you're also hyperbolizing by suggesting a theist is "uninterested" in logic. No, you did that. I was trying to illustrate why that would not be taking "the teeth out of the insult", but actually turning it into something far worse, from the point of view of someone like me.
the results of rationalism/science will by definition be correct. There's still plenty of room for disagreement, errors, weighing factors differently, etc. The question is between disagreement that I can respect/understand and might be discussed as something interesting, and something coming from a worldview that's so foreign that there's nothing to be done be try to stay away from the topic.
Ultimately, it's begging the question. Yes, I know, and I'm not trying to argue that my worldview is right because I realize it's impossible. But I also don't think it's fair to expect me to feel differently about faith than fundamentalist religious person would feel about me even considering the idea that they might not be right.
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Date: 2008-03-07 09:02 pm (UTC)No, you did that. I was trying to illustrate why that would not be taking "the teeth out of the insult", but actually turning it into something far worse, from the point of view of someone like me.
the results of rationalism/science will by definition be correct.
There's still plenty of room for disagreement, errors, weighing factors differently, etc. The question is between disagreement that I can respect/understand and might be discussed as something interesting, and something coming from a worldview that's so foreign that there's nothing to be done be try to stay away from the topic.
Ultimately, it's begging the question.
Yes, I know, and I'm not trying to argue that my worldview is right because I realize it's impossible. But I also don't think it's fair to expect me to feel differently about faith than fundamentalist religious person would feel about me even considering the idea that they might not be right.