(September 26, 2017 at 4:54 pm)beepete Wrote:(September 26, 2017 at 9:55 am)Astonished Wrote: You can link videos so the video actually shows up in the post rather than linking to it. Also it would be polite to at least describe what it is you're substituting for your own words.
Rules are rules (just ask Moses - seems we all need them and I was unaware of the link violation). It was a small clip by Carl Sagan on religion, science and the cosmos in general. It was not a substitution for my own words - Carl Sagan was far too articulate and clever for that. I had started to form the opinion (incorrectly it now seems) that I would discover people of his intellectual caliber and rationality on this forum.Perhaps they are here somewhere, but I'm yet to find him. Thanks for the tip on being polite.
If you want to find any intelligent discussion, step 1 would probably be to start in a thread that isn't by astonished. Most people don't even bother to read his threads, because all he does is spew hatred and bigotry. I only post in them occasionally in the hopes of spreading the message that we aren't all assholes and we don't all support his views.