Might I ask where that’s coming from? I have a fair bit of knowledge on the whole theology thing and I know that there are way too many problems to just come out with one post saying ‘God exists’ and some argument backing it up.
shminux made a post which was basically, “don’t bother arguing with me unless you’ve read and understood this book and these papers” and I pointed out that religious believers and other believers in anti-rationalist ideas use the very same tactics to try to shut down discussion of their ideas. I was not actually stating that one should study theology before talking about whether God exists. That was sarcasm.
Oh right. Well, I think the problem was due to a misunderstanding , so its all good. And hey! I got some reading recommendations out of it, which is never a bad thing.
Might I ask where that’s coming from? I have a fair bit of knowledge on the whole theology thing and I know that there are way too many problems to just come out with one post saying ‘God exists’ and some argument backing it up.
Yes, you’re taking it out of context.
shminux made a post which was basically, “don’t bother arguing with me unless you’ve read and understood this book and these papers” and I pointed out that religious believers and other believers in anti-rationalist ideas use the very same tactics to try to shut down discussion of their ideas. I was not actually stating that one should study theology before talking about whether God exists. That was sarcasm.
Oh right. Well, I think the problem was due to a misunderstanding , so its all good. And hey! I got some reading recommendations out of it, which is never a bad thing.