(October 15, 2014 at 9:21 am)genkaus Wrote:(October 15, 2014 at 9:14 am)Chas Wrote: Ridicule is not justification. The book itself is ridiculous - that is the justification.
And even if they were to disavow the book, their theology is ridiculous and worthy of being dismissed.
Dismissed in what sense? And why are the book or the theology central to the religion?
A religion without a theology?
I was taking issue with your wording, that 'ridicule is the justification'. It is the content that is the justification for the ridicule.
Skepticism is not a position; it is an approach to claims.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
Science is not a subject, but a method.