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They are not defending God. They are defending what they believe to be their correct ideology.
People get all defensive at the word defend. There is nothing wrong with defending your position.
All debates are forms of defending what you say, and you do this by showing what you believe to be
true with thoughtful statements. People confuse the word defend with the word defensive, and
that is horse of quite another color. Misunderstood or not known definitions are often where verbal
traffic snarls occur, and that is what has happened in your debate. |
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Why should one have to justify their faith?
Because without any type of rational justification, anyone's belief goes. For instance, if I
suddenly started believing in some supernatural monster, and this lead me to attempt to kill as many
people as I could, you on the 'for' side would have to meekly accept that I was acting reasonably,
though you would disagree with my actions. This viewpoint is not at all conducive to personal
responsibility. It is, put simply, God is awesome so we we don't have to have reasons for believing
in Him. And even if we start with the presuppostion that there is a God, then that doesn't mean
there are any reasons for believing in Him. |
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Its human nature. If i give a idea for a new invention, lets go with the super nuke:), and another
guy says that its a stupid idea and will only cause mass death, not really a bad thing, I
immediately go to its defense because its mine and i think its a good idea. The same goes for
Christians, they see god as their father, When someone says that your dad is a useless, lazy,
manipulating, idiot you defend him even if he is one. |
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The more ridiculous a concept is, the more hysterical its defenders must be. Since the God concept
is very ridiculous indeed, it's perfectly understandable that the cultists who believe in it feel
the need to defend it aggressively. There is cognitive dissonance between their views and reality.
This dissonance troubles them subtly at the subsonscious level. One method they have for relivieving
the psychological stress this causes is to grandly assert their beliefs, defying anyone to
contradict them.
In fact, this behaviour is perfectly consistent with the holy texts of the superstition itself. It's
noteworthy that four of the ten commandments concern themselves with the jealousy and vanity of the
supposed God. He is far from the serene old fellow we've all heard about. "I, God, am a jealous
god!" he thunders. His minions and slaves who come on these forums and parade their ignorance and
gullibility are in perfect keeping with their imaginary master's mind. |
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Who says God feels threatened? God may feel secure but that doesn't mean humans should not defend
him. Let us reverse the situation. Say Science is ultimately correct, should scientists sit back and
smile smugly instead of trying to spread the truth? And when someone says that God is true, and not
science should scientists not defend it?
Just because something is correct (and as you say, for the sake of this argument God exists) doesn't
mean it doesn't need or people should try to defend it. |
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23 Jun 2008 05:06
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