(October 7, 2020 at 12:37 pm)HappySkeptic Wrote:(October 6, 2020 at 8:46 pm)Gwaithmir Wrote: “To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.” (Thomas Paine)
Hey wait, the atheist is the bad guy in this comparison, and the evangelist is the reasonable guy. That's screwed up!
No, it's the theists who can't be reasoned with.
"The world is my country; all of humanity are my brethren; and to do good deeds is my religion." (Thomas Paine)