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power2012 wrote
One time I got this guy who had professional training in textual criticism to actually come to a religious forum, he proved, through analysis of texts such as the Codex Sinaiticus, that the Bible originally never referred to Jesus as the "Son of God". Christians freaked out, pissed their pants, kicked, screamed and cried, but at the end of the day I could see they were made to be very uncomfortable and the facts did get into their head and had an effect on their thinking, as well it humbled them greatly.
So I think hard facts can convince religious people to re-evaluate their beliefs, or at the very least piss them right off and make them feel a bit smaller.
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well, this is how it should be.
good job.
that is why we're now working on you. so, please understand.
One of the most irrational of all the conventions of modern society is the one to the effect that religious opinions should be respected....That they should have this immunity is an outrage. There is nothing in religious ideas, as a class, to lift them above other ideas. On the contrary, they are always dubious and often quite silly.
H. L. Mencken
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