RE: nother newbie
December 19, 2009 at 8:17 pm
(This post was last modified: December 19, 2009 at 8:18 pm by fr0d0.)
Welcome Sean 
In other words - growing up in a household where something was practiced by someone else and not by you usually means you know jack shit about said practice in actual fact. Only if you make a reasoned 'choice' could you ever pretend to understand anyone else who has done so, unlike the likes of rabbit who knows very little about what he's talking about when it comes to faith, in fact he's pretty ignorant. In these times he's in good company with eloquent fools like Dawkins to follow.
(December 19, 2009 at 5:52 pm)Purple Rabbit Wrote: But beware, in discussion with theists I have found that a religious background does not the least grant you any expertise on the phenomenon of believing from first person experience. Only the ones who still sell their poor souls to the supernatural charade can truly account of this.
In other words - growing up in a household where something was practiced by someone else and not by you usually means you know jack shit about said practice in actual fact. Only if you make a reasoned 'choice' could you ever pretend to understand anyone else who has done so, unlike the likes of rabbit who knows very little about what he's talking about when it comes to faith, in fact he's pretty ignorant. In these times he's in good company with eloquent fools like Dawkins to follow.
