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RationalWiki article on Craig.
August 25, 2017 at 1:58 pm
Here it is:
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/William_Lane_Craig
Having read it and even contributed, I am absolutely convinced that WLC is a narcissistic sociopath. Just read the section on Craig's "quote mining" of the late physicist John Bell.
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RE: RationalWiki article on Craig.
August 25, 2017 at 2:06 pm
(August 25, 2017 at 1:58 pm)Jehanne Wrote: Here it is:
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/William_Lane_Craig
Having read it and even contributed, I am absolutely convinced that WLC is a narcissistic sociopath. Just read the section on Craig's "quote mining" of the late physicist John Bell.
You needed to read that to figure that out? Have you not watched him debate on youtube for more five seconds?
Religions were invented to impress and dupe illiterate, superstitious stone-age peasants. So in this modern, enlightened age of information, what's your excuse? Or are you saying with all your advantages, you were still tricked as easily as those early humans?
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RE: RationalWiki article on Craig.
August 25, 2017 at 2:22 pm
Quote: I am absolutely convinced that WLC is a narcissistic sociopath.
Just plain nuts.
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RE: RationalWiki article on Craig.
August 25, 2017 at 2:26 pm
Guy thinks hurling infants onto rocks was the "greatest possible good " and we should feel sorry for the soldiers doing it because they were cowards . I think that says it all.
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RE: RationalWiki article on Craig.
August 25, 2017 at 2:33 pm
(This post was last modified: August 25, 2017 at 2:39 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Craig is a service provider in the market of religious economy. "Reason and argument" believers are an under-exploited consumer demographic. Few providers exist, and demand for the product is high. The barrier to entry is nonexistent, overhead on the operation is low, and the margins are phenomenal.
Conveniently, Craig is not the producer of these intangible goods, but operates as a pass through marketer. He repackages and brands goods sourced from others, goods which have no patents or licensing fees, and then distributes them through a network of affiliate marketers which, themselves, provide the required infrastructure in the form of storefront.
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RE: RationalWiki article on Craig.
August 25, 2017 at 2:38 pm
(August 25, 2017 at 2:33 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Craig is a service provider in the market of religious economy. "Reason and argument" believers are an under-exploited consumer demographic. Few providers exist, and demand for the product is high. The barrier to entry is nonexistent, overhead on the operation is low, and the margins are phenomenal.
He's an entertainer; it's his inability to realize that which fans his narcissism.
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RE: RationalWiki article on Craig.
August 25, 2017 at 2:46 pm
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Meh, if he was a sociopathic narcissist you'd think he'd put more effort into getting people to like the image of self he projects.
I suppose he could just be bad at it, but...that's sort of unlikely.
He's just a religious version of a used car salesman, imo. He's offering something that;s been beat all to shit, and it's not going to get you very far...but it's his job to make you feel good about the purchase regardless. People imagine all sorts of things about used car salesman, they're pretty much shorthand for slimy motherfuckers...but..you know, they're probably just normal people paying bills, eh? If he doesn't sell you that car, somebody else will - the only difference in either case is that in one outcome he's late on his mortgage and in the other he isn't.
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RE: RationalWiki article on Craig.
August 25, 2017 at 2:56 pm
How good do you have to be to convince people who already believe in utter bullshit?
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RE: RationalWiki article on Craig.
August 25, 2017 at 2:57 pm
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(August 25, 2017 at 2:46 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Meh, if he was a sociopathic narcissist you'd think he'd put more effort into getting people to like the image of self he projects.
I suppose he could just be bad at it, but...that's sort of unlikely.
He's just a religious version of a used car salesman, imo. He's offering something that;s been beat all to shit, and it's not going to get you very far...but it's his job to make you feel good about the purchase regardless. People imagine all sorts of things about used car salesman, they're pretty much shorthand for slimy motherfuckers...but..you know, they're probably just normal people paying bills, eh? If he doesn't sell you that car, somebody else will - the only difference in either case is that in one outcome he's late on his mortgage and in the other he isn't.
Aren't they all, by definition?
Religions were invented to impress and dupe illiterate, superstitious stone-age peasants. So in this modern, enlightened age of information, what's your excuse? Or are you saying with all your advantages, you were still tricked as easily as those early humans?
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RE: RationalWiki article on Craig.
August 25, 2017 at 3:01 pm
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Oh IDK. Some of them go for pomp and ceremony. Factory showroom stuff. Value-added, if you will.
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