Why don't religious leaders..

[Rum]

..have the following debate:

'My Religion is Better than Yours and why".

I'm half serious. Why do you think they wouldn't consider it?

[Horwood Beer-Master]

..have the following debate:

'My Religion is Better than Yours and why".

I'm half serious. Why do you think they wouldn't consider it?

Because they know they'd more-or-less get all of their own arguments thrown back at them.

[Rum]

..have the following debate:

'My Religion is Better than Yours and why".

I'm half serious. Why do you think they wouldn't consider it?

Because they know they'd more-or-less get all of their own arguments thrown back at them.

I'm not so sure. They must know that faith is about revelation and not rationalism, so perhaps they know they can't have a rational discussion.

Either that or they are full of crap of course.

[Azathoth]

There are craploads on youtube.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zep13DTe ... re=related[/youtube]

[Brian Peacock]

..have the following debate:

'My Religion is Better than Yours and why".

I'm half serious. Why do you think they wouldn't consider it?

Generally becasue religiosity is held, by the religious and the not-so-religious alike, to be a virtue-bestowing, privilege-endowing state of being. "They may be wrong, but at least they're not atheists!"


Nice avatar by the way Rum.

[PsychoSerenity]

There are craploads on youtube.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zep13DTeu8w

10 minutes was all I could stand.

[Drewish]

There are craploads on youtube.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zep13DTe ... re=related

Second highest comment on that video:

Please let us agree, the greatest danger to the world is secularism for it knows no bounds of killing, look at the inside job of 9/11 ae911truthDOTorg - An organisation setup by Architects and Engineers

[Azathoth]

There are craploads on youtube.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zep13DTeu8w

10 minutes was all I could stand.

You tried to watch it? You masochistic fuckwit. I just dumped the first result up there

[Hermit]

..have the following debate:

'My Religion is Better than Yours and why".

I'm half serious. Why do you think they wouldn't consider it?

Because they know they'd more-or-less get all of their own arguments thrown back at them.

I'm not so sure. They must know that faith is about revelation and not rationalism, so perhaps they know they can't have a rational discussion.

Either that or they are full of crap of course.

There's a difference?

I think a major factor for the reluctance to discuss which religion is better is a more or less conscious awareness that by questioning the validity of any one particular theology one opens the gate to questioning the validity of religions in general. That's why there are so many ecumenical movements and occasional sentiments expressing the belief that even a non-theist like, say, a Hindu can be admitted into the Christian heaven if he has lead a morally good life.

[Brian Peacock]

^^

Second highest comment on that video:

Please let us agree, the greatest danger to the world is secularism for it knows no bounds of killing, look at the inside job of 9/11 ae911truthDOTorg - An organisation setup by Architects and Engineers

Where to begin with the fail in that comment?

[Rum]

There are craploads on youtube.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zep13DTeu8w

10 minutes was all I could stand.

You tried to watch it? You masochistic fuckwit. I just dumped the first result up there

I did say 'religious leaders' rather than 'self taught' as one of the speakers is..I lasted about three minutes btw.

[Thumpalumpacus]

I think it's in part to avoid the doubled edge, and in part because they prefer audiences which don't talk back.

[Animavore]

Damn! I was hoping that title was going to be continued with "... just fuck off".

[Drewish]

If two religious leaders debate, the result will simply be to cause the audience to question and wonder, "Why do I believe this faith over that faith?" In fact the existence of so many people believing other things is a big reason why so many people first question their beliefs.

[Rum]

Having given this some drunken thought it occurs to me that there is some weird human need to believe that we are in possession of the absolute truth of things. It seems very strong. Therefore why risk our absolute truth but putting it up against the other guy who also has possession of the absolute truth!