Re:Neil Armstrong's reply to a Moon landing skeptic
by avmich on Friday June 19, 2020 @01:57PM
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> They are religions by any measure but your arbitrary goalposting.
The argument was "people are believing in imaginary things, in billions and for centuries". For billions - or so - and for centuries - or so - arguments to apply, the religion ought to be major.
> The "billions" qualification comes from your specific interpretation of this statement to mean a single religion.
Oh, so now goalposting mean not a single example, but a combined group :) in comparison to one specific - and rather located in time and geography - government program.
Frankly, at this point I don't see much sense in more hairsplitting. Points were made, anyone can think for oneself from these.
The argument was "people are believing in imaginary things, in billions and for centuries". For billions - or so - and for centuries - or so - arguments to apply, the religion ought to be major.
> The "billions" qualification comes from your specific interpretation of this statement to mean a single religion.
Oh, so now goalposting mean not a single example, but a combined group :) in comparison to one specific - and rather located in time and geography - government program.
Frankly, at this point I don't see much sense in more hairsplitting. Points were made, anyone can think for oneself from these.