@boagie,
To All...
boagie said:
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"It seems like your major target in this movie are the religious extremists, those who belong to the fundamentalist camps of various different religions.
That's not really true, that's not really true. I mean, take Sen. Pryor - I don't think he'd consider himself a fundamentalist. I think he's like a majority of Americans. I mean, 60 percent of Americans believe the Noah's ark story to be literally true. To me, that's mainstream. When people say, "You're going after extremists," I say, well, to be religious at all is to be an extremist. It's to be extremely irrational. Not that everybody believes in Noah's ark, or the guy who lived to be 900 years old. But even to believe the central story of Christianity - a lot of people would say, "I'm not like those kooks out in Kansas who believe the Earth is 5,000 years old. But I do believe God has a son, who he sent down to earth on a suicide mission, and he said, 'Hey, Jesus, I'm sending you on this suicide mission, but don't worry, they can't kill you because you're really me.' I, God the father - wink, wink - let's split up the work! OK? Because there's two of us, but not really! I'll go down to Earth first and I'll see if I can't impregnate a Palestinian woman so she can give birth to you." It's just a silly a story. We're just used to it." Bill Maher
Once again, rather than responding directly to my argument, this particular user has quoted Bill Maher.
The reason I point this out is not to Ad Hominem this particular user but to point out to all the lack of reasoning and proper response that certain atheists use when challenged on their positions.
They are quite adept at slamming religion and theism, but when their position is challenged, suddenly they find themselves mute. A most peculiar circumstance, indeed.
Is their argument so weak that they are incapable of constucting a
direct response to challenges to it? -- You be the judge.
I leave it in your hands.
