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If you see multiple "offenders" in the same thread, it's because the implicit critique is pointed at the same place in the folly of the author's main point, whi
by Daishiman 6y ago
If you see multiple "offenders" in the same thread, it's because the implicit critique is pointed at the same place in the folly of the author's main point, which is ironically due to the lack of curiosity of the research behind the ideas of the Enlightenment.
I have found it to be a fairly common issue among defenders of certain faiths where they take a popular philosophical stance that was delevoped through Enlightenment thinking or other philosophical countercurrents and ascribe a religious source.
You're not gonna find a lot of fans for honestly discussing this as a worthy point because it is simply ahistorical and goes counter to the principles of the very same authors of said ideas. It's really doesn't take much research to debunk this.
- dang 6y agoIf you want to make a case about something being "ahistorical", you should post thoughtful, substantive, informative comments, not flamewar rants. That would have the nice side effect of making this place better instead of worse. > If you see multiple "offenders" in the same thread This is the internet; that's the default. We're trying for something other than internet default here. That takes energy—we have to spend energy asking commenters to do better, and commenters have to spend energy doing better and resisting their default instincts. Please do better.