"Only God's judgment is infallible..."

Originally posted by @avalanchethecat
Ridicule, mockery and belittling are, on occasion, the right tools to use. And I resent your suggestion that I am a 'wannabe' or 'new' atheist. I am a dyed-in-the-wool original flavour atheist. With respect to some - although not you or becker - I think you have to be a little bit crazy to believe in any god, and the christian version seems particularly bizarre to me.

Those occasions being when you are not on the receiving end? From the theistic perspective you have to be a little crazy not to believe in God. That doesn’t mean the theist should ridicules, belittle and mock an atheist now does it?

Originally posted by @dj2becker
Does that mean you cannot trust the verdict of any human judge that has ever made a verdict simply because they are fallible human beings?

No, it doesn't.

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Pfft. Deep under that cold facade there is a real person.

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Self anointed as in presuming you are here to teach the forum as evidence by your “in this thread I shall talk about xyz” type of OPs

And if I changed the tone of my OPs, you would probably find something else to whine about.

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you have plagiarised another minister’s thoughts

And being given phone #, address, email and names of people to whom you could make a complaint, you still have too much of a yellow streak up your back to bring my alleged "plagiarism" to the attention of anyone.

If you're too chicken to make a formal complaint about my supposed plagiarizing then who are you trying to impress ??

In the final analysis Divegeester, all you really have is cheap shots.

Originally posted by @bigdoggproblem
No, it doesn't.

Can you trust the fallible judgement of humans then?

Originally posted by @dj2becker
Can you trust the fallible judgement of humans then?

Sometimes. About some things.

Originally posted by @bigdoggproblem
Sometimes. About some things.

Ok, when it suits you I guess?

Originally posted by @dj2becker
Ok, when it suits you I guess?

I'd kill someone to stop them murdering members of my family, and if it was the only recourse I felt I had, because doing so would - to use your peculiar choice of word - "suit" me, yes. Wouldn't it "suit" you to do the same?

Originally posted by @dj2becker
Ok, when it suits you I guess?

When the claims are reasonable and well-supported, trust is merited.

When the claims are audacious and proffered evidence is lacking, not so much.

Originally posted by @bigdoggproblem
When the claims are reasonable and well-supported, trust is merited.

When the claims are audacious and proffered evidence is lacking, not so much.

Everyone’s definition of what is reasonable and well supported may differ. Do you think believers in God do not believe the evidence for the existence of God is reasonable and well supported from their perspective?