(April 11, 2020 at 3:41 am)ignoramus Wrote: Welcome.
Out of curiosity, what did you hope to accomplish when questioning a mormon.
We play similar games with Christians and Muslims here all day.
The flavour of sky fairy doesn't really change anything, does it.
They're all claims. All of them. Our word against theirs. But the onus of proof is on them.
And then the circular reasoning starts, and down the shitter it all goes from there....
Most religious people don't understand the difference between attacking the person and attacking the belief.
Everything becomes a personal attack and they respond accordingly.
Watching cat videos are so much more entertaining.
“Out of curiosity, what did you hope to accomplish when questioning a mormon.”
==1. Education
2. Entertainment
3. I learn a few things about their religion
4. To get to know them
5. Overall: To learn about humans: why do they do what they do
I also like to share data/information.
“We play similar games with Christians and Muslims here all day.
The flavour of sky fairy doesn't really change anything, does it.”
==I agree.
I have been chatting with mostly christians on Youtube comment section for many years, and a couple of forums.
I also talk to flat earthers, homeopathy believers, astrology believers, free energy, etc.
In my experience, changing their minds is impossible.
It does not matter what your argument is. It does not matter what the facts are. It does not matter if you lay out the math for them (flat earthers).
Except one lady hinted that maybe she will change her mind. She was christian.
“They're all claims. All of them. Our word against theirs. But the onus of proof is on them.”
==1. Some claims are verifiable via science. It is possible to show them that science contradicts what they say.
2. Logic: in some case, you can use logic to show that what they say is silly.
Example:
DanielPeterson wrote:
vm: "Not a single shred of reformed egyptian writings."
You're currently WRITING in a reformed Egyptian alphabet, poor fellow.
==============Does that make sense? DanielPeterson (mormon) is calling these letters reformed Egyptian. Is that what was used on the golden plates or are we going to call the modern hebrew letters, modern greek, modern armenian, modern cyrillic reformed Egyptian.
