Have you ever looked into christianity for real with an open mind, i doubt it. for example if you had an illness and you want it diagnosed and you went to see two specialist doctors...one said youll probably be fine just take it easy, and the other said you need treatment right away its serious. my guess is that in this case you would look into the case for treatment to completely check if you were ok or not. Think of the illness as christianity, therefore looking at the claims christianity makes, it would be pretty fatal to dismiss them all without really really checking it out for yourself and knowing you were right without being stubborn
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There's three problems with this here statement:
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Doctor: Im sorry, but it apperes that you have a rare case of cancer
Well, he has something that vaguely resembles a point. Dismissing it out of pure stubbornness would be silly.
He proceeds from a poor premise. In his argument there are only two doctors. The most logical thing to do in the scene he presents is to go see another doctor or two or three.
In order for this analogy to be equivalent to the situation this guy wants it to be, we have to change the analogy a bit.
Sammy, Sammy, Sammy...the phrase "Think of the illness as Christianity..." Well, you're not really that dumb are you?
Like that doctor I saw once. Walked into her office for a routine checkup, next thing I know she's telling me my leg is missing and I'm going to be confined to a wheelchair for the rest of my life.
Either that, or we now have a new award that is started by this post, the "Think of the illness as Christianity" award - for those incredible posts where a fundie posts a phrase or sentence just like this, where they hit so close to the real truth without realizing it.
I would agree that Xianity is a disease, except that, unlike a disease, it can be "pretty fatal" to those who aren't infected with it.
We HAVE looked into it thoroughly. Mabye you haven't and that is why you gullibly believe? Have you checked out every other religion, by they way? It would be pretty fatal to dismiss them all without really really checking it out for yourself, and knowing you were right without being stubborn, right?
And yes, I do think of (obsessive) Christianity as an illness.
Would there be an award for "Best attempt at disguising Pascal's Wager"?
This isn't Pascal's wager - the guy is actually advocating attempting to find evidence as to which position is true, which makes playing the odds unnecessary (which is just as well because, as has been shown many times before, in a world of multiple possible religions Pascal's wager actually slightly favours the atheist). The argument is mostly sound, it's just that his apparent total faith in the truth of his claims leads him to discount the possibility that one still might reject his kooky religion even after considering the evidence.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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