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RE: wHY dO wE tOLERATE uGLINESS?
January 22, 2016 at 2:36 pm
(January 22, 2016 at 12:14 pm)Ben Davis Wrote: How can you know beauty without ugliness?
Beauty is only skin deep
But ugly goes to the bone
Beauty will fade away
But ugly will hold its own
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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RE: wHY dO wE tOLERATE uGLINESS?
January 22, 2016 at 2:59 pm
Ugly is subjective.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
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RE: wHY dO wE tOLERATE uGLINESS?
January 22, 2016 at 3:00 pm
(This post was last modified: January 22, 2016 at 3:52 pm by Jenny A.)
In answer to the OP, because the best means of promoting free thinking, is to allow free thinking. It's an added plus that so many Christian and Islamic posters here are rabid-dog-crazy (there are a number of exceptions), because it emphasizes the rationality of the atheist position.
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If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
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RE: wHY dO wE tOLERATE uGLINESS?
January 22, 2016 at 3:09 pm
(January 22, 2016 at 12:05 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote: I thought I knew, but some of these posts make me forget. Why do we tolerate posters who have nothing to say but something ugly about atheism?
I couldn't go to a Christian form and say "all christians are closet psychopaths."
Will someone remind me what this is for?
Free speech. We respect it.
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RE: wHY dO wE tOLERATE uGLINESS?
January 22, 2016 at 3:12 pm
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If they want to come in here and intellectually hang themselves, who are we to stop them?
I reckon such ignorant people do more to help our cause to any reasonable reader. They are clearly projecting their own insecurities onto a target audience they are scared of and they feel needs bullying into submission.
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RE: wHY dO wE tOLERATE uGLINESS?
January 22, 2016 at 3:16 pm
Because someone needs to knock some common sense into them. Or at least try.
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RE: wHY dO wE tOLERATE uGLINESS?
January 22, 2016 at 5:10 pm
(January 22, 2016 at 3:12 pm)robvalue Wrote: If they want to come in here and intellectually hang themselves, who are we to stop them?
I reckon such ignorant people do more to help our cause to any reasonable reader. They are clearly projecting their own insecurities onto a target audience they are scared of and they feel needs bullying into submission.
I Would think they were already hung when they got here. What we’re seeing is the tail end when cut.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
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RE: wHY dO wE tOLERATE uGLINESS?
January 22, 2016 at 5:17 pm
(January 22, 2016 at 3:49 pm)Minimalist Wrote: (January 22, 2016 at 2:36 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote: Beauty is only skin deep
But ugly goes to the bone
Beauty will fade away
But ugly will hold its own
Yup.
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Was Yeena Hyena unavailable at printing time?
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
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RE: wHY dO wE tOLERATE uGLINESS?
January 23, 2016 at 4:06 pm
My guess, is that people tolerate the ugliness, because it makes them feel smart. "Look how dumb that person is. I'm not dumb like they are, so I must be smart!"
That's why True Christian gets so many replies. Even though everyone knows someone is just having a goof, they can't resist the chance to show how much smarter they are, even it's just smarter than a fake persona.
