RE: Dr. Craig is a liar.
May 19, 2016 at 12:05 am
(This post was last modified: May 19, 2016 at 12:05 am by TheRocketSurgeon.)
(May 18, 2016 at 9:31 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: The dude? You don't think that's just a little disrespectful?Nope. He's a dude with a PhD. My mom's a chick with a PhD. My dad's a dude with an EngD. So what?
Quote:Hailing from Ireland, Nigel Barber received his Ph.D. in Biopsychology from Hunter College, CUNY, and taught psychology at Bemidji State University and Birmingham Southern College.
(May 18, 2016 at 9:31 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: Also your article offers no explanations either hence why it refers to the placebo effect as a "phenomenon".
Yep. Best ignore the experts at the National Institutes of Health, when they explain why it's not yet studied (because no one can give a proper definition of what they're even talking about when they say "faith healing", just like no one can properly explain WTF they mean when they say "God") and stick to your "well nobody knows so I'll just stick to thinking whatever I want to think about it" strategy.
Experience certainly teaches me that fundamentalists can't handle any information that's not in binary, black and white terms, and trying to explain a complex situation to them just results in "Well, then nobody knows, so I'll stick with magic."
A Christian told me: if you were saved you cant lose your salvation. you're sealed with the Holy Ghost
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
