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re: Do you find it hard to reason with staunch religious people?

Posted on 10/29/25 at 7:54 am to
Posted by GRTiger
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Posted on 10/29/25 at 7:54 am to
I find it depends on the brand they subscribe to and just how staunch we're talking.

I've met a bunch of Catholics who you wouldn't move an inch on their belief, but are pretty ok with criticisms of the church, and even have some of their own. My MIL is a great example.

The snake handlers and other more goofy sects of Christianity are hardly better than Muslims in terms of their angry need to convince you that they're right.
Posted by Pepe Lepew
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Member since Oct 2008
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Posted on 10/29/25 at 7:55 am to
What is religious?

Where did morals come from? Wasn’t from men.

If there is a creator, can we know?

Argue away…fwiw
Posted by MobileJosh
On the go
Member since May 2018
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Posted on 10/29/25 at 7:55 am to
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Christians embracing Nazism as a political identity tells me all I need to know about modern day religion.



This should be the dumbest thing I read today. We'll see.
Posted by soccerfüt
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Posted on 10/29/25 at 8:00 am to
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Try having a conversation with a militant atheist.
CrossFit, Atheist, Libertarian, Anti-Vaxxer, etc

Extremism is how you get an LBJ.

How’s that working for us now?



Posted by CatholicLSUDude
Member since Aug 2018
1036 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 8:02 am to
I find it harder to reason with relativists. At least religious people have firm grounding in something and believe there's a "right" to discover/reason through.

People who throw up their hands and say, "gee, no one can really know what's true" are the worst type. They are also spineless.

Cheers.
Posted by faraway
Member since Nov 2022
3807 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 8:03 am to
no man comes to the Father but by me

Christ

no gray area
Posted by ShoeBang
Member since May 2012
22271 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 8:06 am to
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Christians embracing Nazism as a political identity tells me all I need to know about modern day religion.


Careful not to cut yourself with all that edge, baw
Posted by aubiecat
Alabama
Member since Jul 2011
6082 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 8:08 am to
You think that's bad? Try to reason with someone who thinks a man can have a period or a child.
Posted by bayouvette
Raceland
Member since Oct 2005
5896 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 8:09 am to
What is even nazism.
Posted by LSUballs
RayVegas LA
Member since Feb 2008
40383 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 8:09 am to
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The snake handlers and other more goofy sects of Christianity are hardly better than Muslims in terms of their angry need to convince you that they're right.



In your mind these people are everywhere. In reality, you've never met one.
Posted by White Bear
probably
Member since Jul 2014
17623 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 8:11 am to
Is faith reasonable?
Posted by SuperSaint
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Member since Sep 2007
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Posted on 10/29/25 at 8:13 am to
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Some people believe the Bible is 100% accurate, yet they question documented history simply because it isn’t mentioned in the Bible. It’s hard to reason with people like that.
I literally don’t think I’ve ever met anyone like this.
Posted by TT9
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Posted on 10/29/25 at 8:14 am to
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I literally don’t think I’ve ever met anyone like this.

same, I'm sure they're out there though.
Posted by genuineLSUtiger
Nashville
Member since Sep 2005
77205 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 8:20 am to
Mainstream religions are just socially sanctioned cults. Religious people don’t reason their way into their beliefs. They are conditioned into them from birth. This is coming from someone who grew up in a strict southern Baptist household.
Posted by ClemsonKitten
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Posted on 10/29/25 at 8:22 am to
I don’t interact with evangelicals
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
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Posted on 10/29/25 at 8:23 am to
I don't bother with them.
Posted by ClemsonKitten
Member since Aug 2025
914 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 8:25 am to
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Mainstream religions are just socially sanctioned cults. Religious people don’t reason their way into their beliefs. They are conditioned into them from birth. This is coming from someone who grew up in a strict southern Baptist household.


I grew up church of Christ and didn’t like the non-denominational vibes at all. My ex is Anglican and got exposed to it and later made the decision to switch to join the Episcopal church near me—-Anglican-Episcopal
Posted by BottomlandBrew
Member since Aug 2010
29886 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 8:30 am to
To an extent, I envy them. I have rarely, if ever been given an existential answer I am happy with. I feel like believing something like that without question would make life so much easier.
Posted by Mo Jeaux
Member since Aug 2008
63662 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 8:31 am to
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same, I'm sure they're out there though.


Some are on the poli board.
Posted by N2cars
Member since Feb 2008
39626 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 8:32 am to
Gonna be tough to beat it, but this is the OT and the day is young.
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