(May 11, 2013 at 2:46 pm)Creed of Heresy Wrote: I dunno. These cons are people conning people who are WILLFULLY ignorant...would you REALLY actually feel bad about it? I'm actually not sure I would, and I consider myself a pretty decent, charitable fellow.
I'd probably con them with this shit and give the money to the American Humanist Association. Height of irony, right there...
Seriously, it sounds awful and it probably is but I'd probably be laughing hysterically the entire time I was doing it. Inside my head, at any rate.
There IS a lesson to be learned from these charlatans, though, one Penn & Teller have been trying to get people to realize for years now: If you're gullible, you're easy to take advantage of and making yourself extremely vulnerable.
Addendum: I wouldn't actually be able to con people like this, I have to state with seriousness. Knowing how many of them are the product of childhood indoctrination would kind of kill any actual desire I might have to try to filch them from their money. I MIGHT con them with religious bullshit and then immediately give it back afterwards and tell them what exactly just happened to try to induce some form of skepticism in them, though.
Who are you calling a con, and proof of your accusation.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
