How to argue against a particular delusion.
Hello everyone,
A friend of mine is a pretty die-hard Christian (shock horror, both of his parents are missionaries/vicars) and he often posts little sayings of some kind or another on Facebook, which I usually ignore. However, today he posted something that really irritated me for some reason:
"The more I look at science, the more in awe of God I become."
And just to make that worse, one of his Christian friends commented "Boom" as if he had made some kind of infallible argument. Somehow, I feel as though nothing I say will make any difference because they must be incredibly deluded already to believe that God just "invented" science. Basically, this is the guy who thinks he's a "modern and intelligent" Christian by saying that things like Noah's Ark are "just stories and aren't meant to be taken seriously by Christians". But if that is true, then why take ANY of the Bible seriously and where does he draw the line between stories and (what he believes is) the truth?
In the past I asked him and his friend where the evidence was. He claimed science (yes, seriously) helped prove Christianity and that Christianity was about "opening yourself" to it and believing, and then you "feel God" or whatever. How do you argue with someone like that??
What do you all say to religious people (not necessarily just Christians) who claim that science is just an invention of God? Is there a specific way to argue with someone who twists everything to awkwardly suit modern day thinking?
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Permalink Reply by archaeopteryx on -
"To the scientist the word "supernatual" is a contradiction.
Everything that is in the universe is natural;
the supernatural is the natural not yet understood.
And that which is called the supernatural is often the figment of a disordered, undisciplined or undeveloped imagination."
-- Elbert Hubbard --
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Permalink Reply by Unseen on -
Any explanation of anything has to begin with an appreciation of what's possible and what's likely. That a ghost whipped up the cosmos doesn't pass even the most basic tests of possibility and likelihood.
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Permalink Reply by Kris Feenstra on -
I am going to contend it is the reverse: religion points to science because science has invaded so heavily on its territory.
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Permalink Reply by archaeopteryx on
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RE: "Christian thinking" - isn't that an oxymoron, like "Army Intelligence"?
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Permalink Reply by archaeopteryx on
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Been there, done that, got the scars --
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Permalink Reply by archaeopteryx on
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Ehh, I wasn't doing anything, anyway --
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Permalink Reply by Unseen on
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What a drama queen. Not all Christians have the same concepts of 'evolution'. Some believe in evolution as God's creative tool.
They add "and God did it" in much the same way that, when I was a kid, we'd have fun with song titles by adding "under the sheets" at the end. "Please Please Me (under the sheets)," "Be My Baby (under the sheets)," "A Hard Day's Night (under the sheets)," etc.
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Permalink Reply by Gregg R Thomas on -
@kOrsan,
...There's a reason these pricks watch the weather forecast instead of dancing for rain...
Except in Texas where Gov. Rick Perry prays for rain. LOL
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Permalink Reply by archaeopteryx on
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Actually Greg, i believe his official title is Gov. Rick ("Oops!") Perry --
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