{"id":2408,"date":"2011-07-27T07:29:14","date_gmt":"2011-07-27T12:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=2408"},"modified":"2011-07-27T07:29:14","modified_gmt":"2011-07-27T12:29:14","slug":"strawman-christianity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=2408","title":{"rendered":"Strawman Christianity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One thing I hate is when Christians attempt to redefine my position and then argue against their newly created position as if that is actually the position that I hold. In philosophy this is called a \u201cstrawman\u201d argument. So I thought it might be fun to do the same thing to Christians.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, this is a dishonest way to argue and all that jazz, but it is also fun and it might actually get Christians to understand what a <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Straw man\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Straw_man\" rel=\"wikipedia\">strawman argument<\/a> actually is. So in suggesting thing, I am doing so out of humor and not suggesting someone argue this way with in a serious fashion. I hope people will argue this way to make the point clear to Christians who use this argument to show them what they are doing and why it is an invalid way to argue.<\/p>\n<p>Christianity is defined as being a Christ. So Christians believe they are God and need to be worshipped. That\u2019s a pretty narcissistic position to hold, don\u2019t you think? If a Christian doesn\u2019t believe that they are a Christ, then they aren\u2019t really a Christian and should use a different term to describe themselves.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the meme, pass it on.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wolfsheep2.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/17\/jim-wallis-new-strawman\/\">Jim Wallis&#8217; new strawman<\/a> (wolfsheep2.wordpress.com)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/zaknafein81.wordpress.com\/2011\/05\/21\/apologetical-fallacies-of-atheism\/\">Apologetical fallacies about atheism<\/a> (zaknafein81.wordpress.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=a5b75706-0588-4350-86f5-e2bc87e5c46b\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=2408\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 317364;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One thing I hate is when Christians attempt to redefine my position and then argue against their newly created position as if that is actually the position that I hold. 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