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Bad News For Evangelicals
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RE: Bad News For Evangelicals
(November 15, 2018 at 1:25 am)silverspine Wrote:
(November 15, 2018 at 12:50 am)Jörmungandr Wrote: Fascinating analogy. Unfortunately, typical people such as those polled don't simply embrace their religious beliefs at Easter or Christmas. Given what I know of evangelicals in general, that would seem to be as far from the case as possible. Nor would they be described as not loving and caring about their faith.

As Hume has noted, in so far as an analogy departs in the specifics of how the things are similar, it loses credibility until the point at which it is no longer a credible argument. I think you've reached that point.

The point was not the once a year attendance, it was lack of understanding to what is supposed to be of great importance in one's life

So your analogy was that people who don't fully understand something are like people who don't fully understand something because they don't fully understand something? Beyond gutting any possibility of using it as an argument, you're essentially circling round to begging the question with what is essentially a No True Scotsman argument that no longer cares what actually does or does not make a true Scotsman.

Congratulations for completely eviscerating your own point and thinking you've made a constructive step. I'm gonna guess you are yet one more of the ignoramuses like those exposed in this survey.
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Bad News For Evangelicals - by Minimalist - October 19, 2018 at 4:19 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by Dr H - October 19, 2018 at 4:34 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by no one - October 19, 2018 at 4:44 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by Fake Messiah - October 19, 2018 at 4:45 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by Abaddon_ire - October 20, 2018 at 6:16 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by Pat Mustard - October 22, 2018 at 2:43 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by Fake Messiah - October 23, 2018 at 12:56 am
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by Brian37 - October 19, 2018 at 5:23 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by brewer - October 19, 2018 at 6:05 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 19, 2018 at 6:47 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by Cod - October 19, 2018 at 6:53 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 19, 2018 at 6:59 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by Minimalist - October 19, 2018 at 7:35 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by Whateverist - October 22, 2018 at 3:31 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by Bahana - October 19, 2018 at 9:29 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by vulcanlogician - October 19, 2018 at 9:32 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by Schwa - October 20, 2018 at 10:18 am
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by Rev. Rye - October 20, 2018 at 10:33 am
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by Angrboda - October 20, 2018 at 1:29 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by Minimalist - October 20, 2018 at 1:15 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by Jehanne - October 23, 2018 at 8:58 am
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by Fireball - October 23, 2018 at 10:50 am
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by Rev. Rye - November 11, 2018 at 8:45 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by Jehanne - November 12, 2018 at 8:16 am
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by Bahana - October 23, 2018 at 12:11 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by silverspine - November 11, 2018 at 8:13 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by Grandizer - November 11, 2018 at 9:41 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by Pat Mustard - November 12, 2018 at 3:25 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by silverspine - November 13, 2018 at 12:18 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by Joods - November 13, 2018 at 2:13 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by The Grand Nudger - November 11, 2018 at 8:22 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by silverspine - November 12, 2018 at 2:31 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by downbeatplumb - November 12, 2018 at 3:04 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by Grandizer - November 14, 2018 at 1:43 am
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by Minimalist - November 11, 2018 at 8:57 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by WinterHold - November 11, 2018 at 9:30 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by Minimalist - November 11, 2018 at 10:03 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by WinterHold - November 12, 2018 at 1:20 am
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by The Grand Nudger - November 12, 2018 at 7:15 am
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by WinterHold - November 14, 2018 at 8:59 am
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by The Grand Nudger - November 12, 2018 at 2:59 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by silverspine - November 13, 2018 at 1:18 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by Dr H - November 14, 2018 at 5:19 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by Angrboda - November 14, 2018 at 9:33 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by silverspine - November 15, 2018 at 1:09 am
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by Grandizer - November 15, 2018 at 3:54 am
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by Angrboda - November 15, 2018 at 8:07 am
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by Dr H - November 15, 2018 at 8:10 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by The Valkyrie - November 12, 2018 at 4:14 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by no one - November 12, 2018 at 4:48 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by The Grand Nudger - November 13, 2018 at 1:50 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by silverspine - November 14, 2018 at 1:54 am
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by Grandizer - November 14, 2018 at 11:31 am
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by silverspine - November 15, 2018 at 12:12 am
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by Angrboda - November 15, 2018 at 12:50 am
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by silverspine - November 15, 2018 at 1:25 am
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by Joods - November 15, 2018 at 12:52 am
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by Grandizer - November 15, 2018 at 1:07 am
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by Joods - November 14, 2018 at 8:24 am
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by The Grand Nudger - November 14, 2018 at 9:29 am
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by The Grand Nudger - November 14, 2018 at 3:28 pm
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by Gwaithmir - November 15, 2018 at 12:51 am
RE: Bad News For Evangelicals - by Minimalist - November 15, 2018 at 1:21 am

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