RE: What is needed to combat the overwhelming level of belief in God?
December 11, 2015 at 11:27 pm
(This post was last modified: December 11, 2015 at 11:28 pm by Joods.)
Bold below is mine.
I couldn't fix the quoting, but you see where my words are.
If "you can't yet ask all people", then perhaps the statement about 90% of the world shouldn't be made at all. Stevell wasn't talking about a survey. He stated an opinion (see below)
I asked for proof that 90% of the world believes in god. I still have not yet had an actual answer to my question. Thing is, if you are going to pass off an opinion as fact, you need to have the proof to back it up. So, if you are going to state the opinion about 90% of the world's population as believing in god, bring the proof or else rephrase your opinion to include the words "I feel" or "I think" or "It's possible that" etc. That way you aren't coming off as someone who has to scramble and backtrack in order to get out of answering a question.
I am not splitting hairs. He made the opinion as a statement. I merely asked him to provide proof. That's how discussions work. By you assuming "more or less, he's right." is a bold step to make considering you can't even show me actual statistics where every single person on earth has been asked whether or not they believe in god.
Furthermore, a majority of people are idiots, you say? Glass houses my friend, glass houses.
I couldn't fix the quoting, but you see where my words are.
(December 11, 2015 at 10:36 pm)excitedpenguin Wrote:(December 11, 2015 at 9:33 pm)Judi Lynn Wrote: None of those "references" were capable of confirming that every single person on earth were asked if they believe in god.
Furthermore, the OP cites specifically that 90% of the WORLD believes in god. And not just any god. Not just "A god", but god. So really, I'm still waiting for a satisfactory answer to my question.
Surveys don't work like that. You can't yet ask all people. But such statistics do have margins of errors, you know. It's pretty reliable science, anyway.
If "you can't yet ask all people", then perhaps the statement about 90% of the world shouldn't be made at all. Stevell wasn't talking about a survey. He stated an opinion (see below)
Quote:[/quote]SteveII Wrote:If 90% of the world believes in God and 31% (and growing) are Christians,[/b]
I asked for proof that 90% of the world believes in god. I still have not yet had an actual answer to my question. Thing is, if you are going to pass off an opinion as fact, you need to have the proof to back it up. So, if you are going to state the opinion about 90% of the world's population as believing in god, bring the proof or else rephrase your opinion to include the words "I feel" or "I think" or "It's possible that" etc. That way you aren't coming off as someone who has to scramble and backtrack in order to get out of answering a question.
excitedpenguin Wrote:Sounds to me like you're splitting hairs and refusing to read between the lines. More or less, he's right. A majority of people are idiots, if I may borrow Min's charisma for a moment.[/quote]
I am not splitting hairs. He made the opinion as a statement. I merely asked him to provide proof. That's how discussions work. By you assuming "more or less, he's right." is a bold step to make considering you can't even show me actual statistics where every single person on earth has been asked whether or not they believe in god.
Furthermore, a majority of people are idiots, you say? Glass houses my friend, glass houses.
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