RE: Why the religious will never admit you won the argument (and why they don't care)
June 23, 2016 at 1:52 pm
(June 23, 2016 at 12:47 pm)Veritas_Vincit Wrote: So I take it you concede the other points?
I'm sure you don't like it but that is genuinely how we see you because we can't believe your arrogance in thinking that you know better than hundreds of thousands of professional scientists.
What points do you think you made?
You reiterated that there are gaps (which you only agreed to after I pointed that out to you). No new point made.
You accused me: "you consider yourself to be a Christian and you believe it it all" and finished that sentence with "and you've come here to try to convince these atheists that they don't know what they're talking about, right?" to which I pointed you back to the post above where I explained my position.
Your comment "The problem is, the facts don't support Christianity" is just your misunderstanding what it is you are talking about but I don't have the time to correct you...but I did reply to "and they certainly don't support Creationism or ID" with my question: "When did I give you the impression that I was willing to defend ID or creationism?"
Richard Dawkins is a foolish man who does not think deeply about anything except his blind hatred of religion. His quote: “Religion makes specific claims about the universe which need to be substantiated and need to be challenged and, if necessary, need to be ridiculed with contempt.” speaks volumes. Your threshold for 'amazing' seems to be quite low.
Regarding your last sentence, if one does think that the all-encompassing theory of evolution is true, it is a belief and not knowledge. How can one fill the gaps you admit to with knowledge? You can only fill them with belief. My point remains: you can't throw around 'facts' and 'knowledge' and the word 'evolution' without being more precise. You certainly don't have warrant to call someone arrogant who points that out to you.
