RE: If sufficiently advanced techology is indistinguishable from magic...
May 11, 2013 at 3:53 pm
(May 11, 2013 at 3:48 pm)Creed of Heresy Wrote:(May 11, 2013 at 3:09 pm)goodnews Wrote: Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
Translation: "My position just got torn to shreds and I've got nothing but bland, meaningless platitudes with which to maintain it with now."
You guys broke him.
He's in a state of intense cognitive dissonance.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
