office is right next door to the one labeled "Ministry of silly walks" Tiorbinist or at least stifle all discourse other than what is approved of by the class/discussion leader. I have been in classes where the teacher/professor has declared, as this flow chart does, that if you don't abide by artificial and spurious rules of discourse in the name of rationalism, which are designed, as these are, to prevent opposing viewpoints (or at least control them so that they can't "pollute" the "discussion" while making it seem that they are being listened to.) My response, once I got out of High School, was to drop the class, and oddly, I wasn't alone. I fail to see how this flow chart would affect 'critical reading' at all. I certainly can see the effect it would have on critical faculties, since it is a pretty good backbone for a cult. Oddly, it is being put forth by people who are notorious for failing to show evidence for their arguments. How, after all, does an atheist provide evidence against the existence of God? Their own disbelief? And this is Rational? guest It most certainly is not! Nigelx Is this the 5 minute argument or the full half hour? dpbsmith I don't see the word "listen" anywhere on that chart... did I miss it? darascal This flowchart is a "sermon" as much as its anything. A dogmatic one at that ("This is how rational human being exchange ideas", as if there is no