I'm not even worthy of him/her sharing that information with me, to enlighten me.
Maybe he/she should start owning opinions and beliefs, and drop the attitude. People will never learn anything if they never consider they may actually be wrong sometimes.
EXACTLY, robvalue!! Thank you.
I see a lot of statements from Delicate (and even in the posted article) that criticize without offering clear examples. Delicate: examples please!
But at least understand that everyone here knows that there have been some really good arguments made here (by robvalue, RocketSurgeon, -- goodwithoutgod, Min, abaris, as well as quite a few others) and there have been many which abandoned civilized debate and just devolved into name-calling and taunts. I am guilty of the latter.
So if you choose an example of a "bad argument", please choose one where the poster is sticking to respected sources and civilized discourse.
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