(March 3, 2019 at 12:26 am)Belaqua Wrote:(March 2, 2019 at 10:58 pm)wyzas Wrote: Are you the one who decides what is, and is not, a viable argument?
I'm not talking about arguments. I'm talking about non-arguments.
For example, in August of 2014 typhoon rains caused mudslides in my area. 73 people were killed overnight and a rescue worker died the next day. A friend of mine was trapped and traumatized and has never been the same since.
A young woman who disagreed with me about the value of religion took this as an opportunity to joke. She said, among other things, that the god I believe in [though I don't believe in god] was incompetent because he should have killed me as well.
Do you think this is a viable argument?
I don't think anyone would suggest telling someone they should've died is a viable argument.
If you're frightened of dying, and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the Earth.
