(December 20, 2017 at 12:49 pm)SteveII Wrote:(December 20, 2017 at 12:44 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: Are you saying; that I should assume everything from you is B.S. by default...... Done!!!
I wonder if he has connected it in his head that his angry atheists disjointed thoughts are counterproductive to his cause in a thread where a believer is questioning her faith. I'm going to go with "no".
I was first going to point out, that while ignoring your actual points, he is interjecting an argument of his, that you are not making; which he then proceeds to tear down. But then I realized that this would be pointless, because with this poster, he most likely wouldn't have addressed my points either, but would have gone off on another unrelated diatribe.
I am attempting to respond less to these types of posters, but couldn't resist myself here.
I would agree with your assessment, this subject, it seems hard to get some past a very simple black/white thinking (which is as you said counterproductive to their cause). I think that it is cognitive dissonance, that prevents them from having a rational discussion about the issue. The other thing, I don't think many realize; is that if they show that, they are willing to lie to win an argument, it doesn't help them. This is because in order to win the argument, they have to admit that they where lying, and then there is good reason, to not believe them in the future.
It is said that an argument is what convinces reasonable men and a proof is what it takes to convince even an unreasonable man. - Alexander Vilenkin
If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire. - Martin Luther
If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire. - Martin Luther