(05-20-2012, 03:34 PM)Tenet Nosce Wrote: Tru dat. Although many such folks seem to have no issue writing a 'wall of text' which they (ostensibly) are expecting others to read. That one has always been curious to me.
Why not? Why shouldn't 'they' (er, rather, we, since I am one of those who does that...here on a discussion forum where the purpose is to discuss) do that if they wish?
If they (we) have any expectations that anyone would actually - gasp - read what was so lovingly and conscientiously (or not) written, here on a forum whose purpose it is to discuss...then...well, that's what they (we) get for having such ridiculously silly expectations!
(05-20-2012, 03:34 PM)Tenet Nosce Wrote: Though I have difficulty understanding why it isn't patently obvious to those who overly rely on either mode, that to balance and combine the two would be a very wise thing to do.
Realizing that, and actually doing it, are 2 different things.
(05-20-2012, 03:34 PM)Tenet Nosce Wrote: What a toolbag! I wonder: did you ever try to point out the logical inconsistencies of his religious beliefs?
Oh gosh, no! Why would I do that?
(05-20-2012, 03:34 PM)Tenet Nosce Wrote: From a very young age, my reading of the depictions of Yahweh/the "LORD" in the Bible made it very clear to me that this was no "God" I wanted to follow or worship.
You figured it out a lot sooner than I did! But then, since I was Catholic I didn't actually read the whole old testament until I was around 21. Then it still took me a couple of years to figure it out!
(05-20-2012, 03:34 PM)Tenet Nosce Wrote: Definitely. Although one can be heavily biased, and still be logical.
Biases usually fall apart under the magnifying glass of logic. That is, if the logic is received and comprehended, which it usually isn't. So I would say it's more like: one can be heavily biased, and still think they're logical.