Electric duct
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- Posted: Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:39:49 +0000
vwytche
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vwytche
You presented nothing but a question, and two simple statements. I hardly think that meets the crieria of a well though tout argument. But to each his own.
The answer to your question would be apparent to anyone that had actually read my post, so I'm assuming that you have not. Therefore we are done.
The answer to your question would be apparent to anyone that had actually read my post, so I'm assuming that you have not. Therefore we are done.
That's all that was needed. All i did to 'explain' it was make it wordy.
You said that your children thought for themselves because that's what you taught them to do, and that you feel responsible for the bad choices they have made because you think that they wouldn't have made some of these choices if it weren't for you.
You're the only one that would look at that garbled mess of a comparison and think that it was a more well thought out argument then a simple question about an obvious inconsistency.
If your kids think for themselves, then you're not accountable for their actions. If they only think a certain way because you made them think that way, then you are. Stop taking credit for the actions of people capable of defying you.
rolleyes You expect me to get your meaning out a four word sentence, and then can't get the point when it is spelled out for you. Not that it matters, b/c you have just revealed a basic flaw in your argument. Parent's create and raise their children. We do not design them. Therefore you whole comparision is moot anyway.
Just because you spelled it out doesn't mean it makes any sense. You feel responsible for their decisions, because you feel that they only made those decisions because you raised them a certain way, which implies that they can't think for themselves and only act a certain way because they were raised to act that way. On the other hand, you state that you raised them to think for themselves, which implies that their decisions are their own and as such not directly or indirectly influenced by your actions. This is what most people refer to as a contradiction.
And to be perfectly honest, I just use most of your statements against you when I argue with you. You're the one that held Jehova responsible for the actions of Adam and Eve while simultaneously arguing that intent plays a crucial role in responsibility without showing that Jehova intended for Adam and Eve to sin.
And by the way, you'll be hard pressed to present any significant difference between the process of designing something and the act of raising a child. If you bother to think about it. Which you probably won't. Again. As usual.