(January 5, 2015 at 12:35 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(January 5, 2015 at 12:23 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: I find that when a proposition is loaded with the adverbs "always", "never" or the like, it's a good indicator of it's falsehood.
You know what is almost always a bad thing? Black and white thinking. :p
I hope you are not accusing me of black and white thinking.
I wasn't responding to you (in fact, I had not seen your response).
My point is this: the proposition "religion is always harmful" is falsified by providing a singular example where an expression of religion is not harmful. I don't believe that would be difficult to do (at least insofar as I can satisfy my own idea of "not harmful").
(January 5, 2015 at 12:35 pm)Brian37 Wrote: If I said we had to get rid of it by force, then that would be black and white thinking.
Non sequitur.
"X is always bad" and "Y is always good" are prototypical examples of black and white thinking.
