Ferstler the Undead
Arny Krueger wrote:
"Sander deWaal" wrote in message
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"Arny Krueger" said:
Its a very unfair fight. Howard's ignorance of Christianity is similar to
his ignorance about audio.
Ouch!
To clarify - he knows enough to be dangerous to himself.
I know more than you might think. Remember, you are starting
out with a Medieval approach to the faith: you must first
believe in order to understand. For a believer, any
inconsistencies that show up in the faith are dismissed as
evidence of God's mysterious plan. Faith conquers all.
On the other hand, I start out as a non believer and then,
rather than simply dismiss the claptrap as not worthy of my
attention, I analyze the faith as if God actually exists and
ask questions (ten of them in this situation) that I would
expect a true believer to be willing to deal with - point by
point.
This means not simply saying that the questioner does not
understand your faith. He does not have to understand it to
ask the questions. Indeed, by asking the questions he is
expecting YOU to explain the faith intelligently. It means
that you have to be able to answer those questions in the
light of your faith in a way that satisfies a skeptic like me.
Howard Ferstler
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