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In reply to the discussion: Are thinking skills generally absent among theists? [View all]MineralMan
(146,192 posts)23. The key word in my statement that you copied was "critical."
You left out that word in your post title. There is a difference between being able to think and using critical thinking. You may not recognize that difference, but it exists.
Please do me the courtesy in the future to put quotation marks around my words and link to the source. I'd appreciate that. Here is a link to the OP which contained that quote:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1218269030
Please do not use anonymous callouts from DU threads and then criticize the unnamed author of words you copied and pasted. That is impolite, at best.
Post honestly, please, guillaumeb.
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Doodley
Feb 2018
#88
I will accept self-love as an explanation for self-serving actions that are based on an illusion
Doodley
Feb 2018
#98
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Doodley
Feb 2018
#106
Sounds good, but I recommend taking the leap of faith to the the gates of the pineapple pizza!
Doodley
Feb 2018
#113
Oh, with peepers onnit, too. Weather forecast: 'Hot today. Chili tamale.' 🤣
sprinkleeninow
Feb 2018
#120
And the literalist version is used by them as the basis for all of their attacks.
guillaumeb
Feb 2018
#35
We all need faith - faith that our eyes and minds are not deceiving us, faith that our sources of
Doodley
Feb 2018
#96
This isn't a forum devoted to theism, per se. At least not a protected ones.
Cuthbert Allgood
Feb 2018
#55
Right. You are a veritable Faulkner and we're all too stupid to read what you've written.
Act_of_Reparation
Feb 2018
#158
To actually quote the rules of this group when discussing the rules of this group?
Cuthbert Allgood
Feb 2018
#116
Maybe they are trying to wake up those who are blindly a member of a club, usually because they
Doodley
Feb 2018
#103
Are you saying that the expression Christian values is meaningless? To me, the most obvious meaning
Doodley
Feb 2018
#155
Evasion is the best choice. Your last sentence clearly says what I talked about.
guillaumeb
Feb 2018
#165
On the contrary. I yam not imaginary. I yam right chere in splendid living body paint! 💄💅
sprinkleeninow
Feb 2018
#126
I would have thought your large, anonymous fan club would have voted a lot more recs for this.
trotsky
Feb 2018
#28
Someone who studied theology once explained it to me: It's a different way of thinking.
DetlefK
Feb 2018
#29
Surveys have shown that atheists are considered worse than pedophiles in America. Who is being
Doodley
Feb 2018
#112
I was baptized Catholic but I have chosen Buddhism as my practice. My brother is a Catholic priest
wasupaloopa
Feb 2018
#142
So actually reading the actual words, and the actual final sentence, is a mistake?
guillaumeb
Feb 2018
#76
My belief is that theists have the same critical thinking skills as anyone else...
ExciteBike66
Feb 2018
#86
Such skills are not encouraged among religious believers, and for obvious reasons.
guillaumeb
Feb 2018
#169
Such skills are not encouraged among religious believers, and for obvious reasons.
guillaumeb
Feb 2018
#170
If those legions are too timid to post in the public forum, then I simply dismiss them.
MineralMan
Feb 2018
#210
Interesting post and question. If you define a theist as someone who sees the rules and does not
c-rational
Feb 2018
#177
See post 175. There's your proof that theists lack critical thinking skills. n/t
Fix The Stupid
Feb 2018
#187
Theists seem to stop looking for answers and only want to find things to support their beliefs
Angry Dragon
Feb 2018
#185