Psychology behind debating? Or is it just fun to stir the pot once in a while?

[robvalue]

Whoops! Wrong thread.

[The Grand Nudger]

Shit...Mystics found us out.  There I am - third row, 2nd to the left on the end column, /w the white bdu's.....told the boss people would recognize us..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yys5iioLUNw

[Mystic]

Guys you know I'm sacrificing myself to remind you guys. I know you would laugh and mock what I said.

[Exian]

How brave.

[The Grand Nudger]

Guys you know I'm sacrificing myself to remind you guys. I know you would laugh and mock what I said.

To remind us?  Of what?  Also...allah hu akbar, Mr. Suffering Martyr. I'm laughing and mocking because this dark forces bit is silly. Try to absorb that, just for a moment.
(plus..... I just wanted to post the imperial march, it's awesome)

[brewer]

I enjoy having discussions over controversial topics, but don't really like debating. I'm starting to slow down on the pointless debates on here, because they are.. well, pointless. Although, sometimes you can't help yourself, because people say some really dumb shit on here sometimes. [See a few posts above]

Yep, what Sal said. After a while it goes from eating ice cream to eating shoe leather. Every so often shoe leather shows up with sprinkles.

[surreptitious57]

I myself am far more interested in good debate regardless of the subject matter than in denigrating some because of what they
believe or think. And this applies to the non religious much as the religious. No one has a monopoly on wisdom so unless one is
absolutely certain of what they are saying it is not wise to automatically assume your opponents are intellectually inferior to you
And for myself this is a mistake I am unlikely to make as I am not educated to a high standard never having attended university
whereas many I engage with online are. And I am more interested in ideas than I am I in individuals and so I am also less likely
to engage in ad hominem any way. I would never mock a Christian just for being one long as they did not push it. Because I am
perfectly capable of engaging with those who think differently to me. If I only want to engage those who think like me then may
as well switch off my computer and go look in the mirror and start talking to myself. That is not going to be very stimulating from
an intellectual perspective. And so give me human beings who think differently to me any time because that is infinitely preferable

A MIND IS LIKE A PARACHUTE : IT DOES NOT WORK UNLESS IT IS OPEN

[Losty]

Guys you know I'm sacrificing myself to remind you guys. I know you would laugh and mock what I said.

...what are you sacrificing us? And what are you trying to remind us?
If you don't want to be mocked...don't say hilarious things.

[robvalue]

You want someone to point you to God deep down inside. Of course, you to got to begin to reflect and be ready to submit. There is many proofs for God but dark forces on the hearts keep people from perceiving them.

You're saying we secretly want to be converted into God belief, and that's why we debate?

That's a mighty big assumption. And a wholly incorrect one, for me at least. I'd be incredibly surprised if that applies to any regular atheist here. Would you like me to tell you why you debate?

If God is desperate for me to know about him but then refuses to remove these dark forces which are stopping me doing just that, he has only himself to blame. I'm not a warlock, I can't do anything about these forces.

[Reforged]

I used to enjoy debating but it got samey. Especially when nutbars stopped coming here.
The problem with banning those types of people is it gets very, very boring once you do because they're the ones who tend to say the unexpected. Thats entertaining to listen to and entertaining to completely destroy.

When I was 17 I debated jehovahs witnesses on my doorstep. One of them raised the view point that God had taught one of their prophets about bacteria because one day they decided against shitting inside their tents and decided instead to dig holes and do it outside. I blinked for a couple of seconds after she said that. It was at that moment I realized a. she was utterly insane and b. this discussion was about to get interesting.

I really have no time for sane people. They're extremely dull to debate. You make a good point and they'll accept it, they might even concede the argument but a loony will throw the most entertaining temper tantrum you've ever seen once confronted with a flaw in their argument. They will never concede a point and will instead treat you to the most impressive displays of mental gymnastics before screaming "I win" and running away.