COMMENT POLICY
1. Be nice.
2. Be respectful.
3. Keep your scripture quotations to 50% of your comment or less. The closer to 0% you get, the happier I will be.
Above 50%, the probability that your comment will be deleted is approximately equal to the percentage of direct scripture quotations included. That probability increases if you use the King James Version. I want your opinion, not a list of verses you think will set me straight. I was raised fundamentalist. I have read all of those verses at least once and could quote most, if not all of them, from memory, I swear. I know verses.
4. Please don’t invent logical fallacies or logic in general. Let’s stick with the ones that a quick google search will reveal. I’m looking at you, “cup and coin fallacy.”
5. Please share your views graciously.
I believe in absolute truth, I just don’t believe any of us has it.
Bad: You’re wrong because…
Good: I disagree because…
Acceptable: This is wrong because… [link to news story from reputable source that provides factual evidence against a fact, not against an argument].
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Have a good talk!
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Have you read “GOD is not Great” by C Hitchens? I’d be interested to hear your critique.
I haven’t, yet, no. I may look into it, though. If it’s philosophy, I’m sure I’ve heard better arguments against God. I would be curious either way, though.
It’s okay. He made some very good points that need honest responses instead of Christian platitudes, but it was spoiled a bit when he got obviously disingenuous — as in setting up strawman arguments that he must have known were misrepresentations. So … kind of uneven.
I agree with this post. I live in the South. I enjoy watching Second Presbyterian in Memphis on TV. It’s the same tired stuff in the Evangelicals Churches. I also enjoy most Methodist services, although they tend to be a lil too conservative down here. Look forward to reading more David.