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Intelligent Design: Did you design yourself?
RE: Intelligent Design: Did you design yourself?
I hope not - it's my best thing!
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: Intelligent Design: Did you design yourself?
(May 31, 2014 at 9:40 pm)Rampant.A.I. Wrote: Is there a rule against thread derailing?

Yeah but we don't care unless you're a theist doing it.
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RE: Intelligent Design: Did you design yourself?
Oh dear, I think we all a cup of tea.
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RE: Intelligent Design: Did you design yourself?
(May 31, 2014 at 9:38 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Heywood, there are no unwritten rules. And if you think there are, then you have bigger problems than just being a theist on an atheist forum. People get banned for various reasons if they break the rules sufficient to warrant it, theist and atheist alike. You are not privy to Staff discussion; please take your conspiracy claptrap elsewhere. Artur was banned for trolling behaviour. Let that be an end to it.

Stimbo, I do think you guys are for the most part consistent. I see you ban lots a people who aren't argumentative theists. You're not going to be perfectly consistent even though you strive....you're human after all. What side of your imperfection is going to get the shit end of the stick?
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RE: Intelligent Design: Did you design yourself?
Awww hell.

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(September 17, 2015 at 4:04 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: I make change in the coin tendered. If you want courteous treatment, behave courteously. Preaching at me and calling me immoral is not courteous behavior.
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RE: Intelligent Design: Did you design yourself?
(May 31, 2014 at 9:40 pm)Rampant.A.I. Wrote: Is there a rule against thread derailing?

Its good to have these conversations from time to time.

Anyways, I have said my peace on the matter so I am done.....for now.
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RE: Intelligent Design: Did you design yourself?
(May 31, 2014 at 9:49 pm)Heywood Wrote: Its good to have these conversations from time to time.

For the record if you do happen to see any examples of us showing favouritism towards atheists and injustices against theists you can always let us know directly.
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RE: Intelligent Design: Did you design yourself?
(May 31, 2014 at 9:44 pm)Heywood Wrote: Stimbo, I do think you guys are for the most part consistent. I see you ban lots a people who aren't argumentative theists. You're not going to be perfectly consistent even though you strive....you're human after all. What side of your imperfection is going to get the shit end of the stick?

Well, none of the more important decisions are taken in a vacuum. Nobody, apart from spammers and socks, can even be banned without a Staff quorum and every one of us is given free reign to share our opinions. It's not a perfect system but at least it has the potential to minimise the possibility of mistakes. Even if a mistake is made, it's never irreversible. Bans can be overturned.

I might add that the fact that Artur was given only a three-day ban speaks volumes - it could just as easily have been permanent.
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: Intelligent Design: Did you design yourself?
(May 31, 2014 at 9:20 pm)Heywood Wrote: The rules apply to everyone is the official line....the reality is different.

Yeah, because we never ban atheist members for bad behavior.
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RE: Intelligent Design: Did you design yourself?
Why do we get these cries of "foul!" every time we sanction someone's friend?

That was largely rhetorical, by the way.
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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