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Re: Critical Thinking
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 5 Dec 2000 21:56:21 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Peter White writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jon Kozan writes:
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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 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.
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> 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 ?
Simply because I draw metaphors, doesn't mean I find them comparable.
Easy there. I'm drawing motivational analogies, not making comparisons.
-Jon
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| (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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