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The last post is the WINNER!

beenherebeforeagain

Rogue Animist
Premium Member
I find the promises are as empty as the claims and as meaningful.

I seem to have taken offense at it while trying to ignore it. And not just from the primary source but anyone that takes what I see as an arrogant view of the supremacy of their own baseless position.

I think I've only been recently coming to recognize my feelings on the constant barrage. Hence my renewed interest and use of the ignore list. I figure reason, ethics and decorum won't stop it, so best to ignore it from my end.

I'd rather not end up joining them. If you can't reason with them, ignore them.
I believe that this is VERY sage advice...
 

Dan From Smithville

The Flying Elvises, Utah Chapter
Staff member
Premium Member
Maybe I should make reaction videos of me reading the evolution v creation forum.
I would hate to see what I look like doing that. Naive optimism transitioning to surprise slowly transitioning to recognition and realization transitioning to outrage, then at last, the transition to final recognition, more surprise, continuing to anger, then the most useful conclusion, to put the people that don't care what I have to say and would rather harass me on ignore.

I doubt it would curry much interest or have much shelf life, but it might be helpful to myself. Don't know.
 

Dan From Smithville

The Flying Elvises, Utah Chapter
Staff member
Premium Member
Good morning. It is nice out again today. A very morning. I'm enjoying a breakfast of sliced Limburger cheese on roasted garlic crackers. It's delicious!

Far too nice a morning to wrap myself in the frustrations of nonsense.

Now to start work on my plan for world domination. I think you all will enjoy my version best. I know I will.
 

JustGeorge

Imperfect
Staff member
Premium Member
Good morning. It is nice out again today. A very morning. I'm enjoying a breakfast of sliced Limburger cheese on roasted garlic crackers. It's delicious!

Far too nice a morning to wrap myself in the frustrations of nonsense.

Now to start work on my plan for world domination. I think you all will enjoy my version best. I know I will.
How will it benefit me?
 

ChristineM

"Be strong", I whispered to my coffee.
Premium Member

Dan From Smithville

The Flying Elvises, Utah Chapter
Staff member
Premium Member
I tell myself to stop...breathe deeply several times...recite the Litany against Idiocy...then move on...
It is interesting to me that I can do just that with controversial discussions like politics, but somehow the position and practices that some employ in the evolution/creation debate set me ablaze. I think it may be because I have both a religious position and a scientific one in that debate that is part of my identity and career choice. A Christian and a scientist are who I am and I don't think I'm arrogant or dishonest about either. I value science for the success of it. Perhaps it is seeing those that claim the same religion behaving so badly as I see it. I don't know.

I'm very reflective this morning.
 

ChristineM

"Be strong", I whispered to my coffee.
Premium Member
It is interesting to me that I can do just that with controversial discussions like politics, but somehow the position and practices that some employ in the evolution/creation debate set me ablaze. I think it may be because I have both a religious position and a scientific one in that debate that is part of my identity and career choice. A Christian and a scientist are who I am and I don't think I'm arrogant or dishonest about either. I value science for the success of it. Perhaps it is seeing those that claim the same religion behaving so badly as I see it. I don't know.

I'm very reflective this morning.

I remember we argued about that in our previous forum. You taught me that religion and science can work together given the right attitude.
 

JustGeorge

Imperfect
Staff member
Premium Member
He'll give you a pay rise
What will he pay me in?
It is interesting to me that I can do just that with controversial discussions like politics, but somehow the position and practices that some employ in the evolution/creation debate set me ablaze. I think it may be because I have both a religious position and a scientific one in that debate that is part of my identity and career choice. A Christian and a scientist are who I am and I don't think I'm arrogant or dishonest about either. I value science for the success of it. Perhaps it is seeing those that claim the same religion behaving so badly as I see it. I don't know.

I'm very reflective this morning.
Hm. Sometimes when someone in a 'group' I'm categorized in behaves poorly, it makes me cringe, because I know I'm going to get judged off of their behavior.
 

Dan From Smithville

The Flying Elvises, Utah Chapter
Staff member
Premium Member
I remember we argued about that in our previous forum. You taught me that religion and science can work together given the right attitude.
I'm glad to have been a part of that. And I'm pleased it was helpful.

I grew up in a small town with a school that had a population of 600 students from all grades through high school. But we had PhD zoologist teaching biology classes. and a guy that finally got a PhD in mathematics teaching chemistry. Hometown folks that came back to serve the community. Both of those teachers went to the church I attended. The zoologist was a lay speaker at the church. He passed away earlier this year at the age of 83 in an unfortunate farming accident.

I learned by example that you can accept science and believe in God as a Christian. That the former was an explanation of the latter creation as personal view.

I don't mind or degrade the personal religious views of others as some seem to attempt on here through passive aggression. In fact, science helps form a bridge of common ground where one can discuss it with people of pretty much any religious stance or lack of one. I like that fact about it. But acceptance of science does seem to cause great turmoil among members of certain ideological views. Can't help that. That is a them problem.
 
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