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To the Moderators, please!
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#151
RE: To the Moderators, please!
September 28, 2012 at 2:09 am
Lion IRC and Godschild in the same thread?! It's like I'm seeing double!
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#152
RE: To the Moderators, please!
September 28, 2012 at 10:23 am (This post was last modified: September 28, 2012 at 10:56 am by Lion IRC.)
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#153
RE: To the Moderators, please!
September 28, 2012 at 11:13 am
The parrot is awesome!
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#154
RE: To the Moderators, please!
September 28, 2012 at 11:35 am
(September 28, 2012 at 10:23 am)Lion IRC Wrote: shine your little lighthouse light on me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zijj30HAkMA
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#155
RE: To the Moderators, please!
September 28, 2012 at 12:08 pm
A quote from my travels about the hinterlands of the web which, though I know I've shared it before, seems to fit perfectly here:

Quote:Actually, you've got it backwards. It's you fundies who want to keep everyone in the dark. After all, doesn't the name Lucifer mean "light bearer"?

Okay, okay. I'm feeling slightly magnanimous this evening, so I'll give you another answer, one that's more in the spirit of your post. A better analogy would be you repeatedly shining a large flashlight directly into our eyes while
  1. not understanding that we actually can see just fine without it;

  2. not grasping the concept that a bright light shone directly into one's eyes does more harm than good;

  3. thinking we don't really mean what we say when we politely ask you to point your flashlight elsewhere (see points 1 and 2); and

  4. not understanding that it won't make any difference if we sit and hear you ramble on about how a flashlight shining into your eyes changed your life for the better and it'd do the same for us if we only allowed it to hit our eyes for a little longer, perhaps from a different angle than we're used to (see point 3);

  5. not grasping the concept that, even if the company that manufactured your flashlight printed explicit instructions for its user to go out and shine it in other people's faces, you following those instructions are still unacceptably irritating, and do not, in fact, deserve immunity from criticism simply because the flashlight manufacturer says it's okay.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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#156
RE: To the Moderators, please!
October 7, 2012 at 9:47 pm (This post was last modified: October 7, 2012 at 10:06 pm by Tnmusicman.)
(September 27, 2012 at 1:56 am)Godschild Wrote: Good to have you here Tnmusicman, hope you enjoy the fun.

Thank you Godschild. I hope to learn a thing or three on this site.
(September 28, 2012 at 1:26 am)Lion IRC Wrote:
(September 27, 2012 at 1:56 am)Godschild Wrote: Good to have you here Tnmusicman, hope you enjoy the fun.

Agreed.

And I have to say that it is possible to "enjoy" and have ''fun'' even while engaging with non-theists in the contest of ideas.

AtheismTM has so many Christopher Hitchens among its ranks and the thing I found myself doing a LOT with Mr Hitchens was trying not to laugh.

Approproate Christian restraint and decorum makes the rules of engagement a little bit asymmetric.

But strong atheists would be surprised how easy it is - from behind our whole armour of God - to smile and laugh every now and then at the (very creative) atheist mockery - especially when it misses its intended target.
...no not THAT cheek Lion IRC !!!

Oh yes, I've encountered my share of said mockery. You know what the Word says about mockery, or more accurately, mockery of us personally.
At any rate, I hope to better understand certain atheist positions on certain issues.
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#157
RE: To the Moderators, please!
October 7, 2012 at 11:25 pm (This post was last modified: October 7, 2012 at 11:26 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
There is only one atheist position on a single issue. It isn't difficult to understand, you share it with us (however you may disagree or agree on any other thing).
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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#158
RE: To the Moderators, please!
October 7, 2012 at 11:36 pm
(October 7, 2012 at 9:47 pm)Tnmusicman Wrote: Oh yes, I've encountered my share of said mockery. You know what the Word says about mockery, or more accurately, mockery of us personally.

That's quite a good way of reinforcing a lie. "You may call my beliefs stupid and me an idiot - that just proves I'm right!" Not exactly something of which a grown adult ought to be proud, really. Personally, if someone was making mock of my beliefs and values, I might be tempted to re-examine them; it might be me that's out of kilter with reality.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: To the Moderators, please!
October 8, 2012 at 2:57 am (This post was last modified: October 8, 2012 at 2:58 am by Doubting_Thomas.)
(September 14, 2012 at 3:33 am)Polaris Wrote: They wouldn't waste time putting on a show for some stupid-ass debate.

And I really don't go by your true Christian BS....a Christian is a Christian. There should be no need to use the term true to describe a Christian because they are what they are....would you describe a dog as a true dog?

Are Mormons true Christians? Are agnostic Christians true Christians? Is a russian orthodox a true christian? Are Gnostics true Christians? Is a child born to Christian parents a true Christian? Is a JW a true Christian? Is a pedophile priest a true Christian?
blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” – John 20:26-29
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RE: To the Moderators, please!
October 8, 2012 at 6:38 am
What's a true christian?

And are they crunchy?? Tongue
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