(July 1, 2015 at 1:28 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote:(July 1, 2015 at 12:45 pm)tonechaser77 Wrote: I will say this, as frustrating as it is, we atheists can do a better job of leaving emotion out of our discussions for the most part. Focus on the discussion not ad hominem remarks.
I would tend to agree with this, except I refuse to treat every conversation like a formal debate. I am an emotive person. I like to use words which express that. If every conversation on this board was just automatons riffing exposition at each other, I don't think I'd stay.
I understand your point and can agree. I'm speaking mostly of people (myself included) who get so damn tired of the mental gymnastics / back-n-forth that they just say fuck it and go off on rants about how stupid theists are etc. It's so easy to to jump down that rabbit hole because of the frustration level. I'm trying not to be that person.
**Crickets** -- God