This is related to the thread on whether atheists answer questions.
I have often noticed that certain topics or questions result in avoidance by theists and one reason given by them is that they are afraid that atheists are trying to trap them. Does the same ever happen with atheists? Do you ever see atheists worrying about getting trapped and thus not answering questions or avoiding certain threads?
It seems to that if you are confident of your position/beliefs then you shouldn't be afraid of being trapped.
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Originally posted by twhiteheadAnd sometimes the theist's supposed "fear of being trapped" is just a "fear of being subjected to endless inane questioning periods over semantics". How many decent threads have been ruined by skeptics repeating the same question (regardless of the answer they get) ad nauseum?
This is related to the thread on whether atheists answer questions.
I have often noticed that certain topics or questions result in avoidance by theists and one reason given by them is that they are afraid that atheists are trying to trap them. Does the same ever happen with atheists? Do you ever see atheists worrying about getting trapped and thus not a ...[text shortened]... hat if you are confident of your position/beliefs then you shouldn't be afraid of being trapped.
Originally posted by SuzianneDo atheists have this same fear of endless inane questions?
And sometimes the theist's supposed "fear of being trapped" is just a "fear of being subjected to endless inane questioning periods over semantics". How many decent threads have been ruined by skeptics repeating the same question (regardless of the answer they get) ad nauseum?
Originally posted by Suzianneif you are secure in your faith, you don't mind questions.
And sometimes the theist's supposed "fear of being trapped" is just a "fear of being subjected to endless inane questioning periods over semantics". How many decent threads have been ruined by skeptics repeating the same question (regardless of the answer they get) ad nauseum?
if you don't believe your god is a psychopath who will condemn you to an eternity of torment for questioning obvious gruesome stuff from the bible, you don't mind questions.
"How many decent threads have been ruined by skeptics repeating the same question (regardless of the answer they get) ad nauseum?"
none.
Originally posted by twhitehead#1 Atheists can't be trapped. They have an answer for everything. For example; Atheist claim there is no God, as though they know everything there is to know, like God does.
This is related to the thread on whether atheists answer questions.
I have often noticed that certain topics or questions result in avoidance by theists and one reason given by them is that they are afraid that atheists are trying to trap them. Does the same ever happen with atheists? Do you ever see atheists worrying about getting trapped and thus not a ...[text shortened]... hat if you are confident of your position/beliefs then you shouldn't be afraid of being trapped.
#2 Theists only avoid questions when they know there's a trap, even though atheists don't realize they're laying one.
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Originally posted by SuzianneBy "inane" questions, I take it you are actually referring to "inconvenient" questions, or questions that probe or highlight the inconsistency, contradictions, incoherence, and sometimes the sheer nonsense of the claims and comments they address.
And sometimes the theist's supposed "fear of being trapped" is just a "fear of being subjected to endless inane questioning periods over semantics". How many decent threads have been ruined by skeptics repeating the same question (regardless of the answer they get) ad nauseum?
Originally posted by twhiteheadI'll bite.
This is related to the thread on whether atheists answer questions.
I have often noticed that certain topics or questions result in avoidance by theists and one reason given by them is that they are afraid that atheists are trying to trap them. Does the same ever happen with atheists? Do you ever see atheists worrying about getting trapped and thus not a ...[text shortened]... hat if you are confident of your position/beliefs then you shouldn't be afraid of being trapped.
Is science to be trusted?
Originally posted by FreakyKBHI assume you mean that to be a trap for atheists? Why is science associated with atheism?
I'll bite.
Is science to be trusted?
I would say that science is to be trusted - with a proper understanding of what science actually is. Scientists are not to be trusted - and the scientific method specifically states that scientists are not to be trusted. Scientific findings are only to be trusted when they are confirmed. Proper scientific method requires that a scientific finding be treated with utmost scepticism and tested in every possible way. Once tested, it is given trust, but only as far as is warranted by the evidence and the testing. I don't get in an aeroplane because it was designed by scientists and engineers, I get in it because I know how many fly and how few crash. But given a choice between science and any other method of discovery, I will pick science every time.