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Originally posted by CSflim
The probelm is, in my opinion, is that people, when arguing in a philiosophical thread, tend to use their religious beliefs as part of an a priori assumption in one of their arguments. Then this assumption gets challenged, and the entire thread degenerates into pointless god talk.
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Good analysis. A suggestion would be that the starter of a thread could specify whether or not religious arguments would be acceptable or not for that very reason.
I actually enjoy the god talk threads; though I am not religious myself, I know a fair bit about a goodly number of religions, and I find it interesting. I also like to have folks like chavos around arguing religion in a way that retores my faith in humanity.