RE: Dilemma for theists!
May 2, 2012 at 8:32 am
(This post was last modified: May 2, 2012 at 8:50 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Actually CRod, no, none of it seems plausible at all. The word plausible is a measure of probability or possibility. How you've assigned a positive value to such things as magic is a mystery. Another one of those "despite reason" moments?
One's will and a will, entirely different things btw. A key component of a will, is that it be demonstrably authentic. It must stand up to scrutiny. Even so, if we want to continue with your weak attempts at wordplay, you've been willed blood money. Personally, it matters very little to me how such currency made it's way into my hands, I couldn't accept it. It's just not in me. Clearly you are elated to have an opportunity to avail yourself of such an exchange, provided that you can point to at least two parties between yourself and the terrible acts you wouldn't personally commit.
I made the comment that religious thinking crushes people, I want to explain why this is such a good example of this. You've maintained a level of personal integrity in this line of questioning. You wouldn't scapegoat anyone. You couldn't personally nail someone to a cross. You seem to understand the concept of blood money at least enough to argue against the notion that it is a key component of your religion. From your responses to these questions I'd say that at least in these regards I could turn my back on you and not expect to be stabbed. But then, your god narrative crops up, and it's 180 degrees on a dime. Then you become a scapegoater (three times, I might add), then, you can tell me why it's okay to have someone nailed to a cross. You even attempt to shower the act with compliments. All of a sudden you are the kind of person I'd have to keep my eyes on. Why is your faith exempt from the level of integrity that you've seen fit to live your life by? Why does your deity get a pass for those things which you could not stomach?
One's will and a will, entirely different things btw. A key component of a will, is that it be demonstrably authentic. It must stand up to scrutiny. Even so, if we want to continue with your weak attempts at wordplay, you've been willed blood money. Personally, it matters very little to me how such currency made it's way into my hands, I couldn't accept it. It's just not in me. Clearly you are elated to have an opportunity to avail yourself of such an exchange, provided that you can point to at least two parties between yourself and the terrible acts you wouldn't personally commit.
I made the comment that religious thinking crushes people, I want to explain why this is such a good example of this. You've maintained a level of personal integrity in this line of questioning. You wouldn't scapegoat anyone. You couldn't personally nail someone to a cross. You seem to understand the concept of blood money at least enough to argue against the notion that it is a key component of your religion. From your responses to these questions I'd say that at least in these regards I could turn my back on you and not expect to be stabbed. But then, your god narrative crops up, and it's 180 degrees on a dime. Then you become a scapegoater (three times, I might add), then, you can tell me why it's okay to have someone nailed to a cross. You even attempt to shower the act with compliments. All of a sudden you are the kind of person I'd have to keep my eyes on. Why is your faith exempt from the level of integrity that you've seen fit to live your life by? Why does your deity get a pass for those things which you could not stomach?
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