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Originally Posted by AlanG
If an "ordinary" person (no offence to Alex intended) can ask questions of religion which "ordinary" religious people can't answer but have to defer to one of the most intelligent men alive it shows a sharp difference in average critical thinking skills of those on each "side". The side it reflects most positively on is certainly not religions.
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Alex studied Theology at uni though - so that should put him in a better position to argue things like this than someone who did biology.
I don't know what his main subject was but I'm going to guess something like Philosophy where you're also taught how to argue and things.
not saying he's a genius or anything but it seems to me he's in a better position to argue about this than most people are, even if he is wrong.
I'm sure I could argue a wrong point against a 5 year old and win. It's a skill in debating too - if only the correct person could win an argument, amateur debating would be pretty pointless because it would just be luck of the draw that decided who won.