(July 11, 2013 at 12:22 pm)Esquilax Wrote: You know guys, though part of me wanted to say troll too, I didn't immediately go there, because if you think about it, many of us probably know someone who would say a few of these things unironically. Given how much we shake our heads sadly at childhood indoctrination and such, I'd be surprised if this was entirely out of our sphere of experience.
I was talking to Luckie about it earlier this morning, and she was pretty convinced the OP was sincere, based on the fact that at one point in her own education all she had were those same strawmen and religiously motivated shards of misinformation to go off of. And she grew out of it.
Ask yourselves: do we really want to scare off a theist that would be this much fun?
While that thought crossed my mind think about how you would go about introducing yourself on a new forum looking for legitimate answers. Would it sound like jamie-russels or might it sound more like this -
Hello, I'm newbie. I'm hoping to discuss some topics here that perplex me. As background my ubringing is yadayada.
In one of my science classes my teacher said yadayada and this conflicts with what I learned in my Babtist Bible study. I'd like to hear what you have to say concerning x y z.
That might make me think she's legit, my money is that the OP is trolling-for-jeebus.
"Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.” ~ Ambrose Bierce
“I am quite sure now that often, very often, in matters concerning religion and politics a man's reasoning powers are not above the monkey's." - Mark Twain in Eruption
“I am quite sure now that often, very often, in matters concerning religion and politics a man's reasoning powers are not above the monkey's." - Mark Twain in Eruption
