(September 18, 2015 at 11:05 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: It seems, Randy, that you think that the length of your posts should directly correlate to the amount of respect it gets. It's funny that you are literally the only theist in this thread that is experiencing dismissal, and you still won't own that maybe, just fucking maybe it's about you and not us.
That may be, Mike, but the length of some posts is based upon what may be required to answer a question or refute a stupidity adequately. A skeptic (or even an honest seeker or fellow believer) can ask a short question (What is truth? Does God exist?) that deserves more than a brief reply.
And no, it's not just about me. CL quit the forum for a time over how you "brights" savaged her in another thread. You've all kissed and made up now, it appears, but it would only take a couple of strong doctrinal posts from her to turn you against her again.
IOW, you tolerate the believers in this forum who play...what is it? Mafia?...or chat about inane topics of the day, but you have ZERO tolerance for anyone who is dedicated to actually explaining and defending Christianity in the Christianity subforum.
You are absolutely kidding yourself if you honestly believe this is a "discussion forum" - a phrase you mods have thrown at me endlessly since I joined.
REALLY? "Discussion"? What you really mean is that this is a forum for (mostly) former Christians to bash Christianity amongst yourselves (witness dyresand's near-daily posting of "Stupid Christians in the News" threads).
Quote:Has it ever even crossed your mind that your condescending, robotic approach might be the reason you get no respect here? Can you appreciate that C_L, kingpin, DP, and other theists here are liked because they treat this place like the community it is and participate with us on a level that shows us that they at least are trying to fit in?
See above.
And what, exactly, does "trying to fit in" mean when discussing Christianity in an atheist forum?
Should we laugh along with all of you every time someone posts a blasphemous meme or starts another thread that misrepresents Christianity?
John 15:18-20
18 “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. 19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. 20 Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. 21 They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the one who sent me. 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 Whoever hates me hates my Father as well. 24 If I had not done among them the works no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. As it is, they have seen, and yet they have hated both me and my Father. 25 But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated me without reason.’
Quote:Probably not. It's just mean atheists that don't give you the respect you and your catechism deserve. Shame.
There's nothing that I can see to admire about atheism, so what respect do you honestly expect from me?
As for you respecting me or the Catechism, that's up to you. I don't expect anything...I'm just here to provide information about what Christians and Catholics, in particular, believe.
Quote:On a general level, Christians in general cannot imagine a world where their beliefs and dogma aren't automatically revered by fiat. In general, I don't see your stories as any different than the Iliad or the Poetic Edda. They are fantastical bullshit, and my opinion on the matter has the same weight as yours. Christians are a shrinking majority, and aren't being afforded the same societal privilege any longer, and they are kicking and screaming like petulant children not getting what they want as a result. Sorry 'bout your luck.
If I were to actually analyze these assertions as needed to do them justice, I would be guilty of another "lengthy" post, and we can't have that.
