Comments on: Alpha Course Poll Forces Voters Hands http://bridgingschisms.org/2009/10/alpha-course-poll-forces-voters-hands/ investigating other people's beliefs Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:22:46 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Eshu http://bridgingschisms.org/2009/10/alpha-course-poll-forces-voters-hands/comment-page-1/#comment-873 Eshu Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:24:21 +0000 http://bridgingschisms.org/?p=944#comment-873 Temaskian said, <blockquote>“the fool says in his heart that there is no god, while the wise concede that there may be a possibility." </blockquote> Hehe, brilliant. Yes, perhaps I am giving them more credit than they deserve. Then again, I imagine their marketing campaign has a pretty huge budget and I'd be surprised if a lot of thought had not been put into the messages. Much of it seems calculated to appear open-minded, yet to ultimately direct people in a very particular direction. Temaskian said,

“the fool says in his heart that there is no god, while the wise concede that there may be a possibility.”

Hehe, brilliant. Yes, perhaps I am giving them more credit than they deserve.

Then again, I imagine their marketing campaign has a pretty huge budget and I’d be surprised if a lot of thought had not been put into the messages. Much of it seems calculated to appear open-minded, yet to ultimately direct people in a very particular direction.

]]> By: Temaskian http://bridgingschisms.org/2009/10/alpha-course-poll-forces-voters-hands/comment-page-1/#comment-870 Temaskian Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:12:44 +0000 http://bridgingschisms.org/?p=944#comment-870 You could be giving them too much credit for their marketing strategy. Isn't it possible that in their paradigm, there is no middle ground? Jesus said you're either for me or against me. It doesn't say in the bible, "the fool says in his heart that there is no god, while the wise concede that there may be a possibility." The bible only has the first part. So it's not surprising that Christians think in binary terms too. You could be giving them too much credit for their marketing strategy. Isn’t it possible that in their paradigm, there is no middle ground? Jesus said you’re either for me or against me. It doesn’t say in the bible, “the fool says in his heart that there is no god, while the wise concede that there may be a possibility.” The bible only has the first part. So it’s not surprising that Christians think in binary terms too.

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