(July 19, 2015 at 7:40 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: Sure, and they're all classics so you know all the dialogue by heart.
Still, when you are face to face with someone who says something like, "Praise the Lord, brother", you may have a go-to objection that you like to lead with. If so, what is it?
Actually, I have learned from experience to not talk religion with religious people in real life, but I get what you're saying. I guess my go-to objection would be the poor quality of the arguments for god's existence, including the lack of evidence.
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