On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 05:53:30PM -0500, 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.
There appeared to be a fair bit of assumption and bias in your response to me, as well. Pot, kettle, et cetera. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
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