Thomas Hood wrote:
Being fair and honest and taking nothing for granted are aspects of critical thinking? How do you know this, Frank? What books or classes or websites or conversations are your sources for the doctrines of critical thinking?
Oh dear. Is there a smiley for playing ping pong?
The issue is whether or not critical thinking can be applied to the existance or non existance of God. I believe Frank, has a grasp on the meaning of critical thinking. I also believe critical thinking is common knowledge and does not require citations.
Frank wrote:
Critical thinking is fair to all sides of the debate, it involves honest evaluation of all claims, it takes nothing for granted and even the thought process is scrutinized.
The thought process is scrutinized. There seems to be more thought process, and character scrutinization (and character defaming) going on then anything productive or useful. I don't know if there are any doctrines to critical thinking, but I have realized that discussions or debates that offer nothing, that do not expand the mind, are worthless.
You guys kill me, I make an observation, and a small joke in a forum about libraries, and the flood gates burst open. I feel like there are hawks circling the forums, waiting for something to attack. I feel like road kill all of a sudden.