Woman burned alive for 'sorcery' in Papua New Guinea

[Brian37]

Drich, don't use the word bigot at all, I don't give one fuck how you define it. You use it to try to prop us up as the bad guys. You do that because you don't want to look in the mirror at your own claims. So you use a loaded word in order to demonize us.

And you STILL have no evidence for your invisible friend. You have a naked assertion, nothing more.

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Drich, I wish to apologize: I didn't realize I was dealing with someone who is insane/mentally challenged/otherwise defective. I thought I was dealing with a completely conscious human being, but it's become apparent I've actually been talking to some kind of sponge with a bible lodged in it.

I refuse to believe that a fully functional human being could be this dense and idiotic on their own. You couldn't have missed the point of any one of my salient arguments more if you tried. I've come to believe, in fact, that you don't have a consistent viewpoint at all, because nothing in your inane and pathetic ramblings even hints at one, beyond "durr, bible good!"

So fuck off. I'm done with you. And I don't usually do this, but I'm willing to call this debate in favor of me, by dint of the fact that I was the only one here actually thinking before he spoke. Try developing a working brain, and then we might talk.

No no no no, don't write Drich off. The more theists with these horrible arguments display them, the more others can see for themselves how bad the arguments are. It is useful because those who have doubts or those on the fence can see how bad the logic is so they themselves don't get sucked into it like Drich has.

I have been at this for 12 years and I have seen the same skunky arguments repackaged over and over. It seems tiresome but this is long term and not about one person.

I have seen the change the long term can do when you don't let up. I have seen many people leave religion over the years. I know of people who used to be leaders of churches.

It may not change Drich, but it can act as a prevention for others and it can pull people out who have doubts. My own younger sister used to be uber right wing and now she is an atheist. And like me, many others here, maybe not all, got out because of others questioning us.

Drich is exasperating, but so is anyone who has woo or a superstition. I've dealt with crop circle nuts, little green men nuts, Muslims who claim the Koran is scientific, Jews who claim their books are scientific, and even atheists who postulate pantheism and the transporter from Star Trek being a possibility. Mayan crap, you name it, I have dealt with it.

Drich serves a purpose to our advantage.