logical fallacies

[Tenet Nosce]

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!

LOL... I am myself a king of "Text Walls"! What I refer to is people who write text walls wanting others to read them, but who won't take the time to read the text walls of others. Not that I read every text wall, either! I will also admit, sometimes I just write for my own enjoyment, and couldn't care less whether others read it or not.

Realizing that, and actually doing it, are 2 different things.

Oh, yeah. Doing it is tough business. But realizing it shouldn't be. I long for the days when it will be generally assumed that, when faced with two seemingly "opposing" views or forces, the ultimate goal is to balance and unify them. Just that simple acknowledgement, in and of itself, would do so much to improve our quality of life, in my opinion. So many of us still seem to think that the "point" of life is to choose between one extreme viewpoint over another, and then to defend that extreme even unto the death!

Again, harder said than done. But it seems really obvious to me that BOTH/AND thinking trumps EITHER/OR thinking. But clearly, it isn't obvious to others, and I'm sure many people would heartily disagree with my point of view.

Oh gosh, no! Why would I do that?

To see how he responded.

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!

I was raised Catholic, too, but not in a very strict sense. I guess I was "lucky" in that when I had questions that my parents couldn't answer, I was directed to go look for myself. It still took me many years to be confident in the notion that yes, in fact, all these people around me really don't have much of a clue what they are talking about. After all, I was a kid! The adults were supposed to be the ones guiding me, right?

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.

Yeah, I can see what you mean. It stands to reason that a moderate view would be more logical than an absolutist, or extreme view. Of course, when interacting with many people, simply the act of engaging them takes one outside the realm of reason and logic.