Why arguments and debates about God and religion are fruitless
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Logic being a relative term of course. One mans logic is another mans wild assed guess. It ain't about logic, it's about ego. Very few can admit they don't have anything of substance to base their opinion on, and at the end of the day, it's all opinion.
"NOR MUST WE OVERLOOK THE PROBABILITY OF THE CONSTANT INCULCATION IN A BELIEF IN GOD ON THE MINDS OF CHILDREN PRODUCING SO STRONG AND PERHAPS AS INHERITED EFFECT ON THEIR BRAINS NOT YET FULLY DEVELOPED, THAT IT WOULD BE AS DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO THROW OFF THEIR BELIEF IN GOD, AS FOR A MONKEY TO THROW OFF ITS INSTINCTIVE FEAR AND HATRED OF A SNAKE."
Charles Darwin
"It appears to me (whether rightly or wrongly) that direct arguments against
christianity and theism produce hardly any effect on the public; and freedom of
thought is best promoted by the gradual illumination of men's minds which
follows from the advance of science." [Darwin]
Charles Darwin
"It appears to me (whether rightly or wrongly) that direct arguments against
christianity and theism produce hardly any effect on the public; and freedom of
thought is best promoted by the gradual illumination of men's minds which
follows from the advance of science." [Darwin]
"Why arguments and debates about God and religion are fruitless"
i dont agree. example. years ago when i first started debating religion i was a lonely voice in the wilderness.
now it has all changed. when i go to a place like the huffington post religion section and read some religious nonsense and decide to make a comment i find that there are already hundreds of non believers making the same argument as i would have. it is refreshing to see so many freethinkers not afraid to comment nowdays.
i dont agree. example. years ago when i first started debating religion i was a lonely voice in the wilderness.
now it has all changed. when i go to a place like the huffington post religion section and read some religious nonsense and decide to make a comment i find that there are already hundreds of non believers making the same argument as i would have. it is refreshing to see so many freethinkers not afraid to comment nowdays.
Yes, but the question is, how many people have actually changed their mind as compared to voicing a view they already held? It's that old analogy of bringing a horse to water. I think people need to be willing to question their faith before logic can have any effect on them. And among the already inculcated, I think it has to happen on their own timetable if at all. A True Believer, by definition, cannot digest logic. I don't think the endless debates in this forum have changed anyone's mind.