Contradictions in "rational" thought

[Rwandrall]

I'm having a little trouble with all the contradictions I see in what is loosely referred to as "rational thought."

Here are 3 of the 20+ contradictions (paraphrased accurately I think) which I have identified:

Actually, the arguments you make do not contradict each other at all...the "contradictions" you make are quite weak.

Contradiction #1

Argument A: What makes you think the God of a univrse would care about a little speck like you? Don't be arrogant

Argument B: Why doesn't your God show himself to us and stop evil?

Both of these arguments are not contradictory, since they attack different aspects of your deity: the first questions the paradox between "God"'s massiveness and the smallness of the Earth. The second questions the paradox between his all-eternal love and its lack of intervention. They are not contradictions because they do not answer the same question. A contradiction would be two statements on a single characteristic of the deity that contradict each other. This isn't one.

Contradiction #2

Argument A: Your God is too intolerant

Argument B: Your God saves an awful lot of stupid, arrogant people.

These arguments sustain the same point: God is too intolerant to anyone who sins, but is ready to forgive anyone who accepts him, even if these people are stupid and arrogant. These arguments, combined, do not make a contradiction. On the contrary, they show that your God is irrational in his approach to who deserves to be saved.

Contradiction #3

Argument A: Christians are so divided, I can't figure out which denomination is right

Argument B: Christians should think for themselves

Maybe you guys should get my whole list and hold a council, before the faithful figure out that maybe "rational thought" is in the mind of the beholder, and that assuming otherwise is more dangerous than becoming a Christian

Again...this is not a contradiction. Argument A is restricted to theism, argument B includes atheism. Christians are divided on small matters, such as the infallibility of the Pope or the role of the virgin Mary. They are divided, but they all share the same common beliefs and do not question the existence of God or the validity of Scripture. This is what Argument B is about, but you are taking it completely out of context.

And AGAIN, these arguments, when coupled together, make this argument: Christians pretend that they are thinking for themselves, but they will never consider the possibility that God does not exist.