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A question to atheists
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RE: A question to atheists
(February 12, 2015 at 2:14 am)EccentricAlien Wrote: The question is: When arguing with a religious person, how does a non-religious person respond with something "supernatural" like that??

Best case, that's an easy example of cold reading, and honestly, that's being charitable.

What he said was so vague, he might not have even been employing any real sophistication. He's relying on a sufficient vagueness along with his status of authority to compel her into trying to "fix" a problem he just created.
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A question to atheists - by EccentricAlien - February 12, 2015 at 2:14 am
RE: A question to atheists - by robvalue - February 12, 2015 at 2:16 am
RE: A question to atheists - by Esquilax - February 12, 2015 at 2:29 am
RE: A question to atheists - by robvalue - February 12, 2015 at 2:38 am
RE: A question to atheists - by Homeless Nutter - February 12, 2015 at 2:49 am
RE: A question to atheists - by robvalue - February 12, 2015 at 2:51 am
RE: A question to atheists - by Exian - February 12, 2015 at 2:59 am
RE: A question to atheists - by robvalue - February 12, 2015 at 3:02 am
RE: A question to atheists - by Exian - February 12, 2015 at 3:08 am
RE: A question to atheists - by Cyberman - February 12, 2015 at 3:20 am
RE: A question to atheists - by robvalue - February 12, 2015 at 3:22 am
RE: A question to atheists - by Homeless Nutter - February 12, 2015 at 3:41 am
RE: A question to atheists - by robvalue - February 12, 2015 at 3:47 am
RE: A question to atheists - by Pyrrho - February 12, 2015 at 2:08 pm
RE: A question to atheists - by LastPoet - February 12, 2015 at 2:12 pm
RE: A question to atheists - by RobbyPants - February 12, 2015 at 4:11 pm
RE: A question to atheists - by Minimalist - February 12, 2015 at 4:14 pm
RE: A question to atheists - by Nope - February 12, 2015 at 8:13 pm
RE: A question to atheists - by robvalue - February 13, 2015 at 4:04 am
RE: A question to atheists - by Mudhammam - February 13, 2015 at 4:28 am
RE: A question to atheists - by bennyboy - February 13, 2015 at 10:13 am
RE: A question to atheists - by dyresand - February 13, 2015 at 10:55 am
RE: A question to atheists - by emilynghiem - February 15, 2015 at 1:07 am
RE: A question to atheists - by robvalue - February 15, 2015 at 8:02 am
RE: A question to atheists - by Norman Humann - February 15, 2015 at 8:04 am
RE: A question to atheists - by robvalue - February 15, 2015 at 8:10 am
RE: A question to atheists - by Norman Humann - February 15, 2015 at 8:27 am
RE: A question to atheists - by robvalue - February 15, 2015 at 9:11 am
RE: A question to atheists - by dreamsofpotato - February 15, 2015 at 5:18 pm
RE: A question to atheists - by Metis - February 15, 2015 at 5:26 pm

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