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Originally posted by irateplatypus
you're employing the scarecrow fallacy. no one is saying that they have never wanted to correct someone. and no one is saying that there aren't people who want to correct others for their own reasons. my post is regarding a trend that i've noticed throughout my lifetime, engaging many different types of people around the world. in my experience, which this thread was based upon from the initial post, the reaction to the idea of God far outstrips any other subject you care to name. certainly there will be exceptions, rule breakers of all sorts. that doesn't take away from the overall trend i've encountered.
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First of all, when you close your post with "
I'm just confused why some people are as passionate about the absence of something as others are about its presence," it really doesn't sound like you're talking about a
trend to me. It simply sound like you don't understand how these few people exist. I like to think I
don't build
straw men.
Now, I'm still incredulous over your incredulity. I'm pretty sure if I went into
Tilted Knowledge and claimed vehemently that the moon landings were faked that I would get just as strong on opinion as if I had come in here saying He doesn't exist. Would you find this weird?
Someone else did make the good point that the
only reactions you're going to get in here are strong ones, for obvious reasons...