RE: Did They Not Pray Hard Enough
August 5, 2013 at 3:21 pm
(This post was last modified: August 5, 2013 at 3:23 pm by Bad Writer.)
(August 5, 2013 at 2:51 pm)ronedee Wrote: ...why are we tallking about Religion than?
Because you and your theist friends won't stop bringing it up. This goes for any topic: someone brings it up, then the discussion ensues. So here we are to discuss it.
ronedee Wrote:Judging? We "try" to converse about "why" we are divided in our thinking. I guess there is no point...unless I have God in a box for you to examine.
If you don't have something that's clearly defined, or, in your words, if you can't put God into a box, then this thing cannot be discussed honestly, because neither side will know what the discussion is about.
Dude #1: I wanna talk about Bigfoot!
Dude #2: Sweet. What do you know about him?
Dude #1: I dunno, it just sounds cool...and he's OUT there, man!
Dude #2: I guess I don't know much about it either...not much to discuss, is there?
Dude #1: Guess not, dude. Later, yo!
Dude #2: Yeah, man! Later!
ronedee Wrote:How do you understand a "concept" or "theory" or anything in the universe? Here's a clue; you investigate. Or, you take the expert advice of someone who has?
That's right! And then you put that person's advice to the test. Something that's demonstrably true should have no issues with repeatable results. We know when an expert is right when his/her words can be demonstrated as true.
ronedee Wrote:(August 2, 2013 at 9:46 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Analogy fail. In your example, we have a chimp, a cage, an apple and hand injuries. All demonstrably existent. The evidence for your (or any) god and its supposed prayer-answering aspect is... more special pleading, seasoned with condecescension.
Understanding fail..... the analogy is about people who want to converse about something they don't know, but have all the answers.
I dunno, ronedee. Three different people pointed out the flaw in your analogy. If we failed to understand, it's only because you failed to present something that could be understood the way you wanted it to.
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