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RE: More atheist men than women?
July 9, 2015 at 2:26 pm
(July 9, 2015 at 2:25 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: Well, yeah, we all do things for our own benefit. And while I didn't anticipate it, my son was the best thing that ever happened to me in my life. Even in his infancy, he taught me so much about the true nature of love and devotion. I thought I knew what that was, turns out I had no clue.
I don't think anything teaches a person more about selflessness than a child. 
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
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RE: More atheist men than women?
July 9, 2015 at 2:40 pm
(July 9, 2015 at 10:22 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Huh?
The fact that there are more men on this forum and more women on the other forum are not "subjective opinions." Lol.
But that's the question, how do you know that there are more men on this forum? Where did you get that data?
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RE: More atheist men than women?
July 9, 2015 at 2:43 pm
(July 9, 2015 at 2:40 pm)Cephus Wrote: (July 9, 2015 at 10:22 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Huh?
The fact that there are more men on this forum and more women on the other forum are not "subjective opinions." Lol.
But that's the question, how do you know that there are more men on this forum? Where did you get that data?
Observation. :
And other people too have said that this forum's members are predominantly male.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
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RE: More atheist men than women?
July 9, 2015 at 2:49 pm
(July 9, 2015 at 2:43 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: (July 9, 2015 at 2:40 pm)Cephus Wrote: But that's the question, how do you know that there are more men on this forum? Where did you get that data?
Observation. :
And other people too have said that this forum's members are predominantly male.
A simpler explanation, and one borne out by data, is that men are more likely to post online than women are, in general.
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RE: More atheist men than women?
July 9, 2015 at 5:06 pm
(July 9, 2015 at 2:43 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: (July 9, 2015 at 2:40 pm)Cephus Wrote: But that's the question, how do you know that there are more men on this forum? Where did you get that data?
Observation. :
And other people too have said that this forum's members are predominantly male.
How do you observe the genitalia of forum members? Serious, I want to know how you managed this.
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RE: More atheist men than women?
July 9, 2015 at 5:15 pm
(July 9, 2015 at 5:06 pm)Cephus Wrote: (July 9, 2015 at 2:43 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Observation. :
And other people too have said that this forum's members are predominantly male.
How do you observe the genitalia of forum members? Serious, I want to know how you managed this.
Hyperskepticism doesn't help - Not to mention that nowadays genitalia alone doesn't determine everything - But is there any reason I shouldn't assume people are on good faith? I mean I'm a male, do you doubt it? Why? I think people are much less likely to lie on the internet because they don't know anyone.
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RE: More atheist men than women?
July 9, 2015 at 5:32 pm
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(July 9, 2015 at 5:06 pm)Cephus Wrote: (July 9, 2015 at 2:43 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Observation. :
And other people too have said that this forum's members are predominantly male.
How do you observe the genitalia of forum members? Serious, I want to know how you managed this.
I sent pics. ![[Image: 2yuwnlx_th.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=s5.tinypic.com%2F2yuwnlx_th.jpg)
Not really.
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RE: More atheist men than women?
July 9, 2015 at 5:46 pm
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(July 9, 2015 at 5:06 pm)Cephus Wrote: (July 9, 2015 at 2:43 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Observation. :
And other people too have said that this forum's members are predominantly male.
How do you observe the genitalia of forum members? Serious, I want to know how you managed this.
Their profile says male or female, and after talking to people on here for a few weeks, you learn who is man and who is woman by what they say when they talk about themselves and their personal lives, etc. Trust me, there are more men here than there are women lol. There's no arguing this.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
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RE: More atheist men than women?
July 9, 2015 at 6:05 pm
(July 9, 2015 at 5:15 pm)Dystopia Wrote: (July 9, 2015 at 5:06 pm)Cephus Wrote: How do you observe the genitalia of forum members? Serious, I want to know how you managed this.
Hyperskepticism doesn't help - Not to mention that nowadays genitalia alone doesn't determine everything - But is there any reason I shouldn't assume people are on good faith? I mean I'm a male, do you doubt it? Why? I think people are much less likely to lie on the internet because they don't know anyone.
I'm questioning the basic assertion and asking for data to back it up. The entire question is based on information that, so far as I can tell, doesn't exist at all. What's going on is confirmation bias, not an intellectual evaluation of the existing data. So if we're supposed to evaluate why there are more male atheists on this forum, we need to know how she knows there are more male atheists on this forum and likewise, how she knows there are more female theists on the other. "It seems to me" isn't a good way of gaining factually true information.
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RE: More atheist men than women?
July 9, 2015 at 6:56 pm
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
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