Anecdotal Evidence
November 8, 2016 at 11:28 am
(This post was last modified: November 8, 2016 at 11:30 am by LadyForCamus.)
(November 8, 2016 at 10:15 am)Rhythm Wrote: We all know that RR isn't such a person..I think, but why he would endeavor to make himself out to -be- such a person is just another one of those "wtf?" questions, from where I sit. What kind of thread is this supposed to be, what kind of conversation, exactly, does RR want to have?
Which is exactly why I don't think you're being too harsh on him at all. Like you, I'm also fairly certain that RR does not actually think in the absurd terms he is describing here, which is why he deserves to be called out on his BS.
In fact, I think I'd have more respect for him (and certainly more fun WITH him) if he were simply bat-shit crazy, rather than have to watch him create these threads which boast the illusion of a genuine interest in intellectual discourse on a subject, only to see them unravel into the transparent attempt at justifying his irrational religious beliefs that they ACTUALLY are.
What he's got here basically, is a running tu quoque fallacy buried in equivocation:
"If you're telling me that I need supporting evidence and I can't rely on testimony alone to believe bible claims, then I'm telling you that every type of evidence in the world, including scientific evidence, is really all just "testimony". Therefore, you're as irrational in your belief that police shootings are real as I am in my beliefs about Christianity."
(And Harry Potter, apparently...[emoji848])
Wow. Stand-up argument, right there, lol. Anyone peddling such stinky horse shit deserves to be verbally dick-punched.
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”
Wiser words were never spoken.
Wiser words were never spoken.
