(September 18, 2014 at 12:58 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: The point being dismissed on the grounds of insult is that I made up the people that I mistakenly recalled as saying that they were humanists. An illogical conclusion derived from an insult.
My claim to know these people was dismissed on the grounds that I'd mistaken the name of their philosophy and was therefore obviously stupid.
If you actually got their philosophy right and still used them as an authority to override what we humanists here say humanism is, you would still be in error.
(September 18, 2014 at 12:58 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Rhythm initially made the error, jw and then you joined in. Looks like classic ad-hom to me.
Could you be more specific about what our error was? If you're just saying you're not stupid, I never thought you were.
(September 18, 2014 at 12:58 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Name calling. The "worst kind of argument"
Name-calling isn't an argument at all. It's usually venting.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
