If it has been posted before and/or is not intersting or the wrong place I shall not take offence:
http://www.DELETEMEangelic.org/original ... bates.html
I broke the link just in case. Just delete the obvious bit, copy and paste, blah blah blah.
The whole site is quite interesting as it gives an idea of the kind of Christian teaching one might come up against in debates. This fellow is far more reasonable than the worst but it might prepare one for debates against the more reasonable types if one knows what kind of formula they might work to - and it is put so succintly.
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EBC - "What? What?" "Tally Ho!" Division
I wrote this:The British Avengers fanfiction
"Yeah, funny how that works - you giving hungry people food they vote for you. You give homeless people shelter they vote for you. You give the unemployed a job they vote for you.
Maybe if the conservative ideology put a roof overhead, food on the table, and employed the downtrodden the poor folk would be all for it, too". - Broomstick
EBC - "What? What?" "Tally Ho!" Division
I wrote this:The British Avengers fanfiction
"Yeah, funny how that works - you giving hungry people food they vote for you. You give homeless people shelter they vote for you. You give the unemployed a job they vote for you.
Maybe if the conservative ideology put a roof overhead, food on the table, and employed the downtrodden the poor folk would be all for it, too". - Broomstick
He's nuts. This line alone should tell you that:
This guy doesn't even try to apply the scientific method. He outlines it, then completely ignores it and spews this bullshit. Note how he never got to the part where he proves God exists. He simply makes a claim about feeling peace and joy and that Christ lives in his heart, as if that is proof. I could respond by saying I feel peace and joy when I get a blowjob, thus blowjobs are God.
The whole page is idiotic. He basically tells folks to use circular arguments and evade the questions by demanding their opponents to be walking encyclodpedias. He tells people to argue that you can't trust everything you learn in school; go read up on it. He then argues that authors "make things up" and asks for citation of reputable studies. He then makes the claim that these reputable sources might have "anti-Christian" agendas, therefore nullifying any evidence used from said sources. It's one giant fallacious pile of bullshit.
Map the Scientific Method to your personal experience. "I arrived at my faith this way: God exists - that's my Hypothesis. Then I placed my faith in Jesus Christ and His dying on the Cross for my sins, repented, and yielded my life sincerely to Christ's full and loving control. Those were the parameters of the Experiement that I had to fulfill. You know what? All my sins are forgiven and I feel His peace and joy, and Christ lives in my heart. These Results match the Hypothesis."
This guy doesn't even try to apply the scientific method. He outlines it, then completely ignores it and spews this bullshit. Note how he never got to the part where he proves God exists. He simply makes a claim about feeling peace and joy and that Christ lives in his heart, as if that is proof. I could respond by saying I feel peace and joy when I get a blowjob, thus blowjobs are God.
The whole page is idiotic. He basically tells folks to use circular arguments and evade the questions by demanding their opponents to be walking encyclodpedias. He tells people to argue that you can't trust everything you learn in school; go read up on it. He then argues that authors "make things up" and asks for citation of reputable studies. He then makes the claim that these reputable sources might have "anti-Christian" agendas, therefore nullifying any evidence used from said sources. It's one giant fallacious pile of bullshit.
"We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further." -Richard Dawkins