RE: Thoughts from a Christian
October 25, 2014 at 10:01 pm
(This post was last modified: October 25, 2014 at 10:15 pm by trmof.)
(October 25, 2014 at 8:08 pm)Chas Wrote: It is seriously ignorant and presumptuous of you to assume that atheists have not tried what this challenge espouses, and even more.
You would get a better reception had you asked if anyone had ever tried this, what their experiences were, what more they might have done, without whining that they won't even watch it.
Do you think you're the first to show up with this? Really?
There is a very vocal of minority of atheists which I encounter regularly who will flatly refuse to take part in this sort of introspection. I am attempting to expand their intellectual horizons. Whether or not those people are strongly represented here, I see no better way to attract their attention to the issue than to post it on a popular atheist forum. Those are the people at which the video (if you are able to view it) is directed. If this is not an accurate description of you, then feel free to ignore it.
(October 25, 2014 at 8:30 pm)Esquilax Wrote:(October 25, 2014 at 8:00 pm)trmof Wrote: This is a very immature and rude tactic, to put words in somebody's mouth without speaking to them directly. Everyone who has matured past high-school is aware of this and recognizes it for the passive-aggressive, meaningless fluff that it is. You're more than welcome to behave like a child and frame your opinions like a child, but you will also more than likely be talked down to like one. You would do well to correct this habit if you want to maintain stronger social connections beyond your sphere of immediate friends.
Dude, Aoi was pretty clearly speaking in jest, hence the tongue-in-cheek emote. We joke a lot here. We're jokesters.
As for what you were trying to do here, I appreciate how well you took the mod ruling on your video. You could always set up a new thread explaining things. Just be warned: be prepared to have your challenge thoroughly dissected before it's even tried.
But then, there's nothing wrong with some in depth investigation, right?
Fair enough, I'll receive it as a joke. I find very often that I am not granted this same benefit of the doubt in internet conversations, but this is hardly Aoi's fault, and you are correct in reminding me that this is no reason for ME to assume the worst of other people, particularly if I don't enjoy it happening to me. Point taken.
And I sincerely thank you all for the warm welcome. I think we should move any remaining debates to other posts at this point and I'll return to the subject of the video at a later date. I will simply say that I am a Christian Libertarian, and that I have had numerous experiences with God which have left me with no reasonable choice but to believe in him. I also feels the Bible and many of it's ideas have been criminally misrepresented to the public by most people who claim to preach it and represent it, that agnosticism is a more philosophically helpful and sound way to look at the world than atheism, and that a more thorough understanding of these topics would go a long way towards silencing non-helpful voices on both sides of the debate and fostering a more productive interchange of ideas.
