Slipping On A Banana
I'd heard about this a while ago and thought it was a joke, but I've been assured it's not. Apparently the banana proves religion is true.
When you're taking a side in a debate, I suppose it's good to have a variety of arguments, but should you make one that seem ridiculous to most people, even if you believe in it? For that matter, should you make an argument that's convincing to others if you don't believe in it?
posted by LAGuy @ 1:28 AM
2 Comments:
I suppose that would depend on the purpose of the debate. If persuading the other party is the sole aim, ridiculous yet convincing arguments (and even straight out lies) would be acceptable in a strictly result-based endeavour.
If the aim is focused on truthful inquiry, fairplay and intellectual honesty, then the opposite would apply.
Most discussions fall somewhere in the middle
MAybe thats not much an answer, but I think its important to realize that when we debate, we debate for different reasons (nd sometimes we lose to win another point soemwhere else).
I agree with LAGuy -- you shouldn't make silly arguments.
My sister said that in England, marijuana is usually very poor quality, and so some people smoke it like tobacco pipe and cigar smokers do: they keep the pipe in their mouth, but don't excessively inhale. She thought maybe that since Clinton smoked pot in England, that's what he did. But even if that was true, saying "I didn't inhale" was so silly that he shouldn't have said it, true or false.
In any event, I would guess the banana theology is a joke. Or at least I prefer to think so. (Why would God make bananas fit our hands and not make all other foods fit our hands?)
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