Yes, Atheism is a Religion

[God of Mr. Hanky]

I've been thinking one should start a thread for a pledge not to feed the trolls once their troll nature has been exposed - just ignore, let them thrash and wither when they can no longer provoke you. I'd be happy to do it myself, but which forum would be appropriate for such a thread?

Nobody listens when you suggest it.  They just keep on poking the troll.

Funny, I listen when they do...for awhile, anyway, and then come the next week get sucked in again when it really pisses me off. The challenge is in not losing sight of the fact that trolls are really of no influence to anyone, and what they fear worst is not being able to provoke you. Therefore, I say we ought to do it, so we won't forget.

[Whateverist]

I've been thinking one should start a thread for a pledge not to feed the trolls once their troll nature has been exposed - just ignore, let them thrash and wither when they can no longer provoke you. I'd be happy to do it myself, but which forum would be appropriate for such a thread?

Nobody listens when you suggest it.  They just keep on poking the troll.

Hah hah!  Did you see him jump?  Poke him again.

[God of Mr. Hanky]

Nobody listens when you suggest it.  They just keep on poking the troll.

Hah hah!  Did you seem him jump?  Poke him again.

But sometimes I see it coming down to the question of who's really poking who? I suspect most trolls know what they are doing, and that we may underestimate their expectation of what will happen when they post their shit here, therefore...

[tkolter]

Hah hah!  Did you seem him jump?  Poke him again.

But sometimes I see it coming down to the question of who's really poking who? I suspect most trolls know what they are doing, and that we may underestimate their expectation of what will happen when they post their shit here, therefore...

Its not a religion, its healthy questioning skepticism, when one claims there is the supernatural without evidence its an issue for me. You claim a divine power it demands even more evidence. And by evidence I mean empirical scientific evidence which can be properly vetted by peers to verify its veracity or not. That's it.

[God of Mr. Hanky]

But sometimes I see it coming down to the question of who's really poking who? I suspect most trolls know what they are doing, and that we may underestimate their expectation of what will happen when they post their shit here, therefore...

Its not a religion, its healthy questioning skepticism, when one claims there is the supernatural without evidence its an issue for me. You claim a divine power it demands even more evidence. And by evidence I mean empirical scientific evidence which can be properly vetted by peers to verify its veracity or not. That's it.

So we demand this of the trolls even when we already suspect what they're up to, give them the chance. They then drop their dogmatic bullshit, and we dismantle it bit by bit. If it weren't for the possibility (and I'm not sure how big this is) that caring lurkers may benefit from our efforts to clear up any confusion caused by trolls, it would be a complete waste of time. Then troll repeats the same exact bullshit as before, as if you had addressed none of it, and that's when its trollishness has been established enough that you should treat it like one. From this point going forward, those who have witnessed this should never respond to him again, not over anything.

[Cyberman]

No, we're not a religion.

We're a non-prophet.

Hey, I'm standing right here!

[Edwardo Piet]

Are you? I'm hallucinating absence of people again. Help. It looks to me like I'm alone but there might be like thirty people here.

[Silver]

The front page shows how many people are logged in....well, I do not appear on that list for a reason, but you understand my point.

[ignoramus]

It only hurts if you let it...

Why do I get the feeling this isn't the first time you've used that line?

I'm Greek. What can I say?