RE: I think I have "Dillahunty Syndrome"
July 14, 2012 at 1:36 pm
(This post was last modified: July 14, 2012 at 1:45 pm by Napoléon.)
(July 14, 2012 at 11:20 am)Simon Moon Wrote: The way I look at it, the debates aren't just for the theist being debated. It is for those lurking, or sitting on the sidelines that still have a sliver of their mind still open to critical thinking.
That is very true, but like it touched on in the video I linked, after you yourself get quite bored of debating, it turns into more ridicule and tauntish arrogant behaviour, of which I am guilty of myself. You start to lose interest in actually taking the time to present your arguments in a cool, calm and constructed manner, because you know the person you're arguing against won't pay a blind bit of notice anyway. So then it gives you more immediate satisfaction to just say "haha you're such a fucking idiot". The result of this though is a contribution to the 'arrogant atheist' stereotype, which doesn't help anyone, especially not the cause you're trying to put across. But you can't (or at least I can't) help doing it anyway.
I guess it is the casual observer who will actually reap the most rewards from any debates we have on sites such as this. So I think from now on I'm going to leave it to those who still have the mindset to get stuck into those such debates. Obviously I'll still pass comment on things, wouldn't be much point being here otherwise, but frankly debating the same old shit has just about worn itself out with me.