RE: Argument #1: Transitional Fossils
April 24, 2014 at 11:52 am
(This post was last modified: April 24, 2014 at 11:53 am by Cyberman.)
(April 23, 2014 at 10:10 pm)Revelation777 Wrote:(April 22, 2014 at 9:21 am)Stimbo Wrote:
Seems like you have made some harsh judgmental statements towards people you don't share the same views towards.
Nope; only towards those who come here and judge me on why I don't share their belief. I don't go out of my way to target them. See, that's what "seems" gets you.
(April 23, 2014 at 10:10 pm)Revelation777 Wrote: Understood, but for those who believe Jesus is the Son of God have received what He has said as true and live try to live their lives accordingly.
And that's the bit you and your friends fall down on - you never, or rarely ever, demonstrate any of these bald assertions and presuppositions and merely assume them to be true reflections of reality. Which is fine by itself, but it's when you leap about like a judgemental kangaroo from one pious platitude to another that I start getting pissy.
(April 23, 2014 at 10:10 pm)Revelation777 Wrote: Again, you might not agree but can you respect that?
Respect what - the person, the self-justification of superiority or the belief? Be it noted that not all of those things are worthy of automatic respect.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'