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Dear “pineapplebunnybounce” (if that truly is your name) (post 9)—
You introduce a couple of worthwhile points.
You notice that I “genuinely don't know what atheists are” and that I don’t know “what the position is.” That may be true. I left atheism behind decades ago. In those days there was no internet, so I didn’t have the peer pressure you have today. I had to go it alone, and the resources were far too paltry to keep me from thinking for myself.
So all I know of present-day atheist culture is what present-day atheists present to the world. And of course as an Orthodox Christian I'm painfully aware of the many new martyrs that militant atheism has given the Church. I'm sure this knowledge is, if possible, just as painful to a caring individual like yourself as it is to me.
On the other hand you also acknowledge that I'm “not recreating a mistaken image of atheism.” I appreciate that.
You then observe that “atheists care about a lot of things.” That’s a very good point, and I'm glad you mentioned it. I was dubious myself about the line “Nothing Matters.”
I think you're the only person who had anything at all to say about the actual content.
That in itself deserves appreciation!
Thx.
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“missluckie26” (post 10) finds the piece “offensively ignorant,” “stereotypical,” and “poorly written,” but declines to say why. (“Poorly written,” certainly a controversial, claim is irrelevant for our purposes here.)
I can’t guarantee that everyone here has a well-functioning intellect. Part of my contention is that atheism tends to impair the normal functioning of the human soul.
Nevertheless I'm sure that we all want to know your reasons for making these remarks.
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In post 13 “pineapplebunnybounce” has changed her mind. She now believes that I'm here just “to throw [my] ignorant ideas around.” Now, in post #9 she (or he) had something relevant to say. That’s the stuff we want to hear about. If my ideas are “ignorant” we’ll be better informed if you'll tell us why they seem so to you. The claim alone doesn’t tell us anything.
I'm not the one who can explain your thinking to us. You have to do it.
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And “finally”—rather I should say “finely:” Finely a post (post 14) from an actual writer!—the Last of all possible Poets! She (or he) notes that my humble bit of theatre (unless it's a film; or a radio play—a podcast or something) was but a “poor attempt of [or “at”] humor.”
“Last Poet’s” is a post we should all take seriously insofar as this is posted in the Department of Humour. But “Last Poet” says nothing about the content. The content is where all the content is. That’s what we want to hear about.
“Pineapplebunnybounce” is the only one who had the wit to make any kind of comment on the actual content.
We have to do better than this. So far the complaints have all been very abstract and general. Not one person has said anything specific. Without specificity we're just spinning our wheels.
Now this is a humour forum. But we're about to talk serious bidniss. Should we do it here or in the Art Department? I vote Art Department. Does that present a problem?
H
Dear “pineapplebunnybounce” (if that truly is your name) (post 9)—
You introduce a couple of worthwhile points.
You notice that I “genuinely don't know what atheists are” and that I don’t know “what the position is.” That may be true. I left atheism behind decades ago. In those days there was no internet, so I didn’t have the peer pressure you have today. I had to go it alone, and the resources were far too paltry to keep me from thinking for myself.
So all I know of present-day atheist culture is what present-day atheists present to the world. And of course as an Orthodox Christian I'm painfully aware of the many new martyrs that militant atheism has given the Church. I'm sure this knowledge is, if possible, just as painful to a caring individual like yourself as it is to me.
On the other hand you also acknowledge that I'm “not recreating a mistaken image of atheism.” I appreciate that.
You then observe that “atheists care about a lot of things.” That’s a very good point, and I'm glad you mentioned it. I was dubious myself about the line “Nothing Matters.”
I think you're the only person who had anything at all to say about the actual content.
That in itself deserves appreciation!
Thx.
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“missluckie26” (post 10) finds the piece “offensively ignorant,” “stereotypical,” and “poorly written,” but declines to say why. (“Poorly written,” certainly a controversial, claim is irrelevant for our purposes here.)
I can’t guarantee that everyone here has a well-functioning intellect. Part of my contention is that atheism tends to impair the normal functioning of the human soul.
Nevertheless I'm sure that we all want to know your reasons for making these remarks.
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In post 13 “pineapplebunnybounce” has changed her mind. She now believes that I'm here just “to throw [my] ignorant ideas around.” Now, in post #9 she (or he) had something relevant to say. That’s the stuff we want to hear about. If my ideas are “ignorant” we’ll be better informed if you'll tell us why they seem so to you. The claim alone doesn’t tell us anything.
I'm not the one who can explain your thinking to us. You have to do it.
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And “finally”—rather I should say “finely:” Finely a post (post 14) from an actual writer!—the Last of all possible Poets! She (or he) notes that my humble bit of theatre (unless it's a film; or a radio play—a podcast or something) was but a “poor attempt of [or “at”] humor.”
“Last Poet’s” is a post we should all take seriously insofar as this is posted in the Department of Humour. But “Last Poet” says nothing about the content. The content is where all the content is. That’s what we want to hear about.
“Pineapplebunnybounce” is the only one who had the wit to make any kind of comment on the actual content.
We have to do better than this. So far the complaints have all been very abstract and general. Not one person has said anything specific. Without specificity we're just spinning our wheels.
Now this is a humour forum. But we're about to talk serious bidniss. Should we do it here or in the Art Department? I vote Art Department. Does that present a problem?
H
