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[Watson]

Where did I say I appeal to authority? Oh, and I love how on this forum I've been called an apologist several times. I don't even know what the tired old label means, and I am not one.

Huh? How on earth can you claim not to be something if you don't know what it is? THAT is a really stupid thing to say. Perhaps take the trouble to find out what it means.( EG : From The Concise Oxford Dictionary: "apologist:one who defends Christianity" )

Ah, then in the sense that I defend Christianity, I suppose I am an apologist. But that does not mean I am confined t othe realm of thought for a so-called 'apologist' to have, hence my denial of the label.

You appeal to authority every time you use the bible as evidence.

I don't use the Bible as evidence. I use subjective experience and logical examination of that experience as evidence.

You try defend Christianity by trying to put a positive spin on biblical content by the simple expedient of denying anything negative by claiming people either don't understand or are taking something out of context.Those are stereotypical apologist tactics.

But the argument is valid if you honestly don't understand. I'm not ignoring the negative, in fact I bet if you gave me the most 'negative' Bible passages in their entirety as stories I could show you where you are wrong about each one. I could also write my own Bible within th esame vein as the Hly Bible one if I wanted to.

I'm terribly sorry, a character flaw I know, but I'm simply unwilling to suffer fools,and right now,you take the biscuit on this forum. Can't be bothered with you.

And if you saw (or claimed you saw) flying pink unicorns we would be expected to accept that they are "real" too? Because you said so?

I've never found a single shred of evidence to suggest that flying pink unicorns exist, so no.