mentalgymnast wrote:Did you win? And if you did, am I a loser?
Who said anything about winning? Is that how you see this?
mentalgymnast wrote:As I said earlier, believers and non-believers are going to come to an impasse at some point in the conversation. It's just the way it is. That is probably the reason most believers don't bother coming on these boards. It's going to end up in a cul-de-sac/dead end.
That might be where YOU end up, but please leave me out of your little road trips.
mentalgymnast wrote:The believers keep showing up at church and the non-believers head to the beach/mountains/bar, sleep in on Sunday, or what have you. It is what it is.
Further makes my point. Keep talking. This is fascinating.
And, OTOH, there are those...like myself...that aren't really here to argue, but to learn. And now and then possibly present a different/new twist on how to go about being a mentalgymnast.
This comment is really telling. You see, "argument" can be taken two ways:
1. an exchange of diverging or opposite views, typically a heated or angry one. "I've had an argument with my father" synonyms: quarrel, disagreement, squabble, fight, dispute, wrangle, clash, altercation, feud, contretemps, disputation, falling-out;
See, I'm learning something everyday. And I just learned something more about you. What did I just learn...
Riding on a speeding train; trapped inside a revolving door; Lost in the riddle of a quatrain; Stuck in an elevator between floors. One focal point in a random world can change your direction: One step where events converge may alter your perception.
- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco - To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
