Hi All - From Lion IRC

[Lion IRC]

Hello Lion.... you do like a challenge, don't you?
Welcome, come in.
Watch that first step though; it's a doozy.

Thanks Brunitski.
I see you just got here too.
Can I hang out with you for a while?

[The Grand Nudger]

Logic, reason, and evidence will never remove the need for cunt.

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

It is a fact that I am a biblical theist

Oh,sorry, I misunderstood. I thought you were inferring that the Bible contains facts. Silly me.

expecting? That would make YOU the one with presuppositions / biased thinking / presumptions...

Tu quoque (look it up) My expectations are based on a lot of experience here of those kinds of claims from a great many Christian and Muslims

Nope. I can speak respectfully without asking anyone's permission.

Of course you can,but I was referring to how I and others may respond if you post the kind of drivel one usually associates with religious apologists.

*sniff* Some welcome thread.

No,no no, this is an INTRODUCTION thread to allow us to get to know you and you us.

My sincere apologies will be forthcoming if it turns out that I have made unjust assumptions about what to expect from you. --we have two moderators who are exceptions and I think quite exceptional people; a Christian and a Muslim.

[Lion IRC]

It is a fact that I am a biblical theist

Oh,sorry, I misunderstood. I thought you were inferring that the Bible contains facts. Silly me.

It is a fact that the bible contains facts.

expecting? That would make YOU the one with presuppositions / biased thinking / presumptions...

Tu quoque (look it up) My expectations are based on a lot of experience here of those kinds of claims from a great many Christian and Muslims

Look it up? Another presumption on your part.
None on my part. In other words, that makes ONE of us, not tu

As far as 'respectful speech'. That is something you will need to earn.

Nope. I can speak respectfully without asking anyone's permission.

Of course you can,but I was referring to how I and others may respond if you post the kind of drivel one usually associates with religious apologists.

Wait...Listen to yourself. (You already are. LOL)
You were referring to how you yourself might speak.
...I am referring to myself when I say that I might say...
Hahahaha.
You'd better stick to premonitions about what others might say. At least that gets my interest.

*sniff* Some welcome thread.

No,no no, this is an INTRODUCTION thread to allow us to get to know you and you us.

Why bother with getting to know you when you can;
...My expectations are based on a lot of experience...



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My sincere apologies will be forthcoming if it turns out that I have made unjust assumptions about what to expect from you. --we have two moderators who are exceptions and I think quite exceptional people; a Christian and a Muslim.

As a critical thinker, it's the assuming for which I think you should apologize per se, not the accuracy or otherwise.

[Zen Badger]

Hi All,
Another friendly theist for your ranks. Greetings!

I love respectful dialogue and free speech - the contest of ideas.
Philosophy, AvT, ethics/morality, the "New Atheism" phenomenon.

Apart from that...

...I'm just another clown kicking around in Melbourne town
Cooling out, relaxing watching the world go round
So if you ever have the time and you want to go drink some wine
I'd rather greet you with a smile than greet you with a frown...
Cat Empire – “The Crowd”

Hi from sunny Perth, since you've quoted the Cat Empire I'll assume you're a Melbourne Boy?

P.s I know your user name from somewhere else, what other forums have you lurked on?

[KichigaiNeko]

Congratulations Lion IRC you are #80

[Lion IRC]

Hi All,
Another friendly theist for your ranks. Greetings!

I love respectful dialogue and free speech - the contest of ideas.
Philosophy, AvT, ethics/morality, the "New Atheism" phenomenon.

Apart from that...

...I'm just another clown kicking around in Melbourne town
Cooling out, relaxing watching the world go round
So if you ever have the time and you want to go drink some wine
I'd rather greet you with a smile than greet you with a frown...
Cat Empire – “The Crowd”

Hi from sunny Perth, since you've quoted the Cat Empire I'll assume you're a Melbourne Boy?

P.s I know your user name from somewhere else, what other forums have you lurked on?

Hi Zen Badger,
I know you from Rational Responders right? Maybe not. It'll come to me.
I get around a bit.
Cheers.

[Napoléon]

I have logic and reason and evidence.

Well throughout human history, no evidence of god has been discovered which stands up to scientific scrutiny.

I'm sure you're the one who's going to buck the trend though right?


Welcome.

[Lion IRC]

I have logic and reason and evidence.

Well throughout human history, no evidence of god has been discovered which stands up to scientific scrutiny.

I'm sure you're the one who's going to buck the trend though right?


Welcome.

Thanks Napoleon. (Cool cat etc etc.)

Fishing for minnows with a shark net is not the ideal basis to conclude that there's no minnows in the ocean.

Or as Abraham Maslow said, when the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

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Congratulations Lion IRC you are #80

Yay!
Did I win a prize or something?

[LastPoet]

Hi All,
Another friendly theist for your ranks. Greetings!

I love respectful dialogue and free speech - the contest of ideas.
Philosophy, AvT, ethics/morality, the "New Atheism" phenomenon.

(bold mine)

Hmmm, I for one am not paused by whatever 'not respectfull dialogue' there may be. However, take a look at the embolded part of my quote, it is a contradiction: not respectfull dialogue is still speech, since you also love free speech, you deny the latter. But I diverge, so: