(June 21, 2013 at 6:22 pm)Maelstrom Wrote: The fact that they believe in god proves how malleable they are.
Religious people are more gullible because they believe in God and they believe in God because they are more gullible. Nice circular argument.
(June 21, 2013 at 6:14 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: Philosophy is a weak science, especially in terms of proving anything in relation to god. Your version of the truth is not a truth at all, so much as it is an opinion.
Philosophy is the foundation of all sciences; to say it is a weak science doesn’t make any sense.
(June 22, 2013 at 1:15 am)Esquilax Wrote: So, let me ask you this: if someone commands you to do something, and you refuse on the grounds that it is an immoral action, and then that person steps out of the way and god is behind him, and god tells you to do the exact same action, in the exact same words, do you continue to refuse? Or do you change your response and do as you're told?
Direct revelation is sealed, so that hypothetical could never happen and therefore is irrelevant. Do you have one that could actually happen?
(June 22, 2013 at 1:40 am)FifthElement Wrote:
I asked for proof that religious people are more easily molded than non-religious people; however, since all you did was point to acts that non-religious people are capable of and have done in the past as well I am just going to assume you do not have any such proof.
(June 22, 2013 at 6:07 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: Does it contribute to the betterment of society as a whole? That's the ultimate standard for me. Ethics, justice and codes of law come not from what a lightning bolt wrote on some tablets on Mount Sinai, but from the realisation that we need to live together in peace. Why is that so hard?
How do you determine the betterment of society? How do you know that is the standard? Did you just come up with that on your own?
Quote: Where did Planned Parenthood state that they planned to kill every infant, fetus, and child in a given city?I guess as long as they’re not killing every child they’re ok, eh?
(June 23, 2013 at 8:00 am)NoraBrimstone Wrote: Bloody hell, this thread should be retitled "Four questions for Christians to avoid answering."
I answered the questions! Now where’s my gold star?