Ok, just now on twitter a fellow atheist posted a video which I refused to watch, no not outright, just wanted to have an idea of the overall argument before watching it.
Even outside the issue of religion, I hated my teachers telling me to read something or watch something blindly without having an idea of what the message was. It is the same stupid idea that if you learn how Penn saws the woman in half before you see the trick, somehow knowing the secret behind it will make you lose your sense of awe for the creativity.
No, don't ask me to read something or watch something unless you give me the cliff notes first. That will allow me to understand as I read or watch. Some people don't mind jumping into something blindly, however, especially with slick religious apologists, you can get sucked into a bad argument very easily jumping in the deep end blind.
If you are not willing to inform me before hand what I am getting into, don't bother. The best cons inside and outside the issue of religion, rely on the mark going in blind.
Im not accusing my fellow atheist of this at all. I just think you should treat everyone as an individual and allow them to decide what they want to do instead of demanding they simply watch it or read it.
If your argument is valid, it should not bother you at all giving a summary of it first.
Even outside the issue of religion, I hated my teachers telling me to read something or watch something blindly without having an idea of what the message was. It is the same stupid idea that if you learn how Penn saws the woman in half before you see the trick, somehow knowing the secret behind it will make you lose your sense of awe for the creativity.
No, don't ask me to read something or watch something unless you give me the cliff notes first. That will allow me to understand as I read or watch. Some people don't mind jumping into something blindly, however, especially with slick religious apologists, you can get sucked into a bad argument very easily jumping in the deep end blind.
If you are not willing to inform me before hand what I am getting into, don't bother. The best cons inside and outside the issue of religion, rely on the mark going in blind.
Im not accusing my fellow atheist of this at all. I just think you should treat everyone as an individual and allow them to decide what they want to do instead of demanding they simply watch it or read it.
If your argument is valid, it should not bother you at all giving a summary of it first.
