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A Simple Question...or 3!
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(November 17, 2012 at 10:04 am)jonb Wrote:
(November 17, 2012 at 12:02 am)The_Germans_are_coming Wrote: Why do most christians always refuse to reply to me!

You seemed surprised. To me the answer is obvious. I try to look behind the statements people make and understand their motivations.

The pathology of christards.
You may well see this forum as primarily as a place for open discussion. However the christards tend not have this approach. There is an imperative in christian and islamic philosophies to prothletise. This imperative is often the driving factor that brings them to this forum.

They want to spread their philosophy. When one of their number put up a thread asking if he could use his interaction here as evidence of his work, many atheists expressed surprise that merely making posts to express opinions could be considered work. But for the christian involved it is work, there seems to be only one driving force which is to make conversions.

Given this, you see the christards act similarly to predators, some will make a sudden rush to cause discord, a trollish type approach. Others will use camouflage pretending to be one of the godless so they can get close, and others will be all reasonable, as though prothletising has never been on their mind. But it is to the most part the only reason why they are here.

As such, christards are directed to go after the weak, and vulnerable, or leaders, but they will avoid those of us who have little status, but strong views.

This is one of the most brilliant and poignant bits of analysis that I've read in some time.



@Daniel:

How does one go from "I have this text" plus "others say it is the perfect word of God" to this, "therefore, it is the perfect word of God." ?


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A Simple Question...or 3! - by ronedee - November 16, 2012 at 10:25 pm
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