What IS good, and how do we determine it?

[Randy Carson]

You imply a dichotomy where none exists. I agree with all teachings of the Catholic Church.

Okay. Fuck off then. We have all the links to the catechism. When we have a question as to what you think, we'll search it up. No reason for you to be here.

Utter stupidity. Are you ever embarrassed by some of the nonsense you write?

Quoting a passage from Ehrman or Craig is simply grist for the mill. If I didn't want to discuss with you, I could just watch YouTube videos of Hitchens, Harris, or Krauss.

Rubbish. The fact that I have some of MY thoughts put down in Word is because I have been doing this a very, very long time. Why reinvent the wheel?

Case in point...Spacetime joined the forum a few days ago. Same arguments, different day. How foolish is it to type my fingers off telling him in different words what I have already told you and others.

My very point. It's obvious when you do it. It's shitty forum etiquette. You've been asked to stop. And then you wonder why everyone you encounter has the same response to you.

Heh...what you want is for me to stop giving good answers to bad questions.

Now, let's be honest: you anti-christers (hey, that has a ring to it) do something similar...instead of even bothering to post AT ALL (which is what I do), you simply say, "Look, asshole, this has all been discussed before. Do a search in the forum and stop wasting everyone's time."

Wow. THAT makes for great discussion, doesn't it? But I'm given that kind of response frequently...especially when I was newer here.

Maybe you are happy to have the same discussion over and over, but a lot of us aren't.

Then don't post. Sheesh, how hard is that?

We're here for discussion, and when Christians come in here and want to have the same conversation we've had 100 times before, acting like it's completely new information for all of us and playing the "gotcha" game, you'd be happy if we all trotted out the old Word files and posted pages at each other? What kind of twisted version of discussion are you interested in? So if you want to see our responses to the very same questions you are asking, search it up. If you want to spin off a thread from a response, by all means go ahead.

First, I'm the new guy. How do I know what you have and haven't discussed before? Second, so what if we are making the same arguments that have been made a hundred times before? Ever play chess? Think you're inventing something that Grand Masters haven't considered?

I'm developing MY skills as a player while simultaneously challenging yours. That's why we play the game, Mike.

rexbeccarox has. Twice.

And let's not kid one another: CL's avatar has got more than a few of the guys here dialing the aggression in their responses to her way, way down.

I did not say she hasn't been speedbumped or sent unofficial warnings. I said I hadn't had to. How many times were you PM'ed your first week? How many times did we have to explain our rules here? How many times were you publicly adamant that we are doing it wrong and we should play by your rules instead?

A lot. Because I didn't initially understand the 30/30 rule. Later, it was because you guys have posted a 30/30 Exception, but you don't allow newbies to actually invoke it. So, I waited it out. CL will do the same.

Also, are you implying that we didn't know that Catholic_Lady was a woman before she posted her avatar? Or are you just attracted to her and projecting like you usually do?

Another mature response. Really, when you get mad, you ought to log off instead of posting.

If it is your opinion that I'm following the teaching of the Catholic Church at a whole new level, then I am honored. I would disagree, but thank you.

I am implying that you are shitty at this. You have presented us with a Catholic automaton who will repeat catechism and prepared dialogue on demand, and thence have done more for atheism on these boards in the last month or so than anyone in a while.

Spoken like someone who would like nothing more than to see fewer, solid Catholic answers posted in his atheist haven.

As if you would be MORE likely to consider Catholicism if I were silent. Really? I don't think so. But it was a nice try, Mike.