Submitted by Hambydammit on March 2, 2007 - 7:40pm.
I'm not surprised that you're getting no help on this one, z.
One of the reasons I think many theists are actually full of shit as opposed to completely deluded is that they seem perfectly capable of avoiding select arguments... like this one.
Even the most indoctrinated person can see the danger in espousing "The One True Scotsman... err.. Christian" or defining Judeo-Christianity. As soon as one thing is definitely true, it is open to definite rebuttal.
My other least favorite defense, "Defense by Redefinition" is only possible with Christianity so long as there's wiggle room. Defining it clearly would be, well... pretty stupid, when the best defense is being able to say, "it's not like that definition of the word, it's like the other definition, the one that isn't defined."
If superior creatures from space ever visit earth, the first question they will ask, in order to assess the level of our civilization, is: 'Have they discovered evolution yet?' -- Richard Dawkins
I'm not surprised that
I'm not surprised that you're getting no help on this one, z.
One of the reasons I think many theists are actually full of shit as opposed to completely deluded is that they seem perfectly capable of avoiding select arguments... like this one.
Even the most indoctrinated person can see the danger in espousing "The One True Scotsman... err.. Christian" or defining Judeo-Christianity. As soon as one thing is definitely true, it is open to definite rebuttal.
My other least favorite defense, "Defense by Redefinition" is only possible with Christianity so long as there's wiggle room. Defining it clearly would be, well... pretty stupid, when the best defense is being able to say, "it's not like that definition of the word, it's like the other definition, the one that isn't defined."
If superior creatures from space ever visit earth, the first question they will ask, in order to assess the level of our civilization, is: 'Have they discovered evolution yet?' -- Richard Dawkins