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Originally Posted by Flint
It's odd. A group of people choose to classify themselves as separate from the rest of humanity, but they also want immunity from criticism - because they claim that there are no defining characteristics to their classification.
If you don't have any characteristics, then you aren't a group. If you do, then you are subject to criticism.
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Well, Flint, I have to say I got pretty much the same thing as Bruce did out of this.
I guess part of the problem is that I can't believe that anyone as intelligent as you seem to be could make this statement. Part of the problem is that there's so much hand-waving and generality throwing in these discussions. Let's walk through an example.
The set of all Christians are those that believe that Jesus is the son of God and that he died in atonement for our sins.
The people who believe in Creationism is a subset of the above set. So some Christians do not believe in Creationism.
So tell me why I should take flak over Creationism, when I don't believe it?
If that's not what you're saying, then maybe you could 'splain yourself better.