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    Thread: Atheist Forums - thank you
Post: Atheist Forums - thank you

I would like if I may to take this opportunity to say that I have decided to leave Atheist Forums. I will be making no further posts. Thank you to everyone who has taken the time and trouble to main...
Existentialist Off Topic 7 1837 November 7, 2010 at 12:35 pm
    Thread: 'Blasphemy is a victimless crime' is utter arrogance
Post: RE: 'Blasphemy is a victimless crime' is utter arr...

(November 7, 2010 at 11:25 am)Paul the Human Wrote: I will have no emotional response, I promise.The difference is I am proud of my emotional responses. They are part of what makes my opinions soun...
Existentialist Atheism 140 58197 November 7, 2010 at 11:32 am
    Thread: Dealing with homophobia on Atheist Forums
Post: RE: Dealing with homophobia on Atheist Forums

(November 7, 2010 at 11:03 am)Dotard Wrote: Why don't you lay down some reasons why you think my mere dislike of gay men equates to homoPHOBIA and not a simple prejudice and the whys you believe I'm...
Existentialist Off Topic 38 8790 November 7, 2010 at 11:27 am
    Thread: 'Blasphemy is a victimless crime' is utter arrogance
Post: RE: 'Blasphemy is a victimless crime' is utter arr...

(November 7, 2010 at 11:15 am)Paul the Human Wrote: @Existentialist: No one has to 'be quiet'.Good. It is nice when people support freedom of expression. Quote:your responses (and your habit of r...
Existentialist Atheism 140 58197 November 7, 2010 at 11:20 am
    Thread: 'Blasphemy is a victimless crime' is utter arrogance
Post: RE: 'Blasphemy is a victimless crime' is utter arr...

(November 7, 2010 at 11:00 am)Chuck Wrote: If blasphemy is deemed to have victims, then there is no other crime whose victims are so uniformly deserving, and often desering much worse then the offen...
Existentialist Atheism 140 58197 November 7, 2010 at 11:03 am
    Thread: Dealing with homophobia on Atheist Forums
Post: RE: Dealing with homophobia on Atheist Forums

I just said, if a homophobe sets up a soap box, anti-homophobes should set one up too. That's practical. I've already done it. I started a new thread. There is already a consequence. Support it o...
Existentialist Off Topic 38 8790 November 7, 2010 at 11:01 am
    Thread: Dealing with homophobia on Atheist Forums
Post: RE: Dealing with homophobia on Atheist Forums

(November 7, 2010 at 10:32 am)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: It's a shame you were/are offended Existentialist but just as "rules are rules" when something isn't against the rules its allowed.I know. I've ...
Existentialist Off Topic 38 8790 November 7, 2010 at 10:38 am
    Thread: I stepped out of a supernova - and so did you...
Post: RE: I stepped out of a supernova - and so did you....

Nice pictures, some interesting statistical perspective, but overall a pretty awful script - contrived, with laboured metaphors, personification of the universe, elitist sentiments, and some deliberat...
Existentialist Physical Sciences 4 2944 November 7, 2010 at 10:27 am
    Thread: 'Blasphemy is a victimless crime' is utter arrogance
Post: RE: 'Blasphemy is a victimless crime' is utter arr...

(November 7, 2010 at 5:45 am)Rwandrall Wrote: I agree with him there might be too much of a consensus between atheists around here...You should think again, I think (November 7, 2010 at 9:07 am)Pa...
Existentialist Atheism 140 58197 November 7, 2010 at 10:14 am
    Thread: 'Blasphemy is a victimless crime' is utter arrogance
Post: RE: 'Blasphemy is a victimless crime' is utter arr...

(November 7, 2010 at 12:10 am)Watson Wrote: The weirdness of this entire topic confounds and amuses me. :P Very interesting. But do you think blasphemy a crime? If so, why? And has it got any vic...
Existentialist Atheism 140 58197 November 7, 2010 at 12:51 am
    Thread: 'Blasphemy is a victimless crime' is utter arrogance
Post: RE: 'Blasphemy is a victimless crime' is utter arr...

(November 6, 2010 at 11:35 pm)LastPoet Wrote: Why would I constraint my ideals to just a measly country? yes I am talking about the whole world, The whole world should acknowledge that these (and ot...
Existentialist Atheism 140 58197 November 6, 2010 at 11:52 pm
    Thread: 'Blasphemy is a victimless crime' is utter arrogance
Post: RE: 'Blasphemy is a victimless crime' is utter arr...

(November 6, 2010 at 11:24 pm)LastPoet Wrote: I agree with you those are not crimes, I asked what would constitute a crime to you, what's your ideal of what society should consider a crime. I know w...
Existentialist Atheism 140 58197 November 6, 2010 at 11:28 pm
    Thread: 'Blasphemy is a victimless crime' is utter arrogance
Post: RE: 'Blasphemy is a victimless crime' is utter arr...

(November 6, 2010 at 10:48 pm)LastPoet Wrote: Well I dont think those are crimes either, but what do you thing those serious transgressions would be in a general manner? I went further than you thou...
Existentialist Atheism 140 58197 November 6, 2010 at 11:18 pm
    Thread: 'Blasphemy is a victimless crime' is utter arrogance
Post: RE: 'Blasphemy is a victimless crime' is utter arr...

The last time I was told 'loudly' what the latest rule was, it left me feeling somewhat intimidated about expressing the kind of views I am about to express freely. I think that homosexuality is not ...
Existentialist Atheism 140 58197 November 6, 2010 at 10:42 pm
    Thread: 'Blasphemy is a victimless crime' is utter arrogance
Post: RE: 'Blasphemy is a victimless crime' is utter arr...

(November 6, 2010 at 10:21 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: You're free to say whatever you like but it may get you banned and the post deleted if it isn't what the forum leaders want to see.That's not what free mea...
Existentialist Atheism 140 58197 November 6, 2010 at 10:26 pm
    Thread: 'Blasphemy is a victimless crime' is utter arrogance
Post: RE: 'Blasphemy is a victimless crime' is utter arr...

(November 6, 2010 at 10:08 pm)LastPoet Wrote: Well Ex, you seem to like to take a deeper look at things, may I inquire what a crime is to you? What am I supposed to say? Should I bow to pressure an...
Existentialist Atheism 140 58197 November 6, 2010 at 10:17 pm
    Thread: 'Blasphemy is a victimless crime' is utter arrogance
Post: RE: 'Blasphemy is a victimless crime' is utter arr...

Thanks for your reply Adrian. I do look at it that way. From my point of view, blasphemy isn't a crime, just like a 21-year-old having same-sex sexual relationship with 20-year-old was never a crime...
Existentialist Atheism 140 58197 November 6, 2010 at 10:03 pm
    Thread: 'Blasphemy is a victimless crime' is utter arrogance
Post: RE: 'Blasphemy is a victimless crime' is utter arr...

(November 6, 2010 at 9:29 pm)Tiberius Wrote: No, I said no crime is committed if people are offended. You see, I think that blasphemy isn't a crime. Just like when I had sex in the 1980's with my 2...
Existentialist Atheism 140 58197 November 6, 2010 at 9:39 pm
    Thread: 'Blasphemy is a victimless crime' is utter arrogance
Post: RE: 'Blasphemy is a victimless crime' is utter arr...

(November 6, 2010 at 9:18 pm)Tiberius Wrote: It is in some countries, but the fact that it has been makes the joke work with historical context. FYI, blasphemy laws were on the books in the UK until...
Existentialist Atheism 140 58197 November 6, 2010 at 9:20 pm
    Thread: Dealing with homophobia on Atheist Forums
Post: RE: Dealing with homophobia on Atheist Forums

Thanks thesummerqueen. I suppose all I'm saying is, if somebody sets up a soap box under the banner of homophobia, we shouldn't all be so keen to respond that we forget to set up another soap box u...
Existentialist Off Topic 38 8790 November 6, 2010 at 9:17 pm