(April 5, 2017 at 12:29 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: OP: add to the list
An ability to pick and choose from the bible (you picked NT), then deny, ignore or down play the rest when it does not fit the agenda.
An ability to justify cognitive dissonance.
An ability to rationalize fantasy and magic.
And the theist falsely thinks we are singling their club out. Nope, I at least have the same challenge to every religion, expand your sample rate and be willing to plug the club or god claim of another into your same argument, that would be a real test to see if one is really neutral, or merely fishing for excuses to protect their own confirmation bias.
If a claim is universal it will work no matter whom is trying to prove it and the claimant should not be afraid of others kicking the tires to see if they come to the same conclusions. If one is not willing to subject their own arguments to plugging the claims of others into the same argument, then they are not neutral, period.
