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RE: "Is it a phase?"
August 24, 2017 at 1:52 pm
I don't personally know that this would have been the most fruitful application of your own advice. It seems to me that..in the case of both how you perceive the twelve atheists you know and how you related their character to us in thread -hitting both points of my question- a more sober appraisal might produce improvement both in your own perception of how others see you...and in how you see them.
What do you think?
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RE: "Is it a phase?"
August 24, 2017 at 1:57 pm
(August 24, 2017 at 1:52 pm)Khemikal Wrote: I don't personally know that this would have been the most fruitful application of your own advice. It seems to me that..in the case of both how you perceive the twelve atheists you know and how you related their character to us in thread -hitting both points of my question- a more sober appraisal might produce improvement both in your own perception of how others see you...and in how you see them.
What do you think?
But from the start, none of that would have happened if I had understood what you perceived the OP as. Then, in the heat of the moment, I wouldn't have been so quick to say things.
Also, I know more than 12 atheists, just at that time I was in a hurry to type, and didn't feel it was productive to name more than 12 to my self.
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RE: "Is it a phase?"
August 24, 2017 at 2:07 pm
The drama of this thread, just like the number of atheists you know, doesn;t seem to be as important as the meat of the question I posed. What do you think about that?
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RE: "Is it a phase?"
August 24, 2017 at 2:16 pm
(August 24, 2017 at 2:07 pm)Khemikal Wrote: The drama of this thread, just like the number of atheists you know, doesn;t seem to be as important as the meat of the question I posed. What do you think about that?
I don't understand what you mean by more sober appraisal.
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RE: "Is it a phase?"
August 24, 2017 at 2:23 pm
(This post was last modified: August 24, 2017 at 2:24 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
As in, comments more akin to your post about understanding another persons point of view, rather than hyperbolic comments about how atheists mistreat you in a state where believers are regarded as less than human. Rather than self aggrandizing comments about how atheists "pretend to disprove you" on some unstated and unmentioned points or positions.
Which of those two representative ways of interacting with people, on these boards or in life, do you expect will yield more positive and useful results? Do you think it;s posible that you might be sabotaging either your own interactions or how others perceive you with comments such as those...both in threads -and- irl?
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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