When generalizing people, and groups of people, it is quite inaccurate.
When generalizing fruits or other inanimate objects, then they can be more easily accepted.
People, on the other hand, are far too diverse and complex to generalize accurately. Yes we can make generalizations, but don't confuse a generalization such as "Christians believe in the Trinity" (which is true in the majority of cases) with a much narrower generalization such as "Christians support genocide", the one is a fundamental tenant to many Christians and is accepted widely as true, whereas the other is pinpointing specifics in scripture which many Christians may be unaware of, and will have various personal rejections and theological arguments for.
Generalizing people in a debate is not going to lead the debate in the right direction.
That's all I'm saying, essentially.
When generalizing fruits or other inanimate objects, then they can be more easily accepted.
People, on the other hand, are far too diverse and complex to generalize accurately. Yes we can make generalizations, but don't confuse a generalization such as "Christians believe in the Trinity" (which is true in the majority of cases) with a much narrower generalization such as "Christians support genocide", the one is a fundamental tenant to many Christians and is accepted widely as true, whereas the other is pinpointing specifics in scripture which many Christians may be unaware of, and will have various personal rejections and theological arguments for.
Generalizing people in a debate is not going to lead the debate in the right direction.
That's all I'm saying, essentially.
“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.” - Marcus Aurelius
