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Originally Posted by TomSprewer  What are your thoughts? |
Here are my thoughts.
It seems to me that there are many people who watch a 2-hour DVD, flip one or two books, surf a few websites, and then assume that they have covered all there is to cover on the topic of LOA.
Next, they compare their very flawed understanding of the LOA with their own reality. And they say, "Wait, this does not seem to be correct. How could African children have attracted their own sad fate? What about hurricane victims? I thought of a pink elephant, why does it not appear in my living room? If LOA is true, why can I not end global poverty by simplying thinking about ending it?". Etc.
They then conclude that the LOA must be false.
Of course, the only thing false here is their own very flawed understanding of what the LOA is.
Watching a 2-hour DVD, flipping two books and surfing a few websites .... This would be woefully insufficient to cover even a simple high school subject. How could it be sufficient to address a topic which purports to concern the ultimate nature of reality?
These people are not disagreeing with the LOA. For they cannot disagree with something which they do not even know.
They are merely disagreeing with their own very shallow understanding of what the LOA is.