RE: Faith is a measure of irrationality
June 29, 2014 at 2:14 am
(This post was last modified: June 29, 2014 at 2:16 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(June 29, 2014 at 2:03 am)ronedee Wrote: Would you be eating hotdogs with your mother dying in the other room? I guess so.... because that would be the last thing on my mind.It might be the last thing on your mind but it's the first thing on your stomach. You ate something that day, and then later that day - something happened. You've decided that whatever you ate wasn't the cause - but theres no actual reason contained here to choose god over a hotdog. and this brings us to-
Quote:I'll try [not] praying the next time a family member is dying! And report back that indeed they died. Then maybe that should prove for ya there is a God?Ronedee, it's not about proving to me that there is a god. You're under no such compulsion. I wouldn't wish that task on you. I'm interacting with you about a claim you made, a series of them really, each one alluding to the fact that they did not actually meet your own standards of evidence. This last one leaving the hotdog you didn't eat just as likely a reason for the event as your god -by your own reasoning. I'm just trying to help you refine your claims, practice your explanations. God is an important idea, wouldn't you agree, deserves a little respect? I maintain that your belief is not founded upon this fallacy any more than it was founded upon the last. I'm just trying to help you communicate that faith, that experience.
That scripture you decided to post is on just as shaky a ground as your narrative, btw. Utter bullshit right there- or were you trying to cast a magic spell?
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
