(November 2, 2011 at 7:31 pm)Napoleon Wrote: Yes I know what it means, but I reject its usage here.
I reject your existence now fuck off.
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Does this constitute as an argument in your mind? That’s funny if it does.
(November 3, 2011 at 9:12 am)Zen Badger Wrote: Do you have any examples of this atheist hate mail that AIG get?
Only their word, which is all you have as well, Dawkins’ word.
“We certainly saw our share of “hate mail” and other forms of opposition over the construction of the Creation Museum. But at the time we also shared how God used this for good in so many ways…”
- AIG
They also had anti-Christian groups pose as over-the-top gay couples trying to attend a Valentine’s Day dinner at the Creation Museum solely to try and cause a scene and disrupt a private function. Luckily AiG was well aware of the plot and didn’t fall for it. So Richard Dawkins is delusional if he thinks he is the only one who has to deal with this sort of garbage.
(November 3, 2011 at 9:16 am)Rhythm Wrote: Bah, I don't even want to hear this garbage. I've seen each of you claim some common religious belief, yourself specifically stating that the 38,000 denominations of christianity were all essentially the same. I've also had each of you try to fob off the "not really a christian" argument.
It's both. You claim to follow the same god, except when you don't. Very irritating. When's the last time you challenged an Old Earth Creationist? Or a non literal believer? Care to tell the catholics that they're apostates? Of course not, united front and all. Horseshit.
38,000? That seems to be a bit off, I imagine you are counting each “non-denominational” church as its own separate denomination which of course is just silly. Surprise! Surprise! That’s the number Wikipedia cites, now I know where you got it from. That’s funny considering they list less than 1,000 in their list of significant denominations.
(November 3, 2011 at 2:54 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote: The thing is that I'm not condoning hate mail to AiG, which if they do indeed get it I'm sure not all of it is from atheists. But it's not atheists who are walking around with a holier-than-thou attitude just because they're atheists and telling everyone that since they're atheists, they follow a doctrine of love and holiness. In other words, atheists aren't the ones going around telling people that they're better people because they're atheists and then sending vile, profanity-laced hate mail to people they don't like. Atheists aren't pretending to be holy like Jesus on the one hand, then sending death threats and doing other things that Jesus wouldn't do on the other.
I would like to see some of the "hate mail" that AiG gets, because I'm sure most of it is probably of the, "You are totally ignorant of evolutionary theory" kind.
You are misrepresenting the Christian teaching on man. Christians do not believe they are any better than anyone else because the Bible teaches they are not. Any Christian who believes otherwise is acting in a manner contrary to the teachings of scripture. Just read the words to “Amazing Grace” and tell me how Newton viewed himself. AIG posts and responds to all of their mail that says they are ignorant of evolution, they will not post the profane or vile mail; there is actually a disclaimer on their mail application stating that if you use profane or obscene language it will never be published on the site. They do this so it is not encouraged. I am sure that the majority of “hate mail” Dawkins gets is actually just people pointing out his factual errors and logical inconsistencies.
