2007-11-12 05:56:40 · 18 answers · asked by Ťango 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
All the time. You can't argue with those people, because they can only answer certain questions. Also, when you ask them a question, they can only answer in a certain way. They're basically brain washed to think a certain way, and no matter what you say, they keep saying the same thing over again. The only way to win is to use the bible against them.
What I love to say is this: "if you believe the bible is all true, then why haven't you cut your hand off or plucked your eye out? according to the bible it says to cut off your hand if it causes you to sin, and I know you've sinned. Everyone has". I know it's a little sarcastic but it gets the point out, and it stops them in their tracts because they don't realize that there are contradictions in the bible, and usually only know certain books of the bible.
2007-11-12 06:05:21 · answer #1 · answered by dg2003 5 · 3⤊ 6⤋
I think that people who say "I believe it because the Bible says it's true" are trying to say much more, but perhaps lack the ability to say it.
What I would say is that I know from my own life's experiences that what the Bible has said about how to handle my life is absolutely, positively true. It works, it's true, the proof is in the pudding as they say. And because absolutely everything the Bible has said for me to do is true, then if it also says something like God created our world in 6 days, then you will need to show me absolute positive proof that He did not ... and you can't, all you can show me is a theory. A good one, but a theory nonetheless.
But that's a lot to say for some. And I believe you incorrect that it is circular reasoning under those terms because if a person has proof of belief, i.e. their life, then it is not circular to base your reasoning upon that which you know to be true.
2007-11-12 06:20:20 · answer #2 · answered by arewethereyet 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah. Because the Bible tells them so. This is what is known in philosophy as a "formal fallacy" -- a pattern of reasoning which is always or at least most commonly wrong due to one or more of its premises being false.
These fallacies are used in many forms of modern communication where the intention is to influence behavior and change beliefs. Examples in the mass media today include but are not limited to religious doctrine, propaganda, advertisements, politics, and opinion news shows.
When someone asks a question that presupposes something that has not been proven or accepted invites circular reasoning, or as I like to call it, "because I said so" reasoning. This fallacy is often used rhetorically, so that the question limits direct replies to those that serve the questioner's agenda, as is the case in this Y!A forum.
2007-11-12 06:08:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Isn't it great to bash those who believe in the bible, without taking the time PERSONALLY THEMSELVES, to investigate what the message of the Bible (old and new testatment) is.
Do you really want to understand why there are bible believing people, or is it just a fun activity to mock them?
A lot of Bible believing people bash those who do not subscribe to what the Bible says, if they don't take the time to understand why others feel the way they do about the Bible, then they are no different.
The two groups likely have a lot more in common than they are willing to admit.
2007-11-12 06:16:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
somebody brainwashed the authors, who in turn recommendations washed hundreds of thousands. administration replaced right into a demanding element to end lower back in those days, and that they mandatory something. i think this is all fiction, yet whats up.... it keeps stupid people chuffed. possibly that makes them clever? Lol possibly i'm going to take like 10 hits of lsd and examine the bible. i'm going to be stupid and chuffed by using the time i'm completed, yet i'm going to believe in heaven... that must be superb. lol
2016-10-16 06:29:47 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I actually had a face-to-face discussion with a man who said he believed the Bible was the word of God because it said so in the Bible (yes, he was serious and otherwise rational).
2007-11-12 06:08:45 · answer #6 · answered by skeptic 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Reasoning and Bible fundamentalists should not be used in the same sentence.
2007-11-12 06:07:12 · answer #7 · answered by Midge 7 · 3⤊ 5⤋
Too many times to count. You can sit there and ask a plain question, but there logic cant grasp the concept.
2007-11-12 06:01:21 · answer #8 · answered by Peanutbutter Goddess ~ PM! 3 · 7⤊ 3⤋
oh, yes! fundamentalists don't have the capacity to use reason and logic, so there's really no point in arguing with them using something they don't have. it's a total waste of time.
2007-11-12 06:01:38 · answer #9 · answered by Perceptive 5 · 4⤊ 5⤋
You're not going to get them to admit it, but I regularly see circular arguments applied against Bible-believers here.
2007-11-12 06:01:14 · answer #10 · answered by Craig R 6 · 4⤊ 5⤋