It Has Been Proven Beyond All Doubt There Is No God!

[RATTER15]

Ok, hypothetical lI know!

I wonder how the religious would cope. I dont think most of the religious could cope, they have mostly known no difference and I think they would live a life of denial. It would leave a vast empty hole that could never be filled.


I find the concept interesting, I know a few people that, if you took away their faith they would most likely fall apart.

[janbee]

It has certainly been proved beyond all doubt that there are many VERY gullible people and they believe all the tosh. Like you, I know people who would have no reason to live if they had no faith. Sad.

[Khandro]

^ it's good to hear a sound, well-reasoned argument. You forget to mention Tesco.

[naomi24]

Khandro, for balance read some of the negative reviews. The Telegraph said she is ‘A prolific author of books about religion, she seems to have the right qualifications to be a moderate, non-dogmatic apologist for it’.

(I’ve read most of her stuff).

[Khandro]

naomi; I don't get your point, //A prolific author of books about religion, she seems to have the right qualifications to be a moderate, non-dogmatic apologist for it’.//
What is negative about that? Do you know what is meant by apologist ?
.. 'one who defends by argument'.

[naomi24]

Khandro, I know what an apologist is, but I don’t think you do. Here you are:

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/apologist

Karen Armstrong is an apologist for religion.

[Khandro]

But that's exactly what I said, 'one who defends by argument'.
What on earth are trying to say, what is negative about that?

A person who argues in defense or justification of something, such as a doctrine, policy, or institution.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.

apologist (əˈpɒlədʒɪst)
n
1. a person who offers a defence by argument

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003

a•pol•o•gist (əˈpɒl ə dʒɪst)

n.
a person who defends an idea, faith, cause, or institution.


Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary.

apologist
a person who defends, in speech or writing, a faith, doctrine, idea, or action.

That's what she does! What is your point?

[naomi24]

Khandro, That is not exactly what you said. The Oxford Dictionary definition of an apologist is not ‘one who defends by argument’, but one ’who offers an argument in defence of something controversial’. Anyone who enters into debate here defends by argument, but we’re not all ‘apologists’. This might help.

http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Christian_apologetics

[Khandro]

Thanks, but I don't need any help, "one who defends by argument" are the exact words defining an apologist in my Pocket Oxford Dictionary in front of me now.
You can be very tiresome naomi.

[naomi24]

Especially when I say something that doesn't suit your 'apologist' agenda. ;o)