The Problem of Evil combined with the problem of Free Will

[Valyza1]

You give me the impression that your intention is to thwart, which is really kind of the opposite of communication, isn't it?  I'm sure you aren't alone in that on these boards.  However, for me, I have been able to communicate in a civilized way and did learn a thing or two about other points of view.  I find it much more rewarding than simply defending a position.

When it works, sure.  In my experience, with the sort of nutters I apply ridicule to, all you're going to learn from them is that they're nuts.  

If you say so. I tend to think that if they don't actually identify what you're saying as ridicule, which often, as you say, is not overt, then they pick up on the error within the ridicule (most ridicules contain intentional propositional
falsities or exaggerations).

The notion is that like attracts like.  This is borne out everywhere, actually, including this forum.  I just had a rather lucid and educational conversation in this very thread with another poster.

That's a quaint notion.  You know, some nutters think that's a law of a the universe.  It's the basis of sympathetic magic, for example.  

I don't know if I'd ever claim it's a law of the universe, but it seems to be quite prevalent. What's your view on it?

It's entertaining . Never said there wasn't entertainment value to it

-and it keeps the nutters in line (according to you).  What's the problem?

Enmity