I had thought it a mistake to have “probably” instead of “possibly”.
Mind you, the answer is clearly “no, and please go away”.
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Those adverts really got my goat, and I cheered every time I saw a poster with a big spray-painted X in the “No” box.
It’s a good illustration of the insidious way that whole Alpha thing works. By including “Probably” it means 2 of the 3 answers presuppose the existence of God, which is then a nice opening for them to ask you open questions about your belief in God. The Jehovah’s use exactly the same tactic. My most successful rebuff of a Jehovah was one who approached me at a bus stop because I happened to smile at him. I told him I was not going to stand round answering his open questions so he could spout nonsense. He looked most upset that he’d been rumbled, and it was way more satisfying than simply shutting the door in someone’s face. I felt I’d retained the moral high ground.
A friend of mine who clearly has too much time on his hands thought the obvious missing answer was “unproveable”.
There was no box for my preferred option.
I had thought it a mistake to have “probably” instead of “possibly”.
Mind you, the answer is clearly “no, and please go away”.
Those adverts really got my goat, and I cheered every time I saw a poster with a big spray-painted X in the “No” box.
It’s a good illustration of the insidious way that whole Alpha thing works. By including “Probably” it means 2 of the 3 answers presuppose the existence of God, which is then a nice opening for them to ask you open questions about your belief in God. The Jehovah’s use exactly the same tactic. My most successful rebuff of a Jehovah was one who approached me at a bus stop because I happened to smile at him. I told him I was not going to stand round answering his open questions so he could spout nonsense. He looked most upset that he’d been rumbled, and it was way more satisfying than simply shutting the door in someone’s face. I felt I’d retained the moral high ground.
A friend of mine who clearly has too much time on his hands thought the obvious missing answer was “unproveable”.