(March 4, 2015 at 3:45 pm)FiveSpotCharlie Wrote: Indeed.... is there a reason this simple line of thought isn't more prevalent in debates and discussions with Theists? It seems to me like something of a major show stopper. Which is why I'm asking here... why is this not more in the forefront?
It actually comes up quite a bit, but you have two reactions to it. You have the metaphor crowd and the evolution deniers. Both debates usually end up in an endless nightmare of quibbling over definitions, an apologist favorite, and never end up progressing anywhere.
There are several arguments I would consider show stoppers, but theists hand-wave them away without the blink of an eye. You basically end up with a bunch of camels standing around a pool of water refusing to drink.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
