(May 3, 2018 at 3:24 pm)pocaracas Wrote:(May 3, 2018 at 2:03 pm)The Gentleman Bastard Wrote: (emphasis is mine)
This is a great question because these things are far greater blocks to serious discussion than any amount of swearing or name calling ever will be.
Well... if we go by Dawkins, any believer is basically deluded, so that would disqualify any theist and render the subforum mostly useless.
I think some people are not dishonest on purpose and they need to be shown what they're doing in the hopes that they will become aware of it.
Ignorance can only be combated with information. If you shut the door on those people, they will remain ignorant and I think that the purpose of a discussion forum is also to inform people...
Well of course "believer" would have to be elaborated appropriately for this to be true. Believing things which are ineffable doesn't make anyone deluded. It is the insistence that the ineffable is supernatural which makes one deluded.
