Quotes About Argument

The atheist has got completely different views from the theist, but each one of them is regarding their opponent as the foolish one.

The disagreement is great in many situations, if supported by concrete evidence. Otherwise, it will be classified as pure fanaticism.

Romans 7:4 then summarizes and reemphasizes the point at the start of the next stage of the argument. When the Messiah died, "you"—anyone who belongs to the Messiah, anyone who is a member of his "body"—died at the same time.

Historical argument alone cannot force anyone to believe that Jesus was raised from teh dead, but historical argument is remarkably good at clearing away the undergrowth behind which skepticism of various sorts have long been hiding.

When was the last time you lost an argument?" He pretended to think about it. Then, leaning down, he whispered in her ear, "A few hours ago when you refused to stop the car and crawl into the backseat with me.

I said I don't want it in the house, is that clear?' She turned and left. Discussion closed. I knew better than to argue. I cast a guilty glance over my shoulder at Aphra. She was grinning at me. What she doesn't know won't hurt her, Reg.

The more illogical a fool's position, the more passionate he's likely to be about hanging on to it.

a mind capable of forming an argument against God's existence constitutes evidence for his existence. That is, a conscious being with the ability to reason, weigh evidence, and argue logically must come from a source that has at least the same level of cognitive ability.

Reductionism is like a kid who argues that whatever does not fit into his toy box is not a toy.

Put bluntly, abortion supporters have lost the argument on the scientific level.

a mind capable of forming an argument against God's existence constitutes evidence for his existence.

A reductionistic worldview leads to a lower view of humanity—and thus of the human mind. It reduces human reason to something less than reason. Yet the only way any worldview can argue its own case is by using reason. By discrediting reason, it undermines its own case. It is self-defeating.

The writer C. S. Lewis once characterized this style of argument: "The very lack of evidence is thus treated as evidence; the absence of smoke proves that the fire is very carefully hidden."18 Such arguments are effectively impossible to refute, as Lewis noted. "A belief in invisible cats cannot be logically disproved," although it does "tell us a good deal about those who hold it."19 The

Whenever passion prevails over reason, truth becomes a casualty.

You see, a conflict always begins with an issue - a difference of opinion, an argument. But by the time it turns into a war, the issue doesn't matter anymore, because now it's about one thing and one thing only: how much each side hates the other.

Wherever I AM, everything is perfect. There's no reason for any argument, for that Body that you will wear in the Resurrection is a perfect body. And nothing is dead in your world; nothing can be imperfect in your world. Everything is perfect wherever you are. That is the Resurrection Body, and that is spoken of in Scripture as the "Kingdom of Heaven." So, the Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, it's not a realm; it is a body!

There's no reason for any argument, for that Body that you will wear in the Resurrection is a perfect body. And nothing is dead in your world; nothing can be imperfect in your world. Everything is perfect wherever you are. That is the Resurrection Body, and that is spoken of in Scripture as the "Kingdom of Heaven." So, the Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, it's not a realm; it is a body!

The idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting money from private industry or private sources is essentially a socialist argument.

Argument involves the true respect that comes from treating others as adults who can cope with challenging ideas and expecting them to treat you with a similar courtesy.

There's no greater insult in science than to say that an argument is 'not even wrong', that it is invulnerable to disproof.

Whoever does not understand that two perfectly contrary attitudes can both be perfectly justified ought not to engage in criticism.

Leftists and rightists merely argue about who is to have possession of industrial society. The reactionary longs for its death.

Verdad es aquello que cualquier imbécil refuta.

Well, I was wrong!' Mrs Badger snapped. 'And I don't want you to say another word against Retsnom – do you