For the fledgeling creationists among us
Here is a direct throwing down of the gauntlet to Mister Fedward Hyde:
This is the link to a game called Battleground God, wherein you answer questions about your conception of God and it tests the internal consistency of your position. With the logical deficiencies in your arguments of late, it will be interesting to see how you fare.
Of course, everyone is open to playing the game. Let's try to get a roll in the comments section to record how we all did.
God is dead. -Nietzsche. Nietzsche is dead. -God
Thanks again to Peter Jaworski for finding this gem of a game.
This is the link to a game called Battleground God, wherein you answer questions about your conception of God and it tests the internal consistency of your position. With the logical deficiencies in your arguments of late, it will be interesting to see how you fare.
Of course, everyone is open to playing the game. Let's try to get a roll in the comments section to record how we all did.
God is dead. -Nietzsche. Nietzsche is dead. -God
Thanks again to Peter Jaworski for finding this gem of a game.
posted by Det. John Kimble at 13:04
6 Comments:
Medal of Honor, zero hits, zero bullets bitten.
Word to yor mother.
Hi all,
despite being exhausted from a day at the office and two drinks, I've decided to undertake the test/trap laid down by the extremists' infesting "Zeitgeist: Shadenfreude und die Dreie Reich".
While the questions, in light of the circustamstances highlighted above, were quite tedious, I strongly believed that my Faith and Coherent Values would prevail. And just like the Republican Party overwhelmingly triumphed in the 2004 elections, Fedward Hyde came on top:
"Battleground Analysis
Congratulations!
You have been awarded the TPM medal of distinction! THIS IS OUR SECOND HIGHEST AWAR D FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE ON THE INTELLECTUAL BATTLEGROUND.
The fact that you progressed through this activity being hit only once and biting very few bullets SUGGESTS THAT YOUR BELIEFS ABOUT G*D ARE WELL THOUGHT AND almost ENTIRELY INTERNALLY CONSISTENT."
Fedward the Moderate=1, Cadre of extremist zealots trying to pass Fedward as a religious fanatic=0
From Fedward's run:
(The bullet bitten)
"In saying that God has the freedom and power to do that which is logically impossible (like creating square circles), you are saying that any discussion of God and ultimate reality cannot be constrained by basic principles of rationality. This would seem to make rational discourse about God impossible. If rational discourse about God is impossible, there is nothing rational we can say about God and nothing rational we can say to support our belief or disbelief in God. To reject rational constraints on religious discourse in this fashion requires accepting that religious convictions, including your religious convictions, are beyond any debate or rational discussion."
(The ding)
Earlier you said that it is not justifiable to base one's beliefs about the external world on a firm, inner conviction, paying no regard to the external evidence, or lack of it, for the truth or falsity of this conviction, but now you say it's justifiable to believe in God on just these grounds.
So much for flying colors. Those might only constitute two blips, but they're pretty big ones for someone who claims to be a logical thinking raitonalist.
Another thing: being logically consistent in your belief in God in itself does not make you a moderate by any stretch of the imagination. It's possible to remain quite consistent by imagining a tyrannical, Old Testament-style omnipotence. It just shows that you are capable of avoiding contradiction.
Finally, I just have to point out that, in spite of your chest-thumping, it was in fact me came out on top here. Of course, that goes without saying...
It is obvious that those slips were due to my exhaustion.
Then again, ideology-goggles worn by certain extremists make it hard to discern what appears "obvious" to us Moderates
happenstance random browsing: i remembered taking this test ages ago and i bit only one bullet; 2+2=7 somethingy like that.
ah yes have now actually read through all the comments, lol. just missed that square circles one- improbable idealistic limitless undeveloped notions of Godomnipotence i flippantly entertained; at that point of time.
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