CTD:
Jar is already trying to convince you that the presence of fakes makes the real bible illegitimate as well. If that were true, what of counterfeit money? Does it invalidate real money?
That's not the argument. The presence of counterfeit money raises the question of
how you know when you are or are not looking at the real thing.
Saying 'it's possible for money to be genuine' is no proof that the banknote in your hand is. The question is how you know.
In an environment where monetary fraud is commonplace, it does little good to say 'I think this $100 bill is genuine because my granny told me it was when I was in second grade and I have always believed her.' This testifies only to your habit of mind and your love of granny. You have not begun to make a rational case that the bill in your hand is legal tender. For that one needs to make a sound case according to more objective criteria.
Especially if the ink on the bill is smudging as you hold it.
[some say] since there are counterfeit churches, there can be no true church! I guess some folks think God can be easily fooled
Missed the point again. It's not about whether a deity can be fooled, but about the fact that people
can be.
If you insist that you among thousands of devout religious people have beaten the odds and actually belong to the one true church out of thousands of false churches that exist, even as we see no evidence that your church has any advantage over the rest in apprehending reality, we may reasonably wonder how easily fooled
you are.
It would be wise to wonder such things about one's own conclusions before someone else raises the question. But regardless: it's dishonest sleight-of-hand to pass the buck onto your God. The issue is not the deity's gullibility, but yours.
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Edited by Archer Opterix, : diversifying literary assets.
Edited by Archer Opterix, : bucking trends.
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