Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
I am the last person who would throw out logic entirely. But only an idiot would claim that logic and reason can explain everything. Logic and reason are incredibly useful within certain boundaries but they are not omnipotent. There are things beyond logic and beyond reason, but not everything is beyond logic and reason. Relying completely on logic and reason is every bit as foolish as throwing them out entirely.Originally posted by: JackBurton
Man, you are right. So since we are throwing logic out the window, you can then accept Bigfoot, the Lockness Monster, the Easter Bunny, fairies, mermaids, Peter Pan, Jesus, He-Man, Superman, Hercules, and anything else you can think of as being real? Man, you are on a roll.
And sorry man, your "allegory" excuse ain't gonna fly. The quote I posted above weren't meant to be taken as "little stories," they were meant to be taken as God's rule:
Does that sound like a little story?
As for your quote, who says that turning the other cheek refers to a physical smiting? As I said, metaphors. You're obviously intelligent enough to understand these distinctions so I can only assume that you are intentionally being obtuse out of malice.
ZV
Ok, so you are saying logic should be used some of the time, but other times you can throw it out the window, right? Logically, if you believe in an invisible man in the sky, do you also believe in invisible fairies too? Obviously you have to throw logic out the window because your mind can not grasp the concept of fairies creating everything and protecting you everyday (even though you'll never see them). Yes, fairies are magical beings that should have time set aside for them on Saturday to worship (Sunday has already been reserved for the invisible man in the sky). You'll never see them or here them, but you just know they are there because a few guys got together and wrote a book about them. And obviously, if you write a book about fairies, they exist.
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