(June 1, 2012 at 4:19 pm)Epimethean Wrote: I think Drich processes in binary only.
Most Christians do. Seriously.
Examples:
Jesus or Satan
Saved or Lost
"God" (meaning Yahweh) or no god
Fundamentalist Christian thinking in particular is prone to the pitfall of the false dichotomy, which you often see in apologetics.
Consequences I've noticed (not saying all do this but I've often seen these things):
1. An apparent inability to understand that even proving "God exists" leaves them with all their work still ahead of them as far as proving Christianity. "God" to them must be Yahweh. The idea God might turn out to be the Muslim god, a pagan god or any possibility not even thought of by humans never occurs to them.
2. A tendency to lump together all non-Christian things (or things that aren't part of their denomination) even when these things are unrelated or even hostile to one another (homosexuality, Islam, atheism, New Age) as "Satanic". After all, "not Jesus" narrows it down for them.
3. An apparent inability to understand that many religions have their own hells and their own salvation message. When they say "Hell is real", it doesn't occur to them to ask "which one?".
It also rears its ugly head in some popular apologetic arguments, such as "Pascal's Wager", the "Trilemma", "Would they die for a lie?" and other classic cliches.
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
