The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #155384   Message #3662039
Posted By: Bill D
19-Sep-14 - 08:05 PM
Thread Name: BS: Special thread on Evolution & religion
Subject: RE: BS: Special thread on Evolution & religion
Miltonic? I guess so... but I 'invented' the idea before hearing anyone else express it that way. Maybe 'developed' the idea over time is a better way to put it.

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"Nothing beats shouting Fuck Off! ".. Oh sure it does... for me anyway. They get the loud rejection often enough- they are even taught to 'roll with the punches', but careful, reasoned argument and discussion seems to get to them. I much prefer to plant a tiny bit of doubt & confusion as I explain alternatives to blind acceptance. Whether it works or not, it's good practice for me.
I am not interested in just being 'offensive'. They are free to tell me their position... I am free to explain mine. (I spent 20-30 minutes talking to 2 young ladies one evening in the St. Louis, Missouri airport. [I warned them before we began]...They didn't seem to have ever heard a quiet, polite counter-argument before. Maybe they just went home and learned 'standard replies', but they certainly listened as I allowed how I liked being a skeptic.