(May 19, 2018 at 2:50 am)Godscreated Wrote:(May 14, 2018 at 4:31 am)robvalue Wrote: The problem is that people who have no idea what they're talking about can still walk away thinking they "won" a debate against anyone.
I've noticed a few theists now with this need to announce themselves victorious. I expect it must stem from an inner insecurity, that they can't simply allow the reader to make their own mind up, they have to tell them who won.
I've seen the same out of atheist when they were clearly defeated. Not me but we have Christians here who can stand their ground and do a fine job of leaving an atheist in the dust.
GC
But then again you claim to see Jesus every day so you're not a very reliable witness.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
