On 6-6-2009 22:07, Darren New wrote:
> Warp wrote:
>> This kind of thread can cause no good. 
> 
> Just out of curiosity, and I ask this as an atheist asking an 
> intelligent person of faith, do you think it's ever possible to have a 
> useful discussion between disagreeing parties? :-)
> 
> I find discussing it can be useful to me, not because it makes me change 
> my mind or because I change someone else's mind, but because it lets me 
> understand the other point of view better, and lets me deal with 
> religion better.
> 
I always say that a discussion between two parties is not aimed at any 
of the participants as they will generally be convicted of their own 
point, often more so after the discussion.
Discussion are aimed at the innocent bystanders, they can still be hit 
by cunning arguments.

So in general I am all for discussions about faith. I haven't seen this 
movie but what I heard about it seemed not to add anything to any 
discussion whatsoever. It is merely the interpretation of some person 
that is known for other things than a thorough understanding of the 
bible. As such I would dismiss any discussion on that movie as rather 
futile and therefore I did not even read alphaQ's post, also because it 
is rather long. ;)

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