[Defending the faith]
What has thinking for yourself ever got you? I equate that to living in a dark room: "Hurray! I am thinking for myself... now what..."
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Who told you that it was like living in a dark room? Evidently you are telling us that you don't think for yourself so that means that someone told you that thinking for yourself was like living in a dark room. Or did you come up with that argument by yourself? Doesn't that mean that you thought for yourself? Giveing you an argument, however stupid, to defend your position.
What does thinking for yourself have to do with dark rooms? Lets see if I can make a better analogy...
Don't knock dark rooms - every so often, what people who think for themselves really need is an hour or two without any distractions. Of course, then they go out of the room and build a better future, having thought about how to do it.
"Hurray! I am thinking for myself... now what...
Good thing I wasn't drinking anything when I read that. Brilliant.
The "dark room" statment was in terms of understanding the Kingdom of God. In terms of the Kingdom of God, "intelligent" talk and premise is present, but is in a dark room that is irrelevenat to the scope. God works in eternity.
"What has thinking for yourself ever got you?"
"In terms of the Kingdom of God, "intelligent" talk and premise is present, but is in a dark room that is irrelevenat to the scope. God works in eternity. "
Nice spiral of lunacy there AB...
"Hurray! I am thinking for myself... now what...
What has thinking for yourself ever got you? I equate that to living in a dark room: "Hurray! I am thinking for myself... now what...
If you equate thinking for yourself to living in a dark room, then you aren't thinking for yourself. You're believing whatever your pastor/cult leader/master told you to believe and (s)he naturally wants to prevent you from starting to think for yourself! Then you wouldn't be his/her slave anymore!
The "dark room" statment was in terms of understanding the Kingdom of God. In terms of the Kingdom of God, "intelligent" talk and premise is present, but is in a dark room that is irrelevenat to the scope. God works in eternity.
Sigh. You don't think for yourself, so this will go right over your head, but I'll say it anyway.
There is no Kingdom of God. The idea of a "kingdom of God" is a lie used to exploit people who are willing to let others do their thinking for them. Your priest/pastor/cult leader has convinced you that your own thinking is worthless, and you should simply blindly believe what he says. He does this for a reason and you put that reason in the collection plate at your church.
In Summary, yes we can do amazing things.. but it only matters when it is for God. Otherwise, it is in a dark room irrlevant.. Hurray!
No, your pastor has convinced you that things only matter if they're done for God. He convinces you that your own thoughts and deeds are not important, that you need God, and that you can only find God through him (conveniently) and a book that gives him special status (conveniently, again). The whole church is one big scam it prays on people who are willing to stop thinking for themselves and blindly believe and do what they're told. (*dodges tomatoes thrown due pray/prey pun*)
"No, your pastor has convinced you that things only matter if they're done for God."
No, your pastor has convinced you that things only matter if they're done for God. The Dark = away from God
The Light = in God
All works without God = Dark room irrlevancy.. Hurray!
This is just a vague and nearly meaningless assertion. It's one step above a word salad. You may think it's a pressing reason to stay in the Church, but if you aren't thinking for yourself, then it's merely a jumble of words that you think is a reason because you were told it's a reason.
You will only be exploited if you don't think for yourself.
"Jesus, assuming he existed in the first place, is dead. He has been dead for centuries. He could not have convinced you of anything"
Prove my work?? Funny..
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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