Thanks Chris. I do hope you get a chance to read it again. You'll see that we all agree that your fundamentalist friend would not be a freethinker.
http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/features/2000/lowder1.html Aaron On Oct 28, 6:23 pm, stem cell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > that brings up a good question Aaron. IF (cap. spelling inspird by > Orn. :-)) one comes to a belief and one is shown to be wrong or > holding a false belief and one refuses to change their belief, then > that right there excludes them as a freethinker... Even if they use > "critical thinking", there is selective bias. Take for instance > anyone who believes in the three Omni- GOD. Those Omni's break down > and contradict one another. Logic says it is not possible to hold all > three and be consistant. If is is pointed out and that person is > still holding on to that belief (a theist for instance) then, no, they > are not a freethinker. But this does not address every type of > "belief". But the article was about the possibility of a theist being > a freethinker. Maybe in a limited sense it could be put that way. > Mybe they could be simi-freethinkers? :-) > A new fundamentalist friend of mine and I talked about holding open > minds, willingness to be open to new evidence, "freethought". I asked > if he would be willing to give up the belief that Jesus Christ is his > lord and savior and that Jesus died and rose again IF it were shown to > be a falsehood. He said "no". Is that a "freethinker"? > > I need to go back an re-read that article I guess. :-) > > stemcell > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
