| My mother in law possesses very liberal religious beliefs. Nothing at all offensive about her brand of Christianity.
However, she has this one particularly irrational belief that just drives me nuts.
A typical conversation between us goes like this:
Her: I will pray for him to get better
Me: Do you believe that praying will increase the odds that God will intervene oh his behalf?
Her: Yes
Me: So, then, God is less likely to intervene if you don't pray for him?
Her: Well, now, I didn't say that.
Me: Look, if God is more like to intervene after prayer, then he is less likely to intervene before prayer. This is simple. If A is greater than B, then B is less than A.
Her: You really can't apply math to things like prayer and God.
I cannot tell you how much such vacuous reasoning bugs the unholy crap out of me.
I love her, I like her, and I appreciate the help she gives us in getting my daughter to and from school.
But I despise insane reasoning.
Do all things with love. |