On Mon, July 26, 2010 3:53 pm, Paul Schmehl wrote: > --On Monday, July 26, 2010 14:06:17 -0700 David Brodbeck <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On Mon, July 26, 2010 11:24 am, Paul Schmehl wrote: >>> When this is the way one answers a simple question, I tend to believe >>> there's no genuine interest in dialog. >> >> Well, I hate to break it to you, but people who are trying to make a >> religious point aren't interested in dialog, anyway. In fact, it's >> pretty >> well impossible to have a dialog with them that gets anywhere. You >> can't >> have a sensible debate when the other person's fallback response is >> always >> "it's god's will, so it's beyond our understanding and we can't question >> it, and you're an evil person for not agreeing with me." These people >> have been taught from a young age that logic is evil and will lead them >> down the road to hell, so logical arguments are lost on them. >> > > The assumptions and bias in that statement are so broad as to defy > description.
Well, all I can say is I was a regular church-goer for 20 years, and went to religious school for six of those, so I come by my position honestly. I guess this is pretty thoroughly OT at this point, though. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
