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[vulcanlogician]

Gee, that's really impressive.

If only everyone would just quote other people.

Fuxake what a pompous remark.

You are right that does sound elitist. I have nothing against more light-hearted threads where people make pithy comments, discuss topical issues, and/or build a sense of community.

I was expressing a preference for discussions where the participants share the common nomenclature of the Western philosophy. I simply get more out of being reminded of an objection by Hume, for example, and forced to reckon with it than I get from clever irreverences. IMHO, there are more than enough atheist members noting the problems with fundamentalist doctrines in the section devoted to religion and too few pondering the ramifications of the death of god in the philosophy section.

That said, the religious trolls tend to keep the atheist trolls occupied and out of my hair, which is just fine with me.

I dig what you're saying, actually. But I think a lot of it boils down to "people in general" not being interested in philosophy-- not necessarily atheists not being interested in philosophy. I mean, most people don't care. We tend to think of the Greeks as the intellectual giants of ancient times, but they killed Socrates. Why? Because most of his Greek contemporaries didn't see the relevance of what Socrates was saying. A disconcern with philosophy is endemic of all ages... all peoples... and all subgroups of all peoples.

As for your original comment about Nietzsche... I didn't read it as pompous personally. Just snarky. And an appropriate amount of snark for a thread with this title.