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skepticscott

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11. And what exactly is that "standard cardboard cutout"

Reply to Leontius (Reply #9)

Tue Dec 18, 2012, 05:52 PM

Dec 2012

and why is it a totally unrealistic depiction, reflecting the views and beliefs of no actual religious people?

Perhaps we should translate "standard cardboard cutout" as "those very real aspects and manifestations of religious belief that keep popping up as ugly as ever, but that I'd like to pretend don't exist"

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The Newtown massacre and religion’s big problem of evil [View all] cbayer Dec 2012 OP

The problem of evil is a natural, and probably necessary, okasha Dec 2012 #1

That's about as specious a bit of reasoning as I've read in quite some while Fumesucker Dec 2012 #2

Specious, yes. But it lacks any reason whatsoever. cleanhippie Dec 2012 #5

Nonsense. trotsky Dec 2012 #3

I don't know if it's necessary, but it certainly is natural among cbayer Dec 2012 #8

I think the choice "to do good and refuse the evil" okasha Dec 2012 #12

Religion has no problem of evil. Leontius Dec 2012 #4

That's pretty much what he concludes. cbayer Dec 2012 #6

And yet he uses the standard cardboard cutout of "religion" Leontius Dec 2012 #9

That is very true. While I made a distinction while I was reading it, he really cbayer Dec 2012 #10

And what exactly is that "standard cardboard cutout" skepticscott Dec 2012 #11

As usual skepticscott Dec 2012 #14

And with a wave of the hand, the problem disappears. cleanhippie Dec 2012 #7

Free will? Laochtine Dec 2012 #13

There's a big difference skepticscott Dec 2012 #15

I was was thinking Laochtine Dec 2012 #16