RE: Proving God in 20 statements
April 4, 2016 at 10:32 pm
(This post was last modified: April 4, 2016 at 10:38 pm by smfortune.)
(April 3, 2016 at 2:27 pm)KevinM1 Wrote:I hoped I was coming into an arena where reason and polite debate was cherished, fostered and celebrated. I'm sorry that I was mistaken. Anyway, cheers mate.(April 2, 2016 at 3:03 pm)smfortune Wrote: Here's the verbal (sic) warning that I received from Atheistforums.org on trying to copy and paste the link: "You have received a verbal warning from the staff of Atheist Forums. We do not allow new users to post links to outside content until they have reached both 30 days of membership and accrued 30 points. This is clearly highlighted in the rules. (link provided) Please review our rules and refrain from posting links until you have fulfilled these criteria. If you'd like to discuss your 'proof', you may post the text in a regular post. Thanks for your cooperation." So tell me again, how did I step over a line? Look, I've been called a clown, silly and now a scrub by the gentle folk on this forum and I've been reticent about it for the sake of the discussion and frankly, I've been brought up better than retaliating with like. I've posted on theistic forums and the level of class and respect is far and away superior to what is meted out here. But I've dealt with you enough. Have a good day, sir.
Could it be due to the fact that you're telling them what they want to hear?
I mean, shit man, you're coming into hostile territory, a place that prides itself on the freedom of expression exhibited by the free thinkers who populate the place, all to, what, prove us wrong about god with yet another iteration of an incredibly tired argument that's not at all convincing? We're supposed to, what, indulge you?
Also, it's pretty clear you didn't even bother to read the rules in place before posting. Profanity and general insults aren't against the rules. Posting links before your 30/30 is. And for all your bitching about being insulted, coming into a new place without learning how things are done, all to play apologist because religion is a lot like Pokemon (gotta catch 'em all!), is exceedingly rude. Why? Because it makes it abundantly clear that you're not interested in joining our community, but in merely proving your superiority with a tepid "Checkmate, atheists!" attempt.
We deal with apologists all the time. You're not due special consideration. Fuck off.
(April 3, 2016 at 2:37 pm)Redbeard The Pink Wrote:(April 3, 2016 at 12:22 am)Mudhammam Wrote: I hadn't realized that there existed any worldview which could establish its own terms without presuming the validity of argumentation sans evidence. What is truth?
I'm sure that various people will insist on various definitions, but the one I like is this:
Truth is that which comports with reality.
Aristotelian truth. I too subscribe to such a definition. Yet, how do we diverge so much?