(February 9, 2010 at 6:16 pm)theVOID Wrote: No shit he doesn't claim to represent Atheism, but he does make an impression that is bound to be generalized. Pointless personal attacks like the one Min made only hinder progress, i feel Zhalentine was perfectly justified in his remark.
Also, telling someone to "kindly fuck off and die" over something so trivial makes you look like a complete fool, just letting you know.
Christians in the past have burned thousands of their kind for the unproven sin of witchcraft. Gee, it must be sad that a few of those people gave the rest of them a bad name!
See how ridiculous that is? It sidesteps the discussion and makes an ignorant statement that has NOTHING to do in a rational discourse on the nature of Christianity. Deal with the ideas, not the people.
Zhalentine's remark was of the same caliber - proving nothing except laying blame without examination of the offending ideas.
We all do foolish things. I let my vitriol overflow occasionally and appear into my posts.
That doesn't invalidate what I've said, however it does "make" me look like something I may not be. That lends credence to my argument that such vapid statements only serve to distract from the ideas at hand. Challenge the thought, not the insults, as insults are merely an irrational outgrowth of another's opinion.
