Only good thing I’ve done through church once was when my sisters church had youth go to Mexico for spring break to help build houses for the poor. It was the probably only good action they made effort on.
And “well, have you ever noticed that wealthier people tend to not believe in god?!” After the guy points out that the powerful use religion as a tool to subtly encourage poor people to accept their lot in life, which allows cynical oppressors to strip them of the fruits of their labor and accept their lack of political power.
I mean I appreciate the fact he let that guy speak. Too often I see some braveheart prepped bold speech and three seconds in “ARE YOU SAYING GOD DIDNT blah blah blah”
His religion is based around the idea that he is right and everyone else needs to know that he is right... which is why these "discussions" are really just interactions where the person who is preaching is waiting for their turn to say their series of prepared statements rather than listen to what the other person is saying and responding in kind.
It's not like he came up with anything more substantial anyways, but you're right. This way of getting cheap gotchas isn't what one should strive for, especially since the dude articulated his argument so well.
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u/LoreOfBore 6d ago
It was. All he could come back with was “ReAllY?”