I would be sure I'd have some fun slapping Christian asses and also sure my popularity wouldn't be that good

(October 23, 2011 at 4:54 am)Dean-o Wrote: I appreciate all of the suggestions. I will be cordial in debate as long as they don't say something entirely stupid... But I think they will.

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast
ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them
under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
— Matthew 7:6

Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig.
— attributed to Robert Heinlein, based on an English proverb

Quote:Just remember, you get more bees with honey than you do with vinegar.

And you get a lot more flies with shit than you do with vinegar....which sort of explains the longevity of religion.

Dean, you need to move . . . badly.

(October 24, 2011 at 1:06 am)Minimalist Wrote:

Quote:Just remember, you get more bees with honey than you do with vinegar.

And you get a lot more flies with shit than you do with vinegar....which sort of explains the longevity of religion.

You know, now that I think about it, there's something rather subversive about that saying. Be nice, for the tactical and strategic benefits.
As they say, "Age and treachery will overcome youth and skill every time."

Quote:"Age and treachery will overcome youth and skill every time."

Didn't work for Qaddafi.

Listen in that class, you might learn something. Do not just dismiss. I'd find that class highly interesting myself.

(October 25, 2011 at 2:40 pm)SophiaGrace Wrote: Listen in that class, you might learn something. Do not just dismiss. I'd find that class highly interesting myself.

His point, I believe, is to say that it had the potential to be interesting, but it is being ruined by idiots. I didn't see him once suggest that he would dismiss the teachings. It is his fellow classmates that pose a problem.

(October 25, 2011 at 2:50 pm)Shell B Wrote:

(October 25, 2011 at 2:40 pm)SophiaGrace Wrote: Listen in that class, you might learn something. Do not just dismiss. I'd find that class highly interesting myself.

His point, I believe, is to say that it had the potential to be interesting, but it is being ruined by idiots. I didn't see him once suggest that he would dismiss the teachings. It is his fellow classmates that pose a problem.

Fair enough, though if i were bothered by my classmates I would just focus on the material we were learning rather than their reactions to the material we were learning. If I didn't understand a math concept right away I would hope no one would think ill of me for it. :/

*shrug*

I'm sure he does focus on the material in class. He is not in class when he comes to AF.