Yesterday i asked a sarcastic trolling question, pretending to be a christian argueing that Old Testament slavery is not a biblical difficulty.
Basically my argument was that the slavery that the jews practiced in the OT times was different than the slavery that was practiced in the american south in it's prime, so therefore it wasn't nearly as much of issue that skeptics try to make it.
The question:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=At7P8SDnBs3VbrjrDPd1mYrsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071031213917AAPEw42
Now, while i'm not sure if i am suprised that none of the answerers realized that it was a trolling question, I certainly am suprised that out of the 18 or so answerers, none were christians correcting my silly point.
2007-11-01 17:33:26 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
And that is the case all too often on the R/S section: when a skeptic makes a spurious argument, other skeptics will correct him on it. The last thing atheists want are less intelligent atheists spouting out bad arguments. But many times when a christian offers a bad argument, other Christians don’t even bother touching it. It’s like they figure that since, in the end, the motive of the asker’s argument is to affirm Christ, it is not a important to correct their thinking.
What do you think about what I am saying here? Am I full of it?
2007-11-01 17:33:37 · update #1
wbusykat4: that's just the thing. I know that if I was a christian and i saw that question and felt that it was an atheist troller, i would call him on it. I would accuse them of framing the debate with a strawman fallacy.
2007-11-01 17:55:22 · update #2
but as you say, they did realize it and just didn't even bother touching it. hmmmmmmm.
2007-11-01 17:56:24 · update #3
Hi 5!!! Love it! You've just proved a huge point!
2007-11-01 17:38:18 · answer #1 · answered by Klingon Atheist 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I have to be honest, I don't understand the question from yesterday, and a Biblical difficulty?
The Jews were slaves as well in Bible history--for a looooooong time.
2007-11-01 17:47:13 · answer #2 · answered by winkcat 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Or perhaps they recognized a "troll" and just didn't waste their time on your question. Maybe you should realize that Christians are smarter than you give them credit for. After all, they saw thru you!.....Blessings!
2007-11-01 17:38:53 · answer #3 · answered by Native Spirit 6 · 5⤊ 3⤋
I remember that question....
I think the christians would have agreed with your point - you sounded like a christian defending slavery.
What's to correct?
2007-11-01 17:40:10 · answer #4 · answered by thirddownman 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
maybe they are smarter than you think
I read the question then move on
2007-11-01 17:46:18 · answer #5 · answered by Gifted 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I think you're actually trolling right now.
2007-11-01 17:39:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
You believe your are much more intelligent than them? and they say, "Okay, you win."
2007-11-01 17:38:31 · answer #7 · answered by bobanalyst 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋