On 10/19/2014 4:36 PM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
Barry's preferred definition of God appears to be an old man with a
beard who resides above, and harshly judges people.
He likes this characterization because he feels it is easier to lampoon.
And he's been a roll lately.
A target rich environment of his own making.
No, it doesn't make a lot of sense.
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/Barry uses the straw man argument quite frequently//.//
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//For those unfamiliar with the term, a straw man is a common type of
argument that someone brings out to intentionally misrepresent the
original topic of the argument. //
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//It's like when two people are debating something and one guy is losing
the argument big time, sohe tries to change the subject. //
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//The logic of this is that if the debater can't win an argument on his
or her own merits they then try to shift the topic of the argument. It's
a very common tactic used by anonymous informants on the internet./
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---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <awoelflebater@...> wrote :
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <jr_esq@...> wrote :
Ann,
Your observation is excellent. It appears that for some people here
think that being called a "believer" is uncool and, a worst, an Ebola
case. As such, they avoid giving any logical evidence for their
assertions in order to be undefined, ambiguous and definitely not
known as a "believer".
Who would have thought the B word has become pejorative?
I know and it is very random. Because every single human being on this
planet has hundreds if not thousands of beliefs that they act on every
day of their lives. Beliefs are not something you can not change in an
instant nor do they necessarily result in death, dismemberment or
fatal disease. Often they are very private things that undergo
constant revision in the mind of the believer or non believer. It is
as easy to change one's mind (belief set) as it is to sneeze. It is
not beliefs that are dangerous it is what someone does with the belief
just as it is an exercise in futility to go around poo pooing other's
beliefs in an effort to do - what? Change them? Mock them? Show the
believer how superior you are in your alternate beliefs? Those who
claim they don't believe in anything are like those who claim they
don't need a solid surface to occasionally stand upright on.
