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Dr. Peterson as a talking Toucan

gemli Louis Midgley • 9 hours ago
The fact that I can practically recite your replies before I read them may be indicative of a certain sameness. But some people never learn.

DanielPeterson Mod gemli • 8 hours ago
The fact that I can practically recite your replies before I read them is indicative of a certain sameness. But some people never learn.

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Upon being informed that he doesn’t know anything (again), gemli responds with another gem:

gemli DanielPeterson • 6 hours ago

I know that Catholics think Mormons are going to Hell. And that Baptists think other Baptists are in big trouble. In general I know that every religion thinks there's something wrong with every other religion, which is why there are so many different religions in the first place.

Or maybe it's all about a problem with the human thought process, and religion is just the rash it breaks out in.

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The rash it breaks out in. Lol.
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Gemli’s on a roll:

gemli DanielPeterson 7 hours ago

You must realize that citing theists who believe in theistic beliefs is not part of the solution. The argumentum ad verecundiam is a logical fallacy, And anything with a Latin name has got to be taken seriously.

Should I cite the names of brilliant logicians, scientists, doctors, authors and public intellectuals who aren't theists? If I do so, will religions simply go away?

I prefer to keep my epistemic distance from people who make up self-serving phrases to justify their irrational beliefs. Or perhaps I have a hundred dollar bill that you can have, but as you get closer to it, it moves further away.

Theists are expert at armoring their beliefs with all sorts of rhetorical steel plate so that logic and reason can never penetrate. I wonder what actually motivates this behavior. What are they afraid of, really?

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“Or perhaps I have a hundred dollar bill that you can have, but as you get closer to it, it moves further away.”

God, could that have been a delicious reference to Joseph Smith’s treasure seeking? Absolutely sublime if it was, and if it wasn’t... a happy accident!

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When you read the back and forth exchanges, it would be nice if the apologists had something more than insults and sophistry.

What is that thing about always wanting Gemli to read some book? Even if Gemli read some book on Sumerian creation stories, would that be sufficient to convert him to Mormonisn?
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moksha wrote:
Mon Sep 07, 2020 9:19 am
When you read the back and forth exchanges, it would be nice if the apologists had something more than insults and sophistry.

What is that thing about always wanting Gemli to read some book? Even if Gemli read some book on Sumerian creation stories, would that be sufficient to convert him to Mormonisn?
It's a tactic to avoid answering the real question while messaging the faithful that there is a response and the response is amazing. Just point to some 900 pg book that no one will read or to the thousands of pages of apologetic drivel and claim the answers are there, hoping no one will call you out.

When trying to calm the Swedish members down and "rescue" them, Apostle L. Tom Perry pointed to some secret memo in his briefcase that supposedly had all the answers. But time was short and he had to go to important meetings. So, obviously, he couldn't show or at least discuss the contents of the super secret saving memo. Too bad for the Swedes as I believe a lot left.
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This gem goes to Ms. Midgley, may she rest in peace:
Louis Midgley Sam LeFevre • 2 hours ago

When the Midgleys returned from their two year stay in Aotearoa, I complained that this and that fruit or whatever was better in New Zealand, or in the case of Pineapple, in Australia.

And my wife finally said "so were husbands."

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