Something appears to be missing; probably near 'simpletons'.
I read them all, for the same reason. It's a comfort food.
I wish it was a strawman. But I've seen too many people argue along lines even dumber than what this Paul tries to refute. And I hadn't read this particular angle of argument before (i.e. "Good and Evil" including the "disobedience/theft/lying is wrong and deserves death and abandonment" knowledge).
A straw man argument is when you are rebuting something a person did not say, to misrepresent their argument, and presumably to make it easier for you to argue.
You know what I can see that, this fic has been going on so long with really small changes that it does remind me of classic comics. It's predictable, easily digested, kinda stale but in a good way like a old show you can watch again and again.
She started deliberately burning men to death because she came to believe that all men are evil.
Thank you, corrected.
No, I think that's okay.
If it's anything, it'd be a "weakman": people who make the argument exist, but they're picked to be easy to refute.
I fear that the point is being missed. He's not trying to state what he believes to be true, he's trying to convince the person he's talking to not to burn anyone else to death.
Right, the argument would be something like "the fact that Paul happens to be talking to someone holding a particular flawed belief is the weakman." This is a view of narrative as polemic, where the point isn't inherently to tell a story but to convince readers by proxy of a particular view on Christian theology.
Not really, because while people holding weak beliefs like thst might be outliers (but definitely not rare, met more than a few from church youth groups) it does tend to be outliers who go violent and start attacking people over those beliefs. Which is what is happening here.
Of course that includes the detective. I doubt that he generally fells remorse for sending those souls back to hell.
It depends on their reason for burning people.
Wow... That's sure a boatload of confidence for a guy who just got his ass kicked and had to be saved by Guy.
Gotta be confident in front of the civvies. Besides, I doubt it would only be him going to do that anyway.
Probably still feeling that feeling of helplessness and worthlessness, since there's nothing between it and his conscious mind but a little bit of determined focus. Sadly, there's no real way to protect him from it fully. Even Kahndaq isn't completely resistant.
Yeah, seeing that ugly mug in your mind would suck hard enough to haul a golf-ball through a garden hose. And he's only a pale imitation of the real thing.
I have the feeling a lot of people are going to be feeling like this even after they clear the Anti-Life away. Would not be surprised to find a rise in conversions and atheism overall.
Hmm... Can't remember for sure, but the name suggest he's an immigrant from Kahndaq? Been a long time since we saw this guy, after all... <Checks the link in the post two days back.> Ah, yes, That makes things clearer.
Yes, OL's seen true evil, evil beyond the capability of mortal men. And he has rejoiced, because there's less of it after he finished...
Like being smothered in a deep depression, so deep that it felt like a physical blow? Yeah, Anti-Life's like that.
Oooh, that's a complex mixture of Anti-life Factors. And probably the ones that resonated most with him, since I doubt it's just something simple like Effort=Futility.
Ah, the insidious whispers. Making you start to believe what they say, to the point that it feels more like you're the one thinking it and they're just agreeing with you.
And that's what the whole universe would feel if Darkseid ever completed the equation the way He wants it to be. All life, kneeling and bowing their head to Him, moving at His will... Terrifying.
Which would hit all the harder, because he's already disposed to bow to a Higher Power.
Now, if he wanted to keep feeling that way, to knowingly and willingly do evil... That's a ticket Downstairs.
And depending on how hard this hit him, he may spend the rest of his life trying to atone...
Oh, that's worrying. I'm guessing because they had blobs of Anti-Life inserted directly into them via the teleportation system, it worked faster and stronger to control them.
Maybe some kind of Alliance badge that acted as an additional focus?
Not that they'd be in any shape to use their gifts...
Ooh, good idea. He was being marinated in Anti-Life by the helmet, so of course he's have been directed by it.
Thank you, Guy, for that buff to willpower...
Nasty stuff. Anti-Life: not even once...
Well, that goes without saying. How much of that 'great, terrible, inevitable' plan is Mannheim's and how much is his masters' remains to be seen...
Impressively so. Amazing what being on pleasant terms with your patrons will do for you.
Norway being the other, of course. Good Guy keeping his girl's homeland safe.
...You say that so casually. Given that the League's previous operation on Apokalips was more of a 'sneak in, smash, grab and run', I don't foresee it being that simple.
No, old fellow. Not at all. It's your homeland, after all, and probably the safest place for you right now.
...Than one that seems to be sitting back and waiting for people to save themselves?
Clever, giving him an out to avoid the fight if he feels the need. And to be fair, I suspect he needs it.
Time to call for a Tube, then.
Oh, indulging a in a bit of Home Invasion, eh? Wonder if it's a general rummage, or if they're looking for anything specific?
Didn't Paul leave a spare body there just in case?
Evil Twin Mirror Match Time!
I'm pretty sure antitheism was already on the rise after Heaven set the earth on fire and killed untold millions of people and then it was revealed that Angels don't have direct communication with God. So faith in a just God has taken a serious hit.
Proof that a jumped-up elemental with delusions of morality and relevance exists.