cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 months agoWhat's the smartest or most insightful thing you figured out as a kid that stays with you today?message-squaremessage-square114fedilinkarrow-up1118arrow-down14
arrow-up1114arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the smartest or most insightful thing you figured out as a kid that stays with you today?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square114fedilink
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months ago If enough people believe in something, it gains power. Christianity won through politics and warfare, not through truth. These two sentences conflict with one another. To make them match you’d either have to change the first sentence to: If a thing gains enough power, people believe in it. Or you’d have to change the second sentence to: Christianity won politics and warfare, through being believable.
minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoIt’s circular with my version and yours of the first sentence both applying. It gains power from people believing which then leads to more people believing. Though it also depends on the aggressiveness of the religion’s followers.
These two sentences conflict with one another.
To make them match you’d either have to change the first sentence to:
Or you’d have to change the second sentence to:
It’s circular with my version and yours of the first sentence both applying. It gains power from people believing which then leads to more people believing. Though it also depends on the aggressiveness of the religion’s followers.