Good luck with your conversation. I've had too many of these talks to be overly optimistic; some of these people have the most amazing psychological defenses in place against reason.
Being a former fundie I use the words of jesus to show that nobody fallows him.
Mathew 15;4-9 is great for this King James version is the best. this will show jesus demanding disrespectful children need to be stoned to death, and if you refuse to kill them you can not go to heaven you;re faith will be in vain.
I've had the "conversation" thing happen on Facebook, too. When it comes up, I remind them the meaning of the word, and use the same criteria that you apply.
The people who want to have a conversation typically want to preach, and are completely closed up to other ideas.
@TheOtherSide100 I've seen a conversational flowchart somewhere, a long time ago. I don't remember the specifics, but it laid down the ground rules for any discussion involving religion. I think it applies here.
Good luck with your conversation. I've had too many of these talks to be overly optimistic; some of these people have the most amazing psychological defenses in place against reason.
bowlsallbroken 1 year ago
Being a former fundie I use the words of jesus to show that nobody fallows him.
Mathew 15;4-9 is great for this King James version is the best. this will show jesus demanding disrespectful children need to be stoned to death, and if you refuse to kill them you can not go to heaven you;re faith will be in vain.
pastafariandan 1 year ago
I've had the "conversation" thing happen on Facebook, too. When it comes up, I remind them the meaning of the word, and use the same criteria that you apply.
The people who want to have a conversation typically want to preach, and are completely closed up to other ideas.
TheOtherSide100 1 year ago
@TheOtherSide100 I've seen a conversational flowchart somewhere, a long time ago. I don't remember the specifics, but it laid down the ground rules for any discussion involving religion. I think it applies here.
EricZombie 1 year ago