Chap wrote: Don't you feel that the time you spend with basketball players is likely to mean that you have a much better idea about how they think than I do, since I have never knowingly spoken to anyone who takes basketball seriously in my life? (I am saying nothing against it, just stating a fact about my own experience.)
I find this comment incredibly instructive. Though I'd imagine you have no idea why.
DrW wrote: There is a reason that Obama is so popular overseas (and you can trust me when I say he is popular overseas). The reason is that he is not an overtly religious conservative, America-first, end-of-days believing nut job like his predecessor.
You just can't help yourself, can you? It must be in your DNA.
(stand by for the endless lectures about how these two are the only ones who understand DNA, how DNA proves that there is no god, and that DNA proves that those who do believe in God are ignorant buffoons)
DrW wrote: This however, has nothing to do with the fact that most western Europeans, if asked, would respond that they do not believe in God enough to attend church. They would also say that religious conservative right wing America -first Republicans make them uncomfortable, some of them would say extremely so. This was true when we lived there and is even more true since the Iraq war.
There is a reason that Obama is so popular overseas (and you can trust me when I say he is popular overseas). The reason is that he is not an overtly religious conservative, America-first, end-of-days believing right wing nut job like his predecessor.
The OP reminds me of the self-identified democrat Westboro Baptist church folks. Same for you?
I wonder what the enlightened and brilliant Europeans would think when they find out that President Obama and Pastor Fred Phelps are of the same political party?
Chap wrote: Don't you feel that the time you spend with basketball players is likely to mean that you have a much better idea about how they think than I do, since I have never knowingly spoken to anyone who takes basketball seriously in my life? (I am saying nothing against it, just stating a fact about my own experience.)
I find this comment incredibly instructive. Though I'd imagine you have no idea why.
I find this comment incredibly instructive. Though I'd imagine you have no idea why.
(etc. ... it's a really cool way of replying to a point when you can't think of anything to say ... thanks, Hoops!)
Zadok: I did not have a faith crisis. I discovered that the Church was having a truth crisis. Maksutov: That's the problem with this supernatural stuff, it doesn't really solve anything. It's a placeholder for ignorance.
DrW wrote: Not only would I readily concede that Hoops knows more about basketball that I do
You missed one Chap. Or is your instruction reserved for only those who really need it?
I find this comment incredibly instructive. Though I'd imagine you have no idea why.
Zadok: I did not have a faith crisis. I discovered that the Church was having a truth crisis. Maksutov: That's the problem with this supernatural stuff, it doesn't really solve anything. It's a placeholder for ignorance.
Chap wrote: I find this comment incredibly instructive. Though I'd imagine you have no idea why.
I think I do. I'm at least more confident than you are.
And .... I think I do. I'm at least more confident than you are.
Zadok: I did not have a faith crisis. I discovered that the Church was having a truth crisis. Maksutov: That's the problem with this supernatural stuff, it doesn't really solve anything. It's a placeholder for ignorance.