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RE: Discriminatory language in the terms of a christian forum.
October 16, 2013 at 9:13 am
Not to break into your convo:
Quote: Bzzt, sorry - there was no strawman, since I did not parody your POV and then attack the parody. Nice try, though.
A strawman can also be when an arguer attacks the supporting points of an argument while never defeating the main premise.
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RE: Discriminatory language in the terms of a christian forum.
October 16, 2013 at 9:31 am
(October 15, 2013 at 5:00 pm)John V Wrote: Oh the horrors - people deciding what other people they'd like to hang out with!
Actually, John's got a good point. Though I don't condone discrimination, it's their forums and their rules. I don't like when newbs come over on our site, telling us how AF should be run, and I can bet that the staff on CF.com don't either. Whether having such a part of the forums is silly or not can be discussed, but it is well within the site owners right to do what they want with their forums.
(October 15, 2013 at 5:28 pm)Lion IRC Wrote: I like free speech. Can I post views which the Mods here might find homophobic?
Of course you can post your opinions.
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RE: Discriminatory language in the terms of a christian forum.
October 16, 2013 at 11:03 am
(October 15, 2013 at 5:00 pm)John V Wrote: Here's some more discrimination!!!
http://atheistforums.org/thread-21262.html
Quote:I need to make a logo for my atheist meetup group, but don't know what the hell I'm doing. Any good logo maker apps or sites you like? I beg you for ideas!
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Oh the horrors - people deciding what other people they'd like to hang out with!
If it was that simple, how come we haven't decided not to "hang out" with you?
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RE: Discriminatory language in the terms of a christian forum.
October 16, 2013 at 11:50 am
I think the fact that theists are allowed to rave on about how they don't have freedom of speech on here without having their thread's closed and deleted is testament to why they're wrong.
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RE: Discriminatory language in the terms of a christian forum.
October 16, 2013 at 12:13 pm
(October 16, 2013 at 11:50 am)Fidel_Castronaut Wrote: I think the fact that theists are allowed to rave on about how they don't have freedom of speech on here without having their thread's closed and deleted is testament to why they're wrong.
Which is, I think, the most interesting part of this thread: the ones who place themselves as in possession of the greatest truth in the universe, that's evident to all and so perfect and wonderful and available to everyone feel the most need to shut out dissent and control every aspect of the conversation... while at the same time keeping their freedom of speech so sacrosanct that any retaliation in a space that they can't control has to be characterized as oppression. You rarely see atheists expressing anything more than eye rolling dull surprise at being censored on a christian website, and yet here's Lion jumping up and down over the nothing that's happened to him here.
You know how liars tend to get really defensive where their lie is concerned? 
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RE: Discriminatory language in the terms of a christian forum.
October 16, 2013 at 12:23 pm
(October 16, 2013 at 12:01 am)Lion IRC Wrote: Make up your mind. You just got through telling me that what gay people do should be none of my business. Now you are asking me to consider the question. Do I ignore stuff that doesnt affect me or do I give it consideration and take a position?
The opposite also applies: You seem to be overly concerned with what people you don't know consent to do in the privacy of their own bedroom, but don't seem to give a shit about starving people. And you're coming off as a douche just looking for an excuse to either pry into people's personal lives or else not care about things which actually harm people.
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RE: Discriminatory language in the terms of a christian forum.
October 16, 2013 at 12:26 pm
(October 16, 2013 at 9:00 am)Esquilax Wrote: Ain't your religion supposed to be accepting of anyone who accepts Jesus into their lives? No. Read 1 & 2 Corinthians, among others.
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RE: Discriminatory language in the terms of a christian forum.
October 16, 2013 at 12:26 pm
(October 16, 2013 at 11:50 am)Fidel_Castronaut Wrote: I think the fact that theists are allowed to rave on about how they don't have freedom of speech on here without having their thread's closed and deleted is testament to why they're wrong.
Just like elsewhere how they freely whine on the internet about being the most persecuted group in the country without being censored or jailed.
It is funny, though, when Christians come here and then complain about not being treated fairly. It is Atheist Forums, after all. I don't whine about not being treated fairly on Christian online forums because I don't participate on them. I've read about how unfair they are to non-believers, and I don't want to hang out somewhere I'm not wanted.
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RE: Discriminatory language in the terms of a christian forum.
October 16, 2013 at 12:27 pm
"and yet here's Lion jumping up and down over the nothing that's happened to him here."
Theists don't like nothing these days - not since it appears that's where the universe came from anyway.
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RE: Discriminatory language in the terms of a christian forum.
October 16, 2013 at 12:29 pm
(October 16, 2013 at 11:03 am)Faith No More Wrote: If it was that simple, how come we haven't decided not to "hang out" with you? Because then you'd just have a liberal atheist circle-jerk which would get boring fast. But if you had a forum for atheists only it wouldn't bother me. The first site I posted at had that, and eventually made one for theists, too. What's so wrong with sometimes wanting conversation with people of like mind? Isn't that really, really normal?
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