Could the answer to that question require a little bit more? http://deeperwaters.ddns.net/?p=8478
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Wonderful post. I think "tldr" summarizes much of what's wrong with my generation."I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill
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It’s one reason in debates I’ve been asking “When was the last time you read a work of scholarship that disagreed with you.” If someone doesn’t answer the question, I find it incredibly revealing.
It's probably not as revealing unless it's asked in tandem with "when was the last time you read a work of scholarship".I'm not here anymore.
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Originally posted by Apologiaphoenix View PostCould the answer to that question require a little bit more? http://deeperwaters.ddns.net/?p=8478"[Mathematics] is the revealer of every genuine truth, for it knows every hidden secret, and bears the key to every subtlety of letters; whoever, then, has the effrontery to pursue physics while neglecting mathematics should know from the start he will never make his entry through the portals of wisdom."
--Thomas Bradwardine, De Continuo (c. 1325)
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Originally posted by Boxing Pythagoras View PostA good friend of mine runs an apologetics ministry focused on this very idea, called "No Pat Answers," which tries to help people eliminate "trite, glib, shot from the hip, not very well thought out" responses from their repertoire when asked the tough questions."I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill
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That's our problem. Our culture relies on sound bites for arguments and thinks Google and Wikipedia are sufficient. This is also the case when college graduates who claim to be tolerant and open-minded refuse to have a speaker come who disagrees with what they believe.
College is about learning new things. It's not about cementing what you already believe. You should be there because you don't know everything, not because you think you do.
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Originally posted by Boxing Pythagoras View PostA good friend of mine runs an apologetics ministry focused on this very idea, called "No Pat Answers,"
What's that?
Oh. Never mind.
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Yeah, it's always annoying when someone expects a Bumper Sticker answer to a complicated topic.
I'm not against being succinct, but there's times where you just have to bite the bullet and do the necessary legwork (sometimes even spending a chunk of change on a book or two).Have You Touched Grass Today? If Not, Please Do.
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Anybody who would ever type tl;dr does not deserve an answer."I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill
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