--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" <fintlewoodlewix@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" <fintlewoodlewix@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" <fintlewoodlewix@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ <no_reply@> > > > > > wrote: > > > > (snip) > > > > > > What muddled thinking - Because a group that you no > > > > > > longer associate with, believes in God, you, now, no > > > > > > longer see as possible, a relationship with God?? > > > > > > How is that critical thinking? It is an immature, > > > > > > knee-jerk reaction, to social norms, having nothing > > > > > > to do with a personal spiritual life - merely > > > > > > grandstanding. > > > > > > > > > > It's good critical thinking if you have taken intellectual > > > > > steps away from the baby talk of christianity and cast a > > > > > long sober look at the claims made for the existence of > > > > > supernatural creators. It's hard for anyone who has > > > > > studied genetics, biology and neuro-psychology to believe > > > > > anything the religious tell us when there are so many more > > > > > convincing explanations on offer. > > > > > > > > Couple of points. > > > > > > > > First, many thoughtful and deeply devout *Christians* > > > > "have taken intellectual steps away from the baby talk" > > > > of Christianity. Anyone who thinks Christianity is > > > > nothing but baby talk is simply ignorant. > > > > > > Sigh. Go on then, explain why Jeesus is the son of some > > > creator god and sent to save us from sin in a way that might > > > convince a sceptic. > > > > Too complicated to do here. No kidding, you have to > > immerse yourself in it. And first you have to deal > > with whether God exists. > > > > > > Second, Christian theology has explanations for aspects > > > > of human experience that genetics, biology, and neuro- > > > > psychology cannot encompass. > > > > > > Go on then, tell all. > > > > > > > Bottom line, as an atheist you may never find even the > > > > most sophisticated and rigorous Christian theology > > > > convincing; but if you actually engage with it, you'll > > > > need to draw upon your best thinking to intellectually > > > > justify dismissing it. > > > > > > Not even remotely my best. > > > > How do you know? You've never engaged with it. > > Wow, great retort.
True, though. > That really told me, I guess there must be a > god after all if it can't explained here. I don't believe that follows, actually. > For anyone who hasn't seen this place without a posting limit, > this is the sort of anaemic, pointless, unfocussed squitter that > you have to put up with. AND I had to click back three pages > to find it. Well, my original post was both pointed and focused. It was only when you came in that it deteriorated. > > See you in a month... >
