"They read it, I think it makes them shut out others even more. That's why I kind of think christians are easier to deconvert. I have to admit that when I see religion the first thing that comes to mind is Christianity, so I apologize for…"
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Logicallunatic commented on Gerry Evans's blog post 'Religion "Open Minded"?'"Maybe, but what about Muslims? I would hazard a guess that a lot more Muslims read the Koran than Christians read the bible.... on average."
Matthew commented on Gerry Evans's blog post 'Religion "Open Minded"?'"Reading into the other side? Half of them don't even read the bible..."
Kris Feenstra commented on Gerry Evans's blog post 'Religion "Open Minded"?'"The 'open-minded' line is difficult to wield. If a person actually is close-minded, I doubt they'd be open to the criticism. Indeed, if I am close-minded, I'm not aware of it. I would think it would take…"
Logicallunatic commented on Gerry Evans's blog post 'Religion "Open Minded"?'"The laziness stems from the fact that all the answers are already there in the infallible holy books. Why bother lifting a brain cell when it's all laid out for you... like a feeding a baby.
Religion gives answers that may not be…"
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Luis Contreras commented on Gerry Evans's blog post 'Religion "Open Minded"?'"I guess that's one conclusion you can come to as to why there is an abundance of people who are "mentally lazy". On this topic i would like to talk more. I strongly feel that a majority of the population is just stupid but…"
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Gerry Evans posted a blog postReligion "Open Minded"?
Many times, I have heard the religious say to the opposition in an argument "You do not have an open mind and that is why you cannot see why my faith is the truth". Now, this to me has always been an interesting statement. It is interesting because it is the "faithful" in fact that are the ones that are obviously not "open minded". Let me explain. To me, being "open minded" means to critically look at both sides of an argument, compare the validity of each side based on prior knowledge and/or…See More
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Gerry Evans commented on Taylor Campbell's blog post 'To Offend....Or Not To Offend....'"Well, you can always tell them that "you think that they're good people" and the reason that you are telling them your opinion is "if you didn't you would be lying to them and think more of them than that".
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Religion "Open Minded"?
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 8:49am 6 Comments 0 Likes
Many times, I have heard the religious say to the opposition in an argument "You do not have an open mind and that is why you cannot see why my faith is the truth".
Now, this to me has always been an…
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