I suppose I used to enjoy debating (although calling it debating is probably a bit much, it was really just arguing) about religious stuff. I always tried not to get bogged down in the details in the bible and other religious books. I don't feel like arguing about scripture because 1. I do not know enough about it to argue convincingly and 2. it's pretty irrelevant when you can't even establish that it is the word of god in the first place. I guess with point 2, people might want to argue about that. I see that as a more worthy argument than straight away arguing about what a particular book says.
Nowadays though, I just don't have much interest in arguing about religion. I may pop in here and there trying to correct people on certain points they make but I'm not really interested in arguing about it. This is mainly due to the fact I have not once convinced anyone I've been speaking to of their idiocy on this topic. That's probably because I'm a shit debater, or it's because they have their dogma so far drilled into their brains all attempts at making them see reason are futile.
Hell belief in a god is not a reasonable thing. I think the people who admit this are the most honest about their position and I respect them on that. But then, if they do admit that, there's no real point in arguing with them...
Otherwise I guess it depends on the topic. I've also started to argue a lot more in real life away from the forums. Things like challenging my mom when she goes on about Jesus or that England is a Xtian nation or that we should support the monarchy because it brings tourism to the country etc. Just general statements that people make that I don't agree with, generally I challenge them on it a lot more now. I try to tell my mom why she's wrong but she ends up just getting the hump with me. I've found it's a lot better to try and be thoughtful when presenting your arguments than rude. I used to be very rude, hell I probably still am, and it's not the best way to get someone to be receptive to what you're saying. Especially not in real life.
My 2 pennies.
Nowadays though, I just don't have much interest in arguing about religion. I may pop in here and there trying to correct people on certain points they make but I'm not really interested in arguing about it. This is mainly due to the fact I have not once convinced anyone I've been speaking to of their idiocy on this topic. That's probably because I'm a shit debater, or it's because they have their dogma so far drilled into their brains all attempts at making them see reason are futile.
Hell belief in a god is not a reasonable thing. I think the people who admit this are the most honest about their position and I respect them on that. But then, if they do admit that, there's no real point in arguing with them...
Otherwise I guess it depends on the topic. I've also started to argue a lot more in real life away from the forums. Things like challenging my mom when she goes on about Jesus or that England is a Xtian nation or that we should support the monarchy because it brings tourism to the country etc. Just general statements that people make that I don't agree with, generally I challenge them on it a lot more now. I try to tell my mom why she's wrong but she ends up just getting the hump with me. I've found it's a lot better to try and be thoughtful when presenting your arguments than rude. I used to be very rude, hell I probably still am, and it's not the best way to get someone to be receptive to what you're saying. Especially not in real life.
My 2 pennies.
