RE: The five "R"s that probably inspired the invention of god and religion:
June 1, 2013 at 11:13 pm
(June 1, 2013 at 7:32 pm)smax Wrote: I already stated my intent to create a progressive discussion.
But you didn't state that in the OP, which is why I was quick to ask you for evidence to back up your claims.
(June 1, 2013 at 4:02 pm)smax Wrote: Kind of seemed obvious to me, being that I was creating a thread on a discussion forum, but I'll keep your objection in mind in the future.
Many a thread get created here to simply state the poster's opinions about something without any intent to actually have a discussion about it. The bare nature of the OP made it appear to be one of them.
(June 1, 2013 at 7:32 pm)smax Wrote: I'm not sure when it happened, but I suspect I rubbed you, and maybe some other staff members, the wrong way somewhere along the line. I loosely base that on the fact that I've read numerous thread topics that were ridiculously pointless and baseless, and yet not accompanied by the same objections some of mind have met with.
Hmmm...my objections have nothing to do with me being on the staff. Unless I am enforcing the rules, I am just another member. I can't speak for the others on the staff, but nothing whatsoever would give me any indication that anyone harbors any animosity towards you.
Those "ridiculously pointless and baseless" thread topics don't get the level of serious objections towards them for the simple reason that they are, in fact, ridiculously pointless.
(June 1, 2013 at 7:32 pm)smax Wrote: Anyway, just a theory.
More of a hypothesis.
(Sorry, couldn't help myself.)
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
