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On Tue, 30 Apr 2024 19:14:14 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
wrote:

>On Tue, 30 Apr 2024 19:03:47 -0400, zen cycle
><funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On 4/30/2024 12:27 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
>>> 
>>> One problem with such discussions is that it's much easier to disprove
>>> something than to prove it.  To prove something correct, it is
>>> necessary to prove ALL the claims.  If one claim suspected of being
>>> wrong, all the other claims become suspect and are likely to be
>>> summarily dismissed as also wrong.  That makes disproving something
>>> much easier as only one false or suspect claim is all that's necessary
>>> for the house of cards to collapse.
>
>>Doesn't seem to have stopped the theists.
>
>It never will.  Dogma carries on forever.
>
>What really happens is that the true believers are granted their
>favorite wish, which is to meet and be judged by God(tm) and his
>authorized representatives.  The usual result is a stern lecture by
>God(tm) rebuking the recently deceased loyal follower for the cost of
>their re-education so that they might learn to think for
>independently.  The cost of dealing with the dogmatics, fanatics,
>inflexibles, unteachables, etc is both astronomical and limitless.
>It's only after this point that the true believers realize the error
>of their ways and begin thinking properly.
>
>>(IOW - where does that leave god?)
>
>Same as always and living off the proceeds from the sale of
>indulgences to the true believers by God's self-authorized
>representatives.


Dogma is group thinking on steroids.