(May 9, 2018 at 11:17 am)Joods Wrote:

(May 9, 2018 at 10:10 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: He knows, he's just being sarcastic lol.

Yeah I knew that... but just in case there were some other people who didn't know that... it's good to put the obvious out there

True dat!!

Quote: don't mean any thread specifically. But I've seen some vile, disgusting things said to him plenty of times that weren't warranted. So when he makes a nasty comment and everyone goes crazy, it just reeks of the ol' "can dish it but cant take it."

There is nothing said about him that he has not provoked a 100 times over .

(May 9, 2018 at 7:38 am)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: [quote='Mathilda' pid='1751660' dateline='1525849423']

That is a fair critique.  I adopted a contrary position to a couple of the others just to prevent it from being a group hug. And for that Ive been tarred and feathered.

I proposed it as as an experimental alternative to a "civility" thread. I opposed a civility thread in part because despite all the grief I get (and give back) i firmly support the free expression of ideas, including insults. I said there is a perfectly good underutilized debate are for focused moderated discussions.

Im glad for the experiment but agree that it might not be worth repeating.  Nevertheless i do believe it has generated at lot of interesting conversations. AF was getting kind of stale. If nothing else this livened it up some.

I can see this. Do not take offense, but like I was taught early on. "The road to hell is paved with good intentions". While I disagree with much of what you say (religionwise), These days, I do not have to consider theistic arguments further.

A friend of mine has an autoimmune desease. His 18 y o sun went to fatima to kneel all the path. You know, to get gods to help it. A hail storm cane at the begginning, everyone was fleing. I was prepared with an umbrella that I used to shield him all the way Hail just bouncues off. It wasn't bigass hail ofc.

The debate over all has been very boring. Then again, Christianity is very boring. Glad to be one of the pearl ignoring swine!

(May 10, 2018 at 6:50 am)chimp3 Wrote: The debate over all has been very boring. Then again, Christianity is very boring. Glad to be one of the pearl ignoring swine!

Must admit I gave up reading it a while back.

(May 10, 2018 at 6:53 am)Mathilda Wrote:

(May 10, 2018 at 6:50 am)chimp3 Wrote: The debate over all has been very boring. Then again, Christianity is very boring. Glad to be one of the pearl ignoring swine!

Must admit I gave up reading it a while back.

I have been skimming over it every few days. Meh!

(May 10, 2018 at 6:54 am)chimp3 Wrote:

(May 10, 2018 at 6:53 am)Mathilda Wrote: Must admit I gave up reading it a while back.

I have been skimming over it every few days. Meh!

Yeah. I liked that one post by A Theist and I liked CL's first two responses to Neo... other than that it's pretty much a yawnfest.

I don't mind it... Still reading it...

It's always good to see why others think the way they do.
I always try to analyse stuff from a psychological perspective.

Knowing stuff is the cure for ignorance.

(May 10, 2018 at 8:45 pm)ignoramus Wrote: I don't mind it... Still reading it...

It's always good to see why others think the way they do.
I always try to analyse stuff from a psychological perspective.

Knowing stuff is the cure for ignorance.

Yeah, trying to understand theist psychology is all I can really hope to gain since I'm guaranteed not to see any new arguments or evidence. I find it interesting too.

Jesus Christ Rob, what time is it there?