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Re: Critical Thinking
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 5 Dec 2000 01:38:48 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jon Kozan writes:
> Larry - your vehemous defence of asking to be left alone is admirable indeed.
> And you are certainly correct in that you are facing the consequences of your
> actions - I will actually support your doing so. But I would ask you this - If
> you knew a friend was taking drugs, and you knew that it would eventually
> destroy and kill them - would you try and stop them? WOuld you get them help?
> Even if they just wanted to be left alone with their drugs? And just said
> "In the end, though, no harm done to you if I choose not to accept (your
> help) I'm facing the consequences of my actions. "
> Worse still - what if you saw a small child enter a busy street and say to you,
> "I'm just fine" "Leave me alone" "I deny the existance of those cars and you
> can't prove to me that they exist"... Would you ? Could you, do nothing?
> Those of us who accept God, also recognize that me force you to accept
> anything, but rather, will engage in discussions to attempt to explore your
> positions with you, and too - help you see the cars that we see.
Maybe you should stick to hanging about school crossings or drug rehab clinics.
So non-believers are comparable to the drug-addicted and the immature, that's
a fairly biased analogy.
What if we compared Christians to schizophrenics, who hear voices and are
convinced they are being instructed to do things ?
pete.w (I see cars too, but no god/s have contacted me yet)
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| (...) Simply because I draw metaphors, doesn't mean I find them comparable. Easy there. I'm drawing motivational analogies, not making comparisons. -Jon (26 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Larry - your vehemous defence of asking to be left alone is admirable indeed. And you are certainly correct in that you are facing the consequences of your actions - I will actually support your doing so. But I would ask you this - If you knew (...) (26 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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