tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15264500.post7021341995945768893..comments2023-07-11T05:13:06.461-06:00Comments on Morehead's Musings: An Atheist's Perspective on ProselytismJohn W. Moreheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262542253787543738noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15264500.post-21329035344416860922013-08-03T13:14:37.896-06:002013-08-03T13:14:37.896-06:00Thank you for your comment, but I obviously disagr...Thank you for your comment, but I obviously disagree or I wouldn't have posted Penn's clip. Much of Christendom understands proselytizing as essential to Christian discipleship. Thus, his comments resonate with vast swaths of the religion, and he makes a good point across the religious divide as well. If you are part of a religious tradition that believes in persuasion, then holding back on that for whatever reasons is a compromise to your tradition, even if it upsets many in the pluralistic West. Penn isn't being dismissive, he's making a point about understanding mutual persuasion in the marketplace of ideas.John W. Moreheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01262542253787543738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15264500.post-49804243904041757732013-08-03T13:12:47.657-06:002013-08-03T13:12:47.657-06:00I find this type of logic to fall within the no tr...I find this type of logic to fall within the no true scotsman fallacy. Basically what Pen is saying that unless you fit an specific criteria then you are not a true christian. Of course he has worked out a method to dismiss the ones that fit his criteria, and this is the method to dismiss those that don't fall in that criteria.dkrtohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04739602799447028168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15264500.post-3292455400537673712013-08-03T13:09:44.996-06:002013-08-03T13:09:44.996-06:00I find this sort of reasoning to fall within the n...I find this sort of reasoning to fall within the no true scotsman fallacy. Basically Pen is saying that unless you are a specific type of Christian then you are not a true Christian. Of course he has worked out a method to dismiss the specific type of Christians he respects so this method is just a way to dismiss the other types which don't fall within his parameters of being Christians.dkrtohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04739602799447028168noreply@blogger.com