(July 28, 2014 at 4:17 pm)Drich Wrote:(July 28, 2014 at 3:19 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: Welcome back, Drich, I had wondered to where you'd gone off.things were getting quite here so I thought I'd let some unchallenged topics go by to foster some new growth/braven up some lurkers and potential new members, so I went to another atheist site, and found a whole bunch of new people to offend along with some old standbys. Then was told of a Christian/cult forum and it soon took up all my time. They got mad and censored all my post by deleting whole sections, and towards the end when that was not enough, the mods would take whole essays and say: "Drich says this" which was never accurate in the least. Then when people starting emailing me I was bann. Then I found a church locally. So my wife and I have been going to it. We will see what happens there. Good people who care about themselves and God.. Just a little nuts in what they think and how they go about doing it.
It sounds like you've been having a good time, glad to hear it.
(July 28, 2014 at 4:17 pm)Drich Wrote:(July 28, 2014 at 3:19 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: It doesn't offend us to call us good, so if it's for our sake, no need for the scare quotes. If it's to point out that we're not actually good, I'd say that's not very classy, and arguably unChristian.actually quite the opposite. Christ himself said none are Good except God. My 'quotes' separate the Good Christ was talking about from the douchey kind of 'good' most of you are.
Fair enough. So you meant to say 'the douchey kind of 'good' most of US are', right?
(July 28, 2014 at 4:17 pm)Drich Wrote:(July 28, 2014 at 3:19 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: Good for you! I'm glad you got something out of your experiences.Being the bad guy that no one can stop from tearing down their religious beliefs, was kind of fun.
The best beliefs are the ones that are left standing after someone has torn down all the badly supported ones. You were doing them a favor.
(July 28, 2014 at 4:17 pm)Drich Wrote:(July 28, 2014 at 3:19 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: That sounds like an interesting observation. I'm interested in learning what you mean by it.someone has already summed it up as conformation bias. We believe first and then seek evidence to support what we already think to be true.
That's one of the hardest things to screen for, even when you're trying.
(July 28, 2014 at 4:17 pm)Drich Wrote:(July 28, 2014 at 3:19 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: Have you heard the story about the traveler who asked the local what the people in the area are like?no I have not
Goes looking for a link. Well, that took longer than I thought. Here you go:
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/traveltales.ht...sandfarmer
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
