Are Judeo-Christians more noble or intelligent than others because they are the last modern people holding onto fairytale beliefs as if they were true?
So many other religions with the same traits have been dismissed, why not this?
Is it a character flaw? Deep brainwashing, the phenomena that it is easier to fool someone than it is to show them they’ve been fooled?
Or something else?
Nobility of religion
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Post #21This is one of the things that astonishes me. It seems that it is easier to get some folks to believe grand tales of an everlasting paradise than more mundane claims.JoeyKnothead wrote: ↑Sun May 22, 2022 6:10 am
The difference twixt religion and fairy tales is, best I can tell, ya can fleece folks in the name of the first'n, not so much in the other'n.
"Hey buddy, I can save you 10% on your car insurance."
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Post #22[Replying to bjs1 in post #19]
It may just be your education has failed to allowed you to understand this, and in this case... well, I certainly can't be expected to give you a college education here.
Feel free to continue to believe in the things you can not distinguish from fiction... or as Joey says, fleeceable fiction.
Your attempt failed, as it stovepiped one application, when it applies to many. It is like it is dollars when you apply it to money, volts and amps for electricity, different applications have different expressions.Really? Because it seems to more then adequately invalidate the argument. The fact that there has not even been an attempted to defend the argument strongly suggests that the argument is indefensible.
It may just be your education has failed to allowed you to understand this, and in this case... well, I certainly can't be expected to give you a college education here.
Feel free to continue to believe in the things you can not distinguish from fiction... or as Joey says, fleeceable fiction.
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Post #23Another post with personal insults and zero evidence. May I safely assume that any additional posts you make in this thread will continue to follow this model?Willum wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 8:39 pm [Replying to bjs1 in post #19]
Your attempt failed, as it stovepiped one application, when it applies to many. It is like it is dollars when you apply it to money, volts and amps for electricity, different applications have different expressions.Really? Because it seems to more then adequately invalidate the argument. The fact that there has not even been an attempted to defend the argument strongly suggests that the argument is indefensible.
It may just be your education has failed to allowed you to understand this, and in this case... well, I certainly can't be expected to give you a college education here.
Feel free to continue to believe in the things you can not distinguish from fiction... or as Joey says, fleeceable fiction.
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Post #24[Replying to bjs1 in post #23]
I think you need to understand, that just because you have a personal religion, me degrading it, doesn’t mean I’m degrading you.
However, you have made another post, avoiding a subject that would invalidate your religion to answer it. May I assume you have no way to defend your religion? And if so why do you maintain it?
I think you need to understand, that just because you have a personal religion, me degrading it, doesn’t mean I’m degrading you.
However, you have made another post, avoiding a subject that would invalidate your religion to answer it. May I assume you have no way to defend your religion? And if so why do you maintain it?
I will never understand how someone who claims to know the ultimate truth, of God, believes they deserve respect, when they cannot distinguish it from a fairy-tale.
You know, science and logic are hard: Religion and fairy tales might be more your speed.
To continue to argue for the Hebrew invention of God is actually an insult to the very concept of a God. - Divine Insight
You know, science and logic are hard: Religion and fairy tales might be more your speed.
To continue to argue for the Hebrew invention of God is actually an insult to the very concept of a God. - Divine Insight