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Josh McDowell and the "atheistic" Internet
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Josh McDowell and the "atheistic" Internet
January 31, 2018 at 7:42 pm
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RE: Josh McDowell and the "atheistic" Internet
January 31, 2018 at 7:46 pm (This post was last modified: January 31, 2018 at 7:46 pm by vulcanlogician.)
Yeah more like, "We used to be able to tell these kids whatever we wanted, and it would go unchallenged. Now with this internet thingie, they get to hear both sides of the argument and it really hurts our brand."
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RE: Josh McDowell and the "atheistic" Internet
January 31, 2018 at 7:48 pm
If something needs apologetics, then that thing is fundamentally flawed.

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RE: Josh McDowell and the "atheistic" Internet
January 31, 2018 at 9:04 pm (This post was last modified: January 31, 2018 at 9:05 pm by Fireball.)
It's not that the internet is "atheist", it's that the internet is a vehicle for information. Once people start sorting through the chaff, they see the religion they follow exposed. The same thing happens when a person takes a class in comparative religions. They get to see that all religions are bullshit. I'm frankly puzzled how a person can remain religious (except for culturally) in the face of the evidence of how man makes religion up. We have current examples in the Mormons and Scientology. One can sit there and say "Mine is true" until the cows come home, but if they peel back a scab or two and look at the history of religion, they should see the light. Tongue
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RE: Josh McDowell and the "atheistic" Internet
January 31, 2018 at 10:42 pm
I guess the religious have to blame their waining influence on something. The internet being used by us atheists to lure away their children is as good an excuse as any. Still, it seems a bit lame.
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RE: Josh McDowell and the "atheistic" Internet
January 31, 2018 at 10:48 pm
(January 31, 2018 at 7:46 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: Yeah more like, "We used to be able to tell these kids whatever we wanted, and it would go unchallenged. Now with this internet thingie, they get to hear both sides of the argument and it really hurts our brand."

"Even more, they learn there are more than two sides to many issues. That hurts our brand even more. It's so much easier when we can characterize everyone who disagrees with us as evil: us vs. them."
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RE: Josh McDowell and the "atheistic" Internet
January 31, 2018 at 10:52 pm
(January 31, 2018 at 10:48 pm)polymath257 Wrote:
(January 31, 2018 at 7:46 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: Yeah more like, "We used to be able to tell these kids whatever we wanted, and it would go unchallenged. Now with this internet thingie, they get to hear both sides of the argument and it really hurts our brand."

"Even more, they learn there are more than two sides to many issues. That hurts our brand even more. It's so much easier when we can characterize everyone who disagrees with us as evil: us vs. them."

I don't see religious folk as being "evil", only misinformed.  If you read the article, McDowell cites Age 12 as being the cut-off.  Ergo, if the kid isn't brainwashed by that age, then they will never be.
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RE: Josh McDowell and the "atheistic" Internet
January 31, 2018 at 11:05 pm
(January 31, 2018 at 10:52 pm)Jehanne Wrote:
(January 31, 2018 at 10:48 pm)polymath257 Wrote: "Even more, they learn there are more than two sides to many issues. That hurts our brand even more. It's so much easier when we can characterize everyone who disagrees with us as evil: us vs. them."

I don't see religious folk as being "evil", only misinformed.  If you read the article, McDowell cites Age 12 as being the cut-off.  Ergo, if the kid isn't brainwashed by that age, then they will never be.

My point is that McDowell and company like to think anyone who disagrees with *them* is evil. I may have not been clear.
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RE: Josh McDowell and the "atheistic" Internet
January 31, 2018 at 11:09 pm (This post was last modified: January 31, 2018 at 11:12 pm by vulcanlogician.)
Since we put our posts in quotes, Jehanne, we were speaking on behalf of McDowell & friends--Poly wasn't saying they were evil--just that they think we're evil.

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RE: Josh McDowell and the "atheistic" Internet
January 31, 2018 at 11:34 pm
Comparing the Universal Oneness of All Life to Yo Mama since 2010.

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