(December 3, 2013 at 4:04 pm)Godlesspanther Wrote:(December 3, 2013 at 10:41 am)Drich Wrote: That is actually a compliment (except for the proof texting bit.) Fore if what you call 'logic' has forced you and others like you to the conclusions you currently have about God, Not allowing you to proceed with an honest investigation about God with an open mind. I truly want nothing to with it.
You are using the term "open mind" incorrectly. "Keeping an open mind" actually means being open to all possibilities then examining the evidence and in light of that evidence one may or may not reach a firm conclusion. There is an old quote that has been attributed to numerous people -- we'll just say "anonymous" said:
"It is good to be open-minded, but not so open that your brains fall out." Being open to your bullshit, Drich, is being so open that your brains fall out. Furthermore you use the term to mean that one ought to be open to believing your bullshit, accepting that bullshit as absolute "truth," and then snap your mind shut to anyother possibility. That is not a correct use of the term "open-mind."
Case closed.


i had an fat aunt that said that all the time too. She said it because she knew what she said would not hold up to scrutiny, and because she had her mind made up already about a given topic she did not want anyone to challenge her position, (because she knew she could not defend it...)
Do you see the Irony in this yet? Your 'final word' is a halmark of a closed mind.. Don't you find it a little bit hipocritical to preach to me about an 'open mind' if you are not willing to discuss the parameters of what an 'open mind' is? I guess it all goes back to what you said in the beginning, in that one does not have to 'worry about their brains falling out' when it is closed up so tight it isn't able to entertain a challenge.
