(November 29, 2011 at 12:26 pm)thesummerqueen Wrote: The problem with religious people is this: they assume people will act in immoral ways if not subjected to their particular set of laws because they themselves believe they would act in exactly that manner.
The whole - Since you don't hold the same religious beliefs nor follow religious rules, you're wrong and immoral by default....argument. Entirely fallacious.
They fail to recognise or accept that by not possessing such beliefs or following such rules that a person can still be right and very moral. That's where the hatred resides as well as delusion. That's one of his biggest problems.
The argument isn't too distant from the argument of god, that since we don't know where all this came from (the universe) god must of done it (god some how being the default answer). Fallacious arguments. That's why I can't see how I could ever argue successfully as a theist in defence of such beliefs. There's too many holes.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
