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RE: I'll show you a real Christian
May 24, 2014 at 6:58 am
(May 24, 2014 at 4:20 am)BlackMason Wrote: This is just the no true scotsman fallacy on a grand scale. Poor form, buddy. This is a stupid thread.
I took it to be a statement on how impossible it is to actually tell how is a "true christian" and who isn't; every denomination thinks that they're the True Christians, and that every other denomination is faking it. All of those claims overlap, so that effectively every christian both is and isn't a true christian.
Who do you listen to?
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RE: I'll show you a real Christian
May 24, 2014 at 7:02 am
(May 24, 2014 at 6:43 am)BlackMason Wrote: At this point he/she can come on and claim that their point was that which you're making. I on the other hand would think that would be an example of disingenuity. He could.
(May 24, 2014 at 6:43 am)BlackMason Wrote: At the very least Kitanetos was irresponsible for leaving his thread ambiguous. He should be admonished for that. This isn't a frivolous area of the site after all.
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RE: I'll show you a real Christian
May 24, 2014 at 7:17 am
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(May 24, 2014 at 6:58 am)Esquilax Wrote: (May 24, 2014 at 4:20 am)BlackMason Wrote: This is just the no true scotsman fallacy on a grand scale. Poor form, buddy. This is a stupid thread.
I took it to be a statement on how impossible it is to actually tell how is a "true christian" and who isn't; every denomination thinks that they're the True Christians, and that every other denomination is faking it. All of those claims overlap, so that effectively every christian both is and isn't a true christian.
Who do you listen to?
So use your own interpretation on what he said? Again it is irresponsible to leave a message to subjective interpretation in this kind of forum. Isn't that one of the arguments that we atheists use on christians? Why would god leave an important document to subjective interpretation?
Who do I listen to? For me it's more like what. I listen to reason and logic.
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RE: I'll show you a real Christian
May 24, 2014 at 8:06 am
(May 24, 2014 at 7:17 am)BlackMason Wrote: So use your own interpretation on what he said? Again it is irresponsible to leave a message to subjective interpretation in this kind of forum. Isn't that one of the arguments that we atheists use on christians? Why would god leave an important document to subjective interpretation?
Who do I listen to? For me it's more like what. I listen to reason and logic.
Comedy clubs must be a veritable torture chamber for you.
Also, two weeks and 30 posts gives little credence to your expert analysis of what kind of forum this is.
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RE: I'll show you a real Christian
May 24, 2014 at 8:15 am
(May 24, 2014 at 7:17 am)BlackMason Wrote: (May 24, 2014 at 6:58 am)Esquilax Wrote: I took it to be a statement on how impossible it is to actually tell how is a "true christian" and who isn't; every denomination thinks that they're the True Christians, and that every other denomination is faking it. All of those claims overlap, so that effectively every christian both is and isn't a true christian.
Who do you listen to?
So use your own interpretation on what he said? Again it is irresponsible to leave a message to subjective interpretation in this kind of forum. Isn't that one of the arguments that we atheists use on christians? Why would god leave an important document to subjective interpretation?
Who do I listen to? For me it's more like what. I listen to reason and logic.
I think someone needs a nice tall glass of chill the fuck out.
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RE: I'll show you a real Christian
May 24, 2014 at 8:59 am
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(May 24, 2014 at 8:06 am)Cato Wrote: Comedy clubs must be a veritable torture chamber for you.
Actually I love comedy.
(May 24, 2014 at 8:06 am)Cato Wrote: Also, two weeks and 30 posts gives little credence to your expert analysis of what kind of forum this is.
Now we've resorted to ad hominems. Wow this is unbbelievable. Judge me on the merit of what I'm saying rather than what you know about me. Perhaps the categories on this site are meaningless.
(May 24, 2014 at 8:15 am)Starvald Demelain Wrote: I think someone needs a nice tall glass of chill the fuck out.
Is this place a haven for confirmation bias for atheists? Lets put the shoe on the other foot: If a theist posted something directed at atheists in a similar manner, a whole swat team of atheists would come out right? So where's the consistency men? Or is this site a place for jokers? Lets use this incident to do a little introspection. It seems that some people here are becoming the very thing they claim to be against. They're just using a different name.
I expect all you guys to call me out if I ever started writing bullshit. What example are we setting here? Its bullshit that this type of thing is a joke just because one of our own did it. But had it been a theist it would be unacceptable.
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RE: I'll show you a real Christian
May 24, 2014 at 9:16 am
(May 24, 2014 at 8:59 am)BlackMason Wrote: Is this place a haven for confirmation bias for atheists? Lets put the shoe on the other foot: If a theist posted something directed at atheists in a similar manner, a whole swat team of atheists would come out right? So where's the consistency men? Or is this site a place for jokers? Lets use this incident to do a little introspection. It seems that some people here are becoming the very thing they claim to be against. They're just using a different name.
So, if I'm reading this right, you're mad because Kitanetos posted something that made you think, rather than just telling you directly what it means?
Quote:So use your own interpretation on what he said? Again it is irresponsible to leave a message to subjective interpretation in this kind of forum. Isn't that one of the arguments that we atheists use on christians? Why would god leave an important document to subjective interpretation?
Who do I listen to? For me it's more like what. I listen to reason and logic.
The difference, of course, is that my "subjective interpretation," at least has the benefit of being based on demonstrable events, whereas a christian's subjective whatsits of the bible is already factually dubious before they even get to the point of adding their own spin on it.
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RE: I'll show you a real Christian
May 24, 2014 at 9:24 am
(May 24, 2014 at 9:16 am)Esquilax Wrote: So, if I'm reading this right, you're mad because Kitanetos posted something that made you think, rather than just telling you directly what it means?
Is my message really that difficult to understand? I'll simplify: Hypocracy.
(May 24, 2014 at 9:16 am)Esquilax Wrote: The difference, of course, is that my "subjective interpretation," at least has the benefit of being based on demonstrable events, whereas a christian's subjective whatsits of the bible is already factually dubious before they even get to the point of adding their own spin on it.
I'm wasting my time aren't I?
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RE: I'll show you a real Christian
May 24, 2014 at 9:32 am
(May 24, 2014 at 9:24 am)BlackMason Wrote: Is my message really that difficult to understand? I'll simplify: Hypocracy.
I think you are just assuming that Kit has an opinion of something and now being hypocritical. You seem determined to shit yourself over one thing or another.
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RE: I'll show you a real Christian
May 24, 2014 at 9:35 am
(May 24, 2014 at 6:43 am)BlackMason Wrote: (May 24, 2014 at 4:37 am)Insanity Wrote: Or that could be his point.. That there isn't such thing as a 'real' christian.
Who knows, could just be a joke. Or the invisible man doing a prayer.
At this point he/she can come on and claim that their point was that which you're making. I on the other hand would think that would be an example of disingenuity.
At the very least Kitanetos was irresponsible for leaving his thread ambiguous. He should be admonished for that. This isn't a frivolous area of the site after all.
Literal much? Should poetry and humor also be banned?
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