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MellowDem

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55. Weak evidence

Reply to Htom Sirveaux (Reply #54)

Sat Jan 25, 2014, 07:28 PM

Jan 2014

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidence

For a claim that can't be tested, that's sometimes all that can be had.

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The religious right is finished. So what's next for social conservatives? [View all] rug Jan 2014 OP

I wish that were so, but it is not. loudsue Jan 2014 #1

Are you seeing any change in their political motivation or areas of interest? cbayer Jan 2014 #4

No. We are in the heart of Southern Baptist Convention territory. loudsue Jan 2014 #18

Bad news all the way around. cbayer Jan 2014 #19

There has been a decline of sorts among boomer church goers for some of the local loudsue Jan 2014 #20

Poverty? cbayer Jan 2014 #21

The culture is the hard part for me, because I'm not from here originally. loudsue Jan 2014 #22

it serves someone's purposes... MisterP Jan 2014 #25

I wish they were finished. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #2

At a crossroads? Certainly. Finished? I don't think so. cbayer Jan 2014 #3

Don't tell the GOP delegates. longship Jan 2014 #5

I don't have any statistics on this, but I've known quite a few RNC delegates who aren't cbayer Jan 2014 #7

I would bet that they are in the vast minority. longship Jan 2014 #8

It might come down to definitions. cbayer Jan 2014 #9

It is indeed scary. longship Jan 2014 #10

Lol, first hit is a DU thread. cbayer Jan 2014 #11

Yup. That is one of my posts quoted there. nt longship Jan 2014 #12

I remember when I thought the John Birch Society was finished thelordofhell Jan 2014 #6

Don't bet the ranch on it CanonRay Jan 2014 #13

And a Canadian shall lead the so sayeth the lord. Leontius Jan 2014 #14

Also see: Oscar nominations muriel_volestrangler Jan 2014 #17

Alone Yet Not Alone: Oscars scandal as best song nominee is disqualified muriel_volestrangler Jan 2014 #56

They're not finished at all... MellowDem Jan 2014 #15

Which is why politics is politics and belief or nonbelief are not. rug Jan 2014 #16

What people believe impacts politics... MellowDem Jan 2014 #27

Which is the way it's supposed to be. People attempt acts based on ideas, good or bad. rug Jan 2014 #33

I never said I want to outlaw opinion... MellowDem Jan 2014 #34

Well, that's your opinion. rug Jan 2014 #35

Yes, this is a forum for opinions... MellowDem Jan 2014 #37

Oh yes, this is garbage: rug Jan 2014 #38

Where is it generalizing? MellowDem Jan 2014 #39

You say fath per se, without qualification, is "a bad thing". rug Jan 2014 #40

That's not a sweeping generalization... MellowDem Jan 2014 #41

A sweeping generaliztion masquerades opinion for fact. rug Jan 2014 #42

I wasn't comparing rape with faith... MellowDem Jan 2014 #43

Except you don't have truth. rug Jan 2014 #44

I didn't claim to "have" the truth... MellowDem Jan 2014 #48

Examples? Htom Sirveaux Jan 2014 #23

The Pope.... MellowDem Jan 2014 #28

Faith sounds like a hammer. Htom Sirveaux Jan 2014 #31

Not quite an apt analogy... MellowDem Jan 2014 #36

That raises more question than it answers. Htom Sirveaux Jan 2014 #45

Welcome to DU and to the Religion group Htom Sirveaux. cbayer Jan 2014 #46

Thanks! Htom Sirveaux Jan 2014 #47

You did set up a lot of strawmen... MellowDem Jan 2014 #49

Feel free to correct me if I misinterpret what you say Htom Sirveaux Jan 2014 #50

Faith is believing something without evidence... MellowDem Jan 2014 #52

What evidence would they be using Htom Sirveaux Jan 2014 #54

Weak evidence MellowDem Jan 2014 #55

We emulate them? Please explain? hrmjustin Jan 2014 #24

By basing beliefs on nothing more than faith... MellowDem Jan 2014 #29

Their reasoning is emulated and supported by many moderates and progressive-minded cbayer Jan 2014 #26

The example is in every religious creed... MellowDem Jan 2014 #30

The notion that Protestants, Mormons, Jews, and Muslims united around the encyclicals struggle4progress Jan 2014 #32

Well first you have to convince the Religious Right that they are finished. Auntie Bush Jan 2014 #51

They are still around. Dawson Leery Jan 2014 #53