Actually, I intended to enclose the term devout in quotes to denote a fundamentalist that insists they are the only "devout" worshippers. You are right, that reads wrong.
On Apr 8, 9:21 am, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > On 8 Apr., 16:48, fiddler <[email protected]> wrote: > Evolution and the lack of a global flood are two of the > > > most proven concepts in the history of the world, and yet it never > > matters to a devout whether or not there is evidence, because the > > evidence isn't "divinely inspired"... > > Oh fiddler, fiddler, this is a typical example of why you just aren't > able to engage with most sincere believers - and I make this > observation as a non-believer. > > There are millions of believing Christians who do not deny evolution > and accept that the flood is a legend and still describe themselves as > believing Christians. They have serious, sophisticated intelligent > arguments which they offer to support their positions. > > Now I personally think that these arguments are not convincing and > have had many intellectually stretching (for both sides) discussions > with believers on the basis of mutual respect and listening. > > Nobody can seriously intellectually engage with religious > fundamentalists of any stripe, but not all believers are > fundamentalists. Indeed, your approach frequently makes me wonder > whether you are not simply mirroring religious fundamentalism with > atheistic fundamentalism. Are you interested in dialogue, or do you > just want to use this and other forums as a pulpit? I can get sermons > anywhere. > > Francis -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" 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/minds-eye?hl=en.
