If You Could Ask God ONE QUESTION

[mmnin]

Tyrannical said:

mmnin said:

@ Tyrannical

Actually, thinking back on it. A lot of educated people do use that argument, though they may not be educated in what they need to be in order to understand any weaknesses it might have. Typically someone thought it was witty and used it in their presence or a fellow skeptic passed along the thought and since they couldn't disprove it on the fly, they decided to use it. Then considering that most Christians, lower income protestants which make up the majority, are generally not of the highest education and probably would not be able to combat the phrase either, they then would think that it was a perfect way to make their point quickly. Usually I see these people, as Tombi seems to have done, throwing the statement to the world, even if it is just to one person, as if to rid it of all deities.

 

 

Well, certain religious theologians had debated that question for several hundred years. After much study, the basic conclusion was that it was a silly question not worth an answer.

 

I'm not sure I ever met an uneducated "good" protestant. Everyone I ever met was well read and had a firm understanding of the bible from both scripture and various other theologians. A lot of the more conservative denominations have bible study where most members go regularly. There are not a lot of christians who activley study the bible and try to understand it. So it is silly and a waste of time to ask theological questions to someone who claims they are a christian but lacks the understanding behind it.

Oh yes, versed in the Bible, but not really in cognitive deductions, so they wouldn't readily combat the comment and certainly not successfully, a nonspoken "throwing in the towel" of sorts, at least to the extent that the skeptic would be satisfied. 

Also, when people ask those questions, most of the time, they don't care if the person understands the question or that they know enough of the Bible to answer it well, they just want to disprove the Christian.  I don't know whether its because they really care whether God exists or not or if they just want to satiate their ego.