So the problem with this little dialogue is that it is represented as a
rational discussion in which the young woman uses logic to convince the young
man of how irrational and, well, basically stupid he is, to be a believing
Christian. Aside from some of that stuff regarding how much money he donates
and that it may very well be used for something other than he's been told,
which is an unproved allegation because it does depend on the church he
attends, this idea that people will respond to logical arguments regarding
religion is clearly incorrect. Religion fulfills emotional needs for many
people. Logical discussion doesn't make those needs disappear. Sometimes,
challenging religious beliefs causes people to cling to them even more strongly
because they feel so threatened by the arguments against their beliefs. And
again, why the need to convince people not to believe what they clearly do
believe and what is such an important part of their lives? I've noticed that
some of the people who feel most strongly negative about religion, are the
people who were once very religious themselves. It reminds me of former members
of the Communist Party who became strongly anti-Communist during the 1950's.
And there's a blind guy who's on several lists and whose political opinions are
extremely right wing. He told me that he was once a left wing Democrat and he
worked on the McGovern campaign.
Miriam
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Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Pascal's Wager Again
It worked this time. At least it worked for me. I think I may see the problem.
The first time I listened to the whole presentation before deciding to share it
and by the time I copied the URL it had moved on to something else and
apparently it was the URL to that something else that I copied. This time I
found the recording again in my browser's history feature and it started out
with what I wanted to share and I immediately copied that URL. When I tested it
it worked. Now, if any of you try this and it does not give you two synthetic
voices discussing Pascal's wager after they have dinner let me know and I will
know that I am still doing something wrong.
On 7/22/2017 9:29 PM, Roger Loran Bailey (Redacted sender rogerbailey81 for
DMARC) wrote:
Okay, I'm going to try that link to the discussion on Pascal's wager
again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMk2kHZUrAc