RE: Four kids & mom of Catholic family die in a house fire.
March 7, 2017 at 1:42 am
(This post was last modified: March 7, 2017 at 1:43 am by Jenny A.)
(March 6, 2017 at 9:56 pm)Jehanne Wrote: [My appeal is not to logic per se, but one of statistics. In other words, my argument is not deductive but statistical:
1) Houses sometimes burn to the ground.
2) Having smoke detectors on every floor is a good thing, in that it allows a family to escape a burning home sooner.
3) Escaping a burning home sooner will save lives, especially, those of little children.
Conclusion: Government programs that provide and install smoke alarms in homes of poor people who otherwise could not afford them is a good thing, as it will save lives.
Politicians who oppose such programs are stupid; ditto for people who vote and support such individuals.
Sure smoke detectors are a fine thing. Can't argue with that. But that's not how you got all the push back in this thread. You got it because you tied failure to install smoke detectors first to Catholicism and then to Paul Rand.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
