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Author Topic:   Death of a Scotsman (Re: the "no true Scotsman" fallacy)
ramoss
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Message 6 of 210 (287237)
02-16-2006 9:12 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by riVeRraT
02-16-2006 8:12 AM


I think you are missing the forest for the trees.
If someone goes to a church/synaguge/mosque, and follows the majority of the tenants of that religion, does that make something OTHER than that religion if they do not perform perfectly?
If someone who is Jewish does something that is very much against the basic tenants of the Jewish religion, does not stop him from being Jewish? No, it does not.
If a religious CHristian murders someone , does that make him not a christian?? No, it just makes him not a GOOD Christian. Trying to put the word 'true' before it is just a destraction trying to distance
the claimer from the person who failed to perform up to expectations.

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ramoss
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Message 45 of 210 (287331)
02-16-2006 1:05 PM
Reply to: Message 30 by riVeRraT
02-16-2006 11:05 AM


Nope. Not blaming the rules at all. However, there is this person who self identifies as being CHristian. For what ever reason, this person did something that is against what the majority of Christians believe in. Are you going to say he is NOT a christian?
No, christianity is not the one going to jail.. but that wasn't the point at all.
I mean, according to the bible, divorce and infidelity is much frowned upon. How many christians have gotten divorced, how many have 'convented' their neighbor? Are you going to tell me they aren't christians?

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