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ddbaj (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:20 PM Original message |
Question for religious DUers: If faith is a virtue, how is thinking Saddam did 9/11 wrong? |
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CTD (732 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. True. If you're into believing false things, why not add another to the lsit? |
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ddbaj (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I'm not comparing religious DUers to right-wingers |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Excuse me, but you are |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
3. Apples and oranges |
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ddbaj (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Well... |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. That famous saying is wrong. (n/t) |
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ddbaj (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:40 PM Original message |
If you believe in every god ever created by man |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
13. Monotheists are a bare majority today, and a minority over the course of history |
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ddbaj (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Actually, no. |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
43. I'm a psychologist by training |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
27. Interesting remark.... |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
41. Exactly n/t |
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PunkPop (847 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. Makes sense to me. |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
7. Is there any evidence that God doesn't exist? I can understand relying on faith when there |
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ddbaj (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. There is evidence for a natural world |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. The existence of a natural world doesn't lend itself to either side. |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
40. actually, using religious logic, we should assume there is a unicorn on the moon |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
39. I've got news for you, there is no evidence that WMD didn't exist either |
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ddbaj (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:15 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Thank you. |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:16 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. Of course you can't prove a negative but you can get close by proving a contrary |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
10. In the Epistle of St. James |
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ddbaj (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I think it's pretty obvious that there is no God if you use logic. |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Begging the question |
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ddbaj (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Okay, it was sloppy. However... |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Why? (n/t) |
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ddbaj (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:59 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. I assume you mean why do general arguments not work. |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:01 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Which is an argument about the nature of divinity, not its existance. (n/t) |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. If one contemplates the difference between time and eternity |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Many people throughout history have tried to use logic to either prove or disprove |
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ddbaj (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. How about this. |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:07 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Sure, I can tentatively agree that it is one of the greatest claims. |
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JacksonWest (561 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
12. Faith is a small part of Christianity or any religion. |
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ddbaj (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Faith IS blind. |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
19. many of the most important steps we take in life are based |
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ddbaj (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:57 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Several things wrong with your post, with all due respect... |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
22. Witless sophistry. |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:58 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Subwitless ur-flamebait. |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
25. This shouldn't include Religious DUers |
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ddbaj (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:00 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. I want to see one theist view that doesn't depend on faith. |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:09 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. That makes no sense |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
31. I don't get the connection you're making at all |
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ddbaj (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:06 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. I think it is inherently equivalent. |
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wulfwolf (64 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
33. .... |
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ddbaj (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:10 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Science does not require faith, with respect. |
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Beam Me Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
37. "Belief" and "faith" are not the same thing. |
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wakemeupwhenitsover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-27-06 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
45. I'm going to lock this. |
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