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To the Anti-Religious
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OmarKhayyam
Well-Known Member
Quiddity
UndertheInfluenceofGiants
Refusal to accept catholic dogma.
Here is a good example of a post that contributes nothing but...
Storm
ThrUU the Looking Glass
Yes, there is. That's my point.
There's also a big difference between criticizing and bashing.
Ugh, don't get me started on that one!
Do you criticize or bash? If you're really friends, I'm betting it's the former.
Try againRefusal to accept catholic dogma.
Storm
ThrUU the Looking Glass
Cheap insults as opposed to valid criticism.
Kilgore Trout
Misanthropic Humanist
...humor.
Storm
ThrUU the Looking Glass
Pretty much.
J Bryson
Well-Known Member
Really? I thought that your standards were somewhat higher than that.
Give me a break
OmarKhayyam
Well-Known Member
Kilgore Trout
Misanthropic Humanist
I enjoy humor at all levels, albeit not equally. Then again, I can't really empathize very well with being insulted or offended by a joke, since I've never had that reaction.
Quiddity
UndertheInfluenceofGiants
Enuff said.
J Bryson
Well-Known Member
Sometimes the more offensive a joke is, the better it is. However, as a friend of mine once said, it is not enough to be offensive: You must be offensively funny. Of course, tastes differ.
Kilgore Trout
Misanthropic Humanist
What? That the only way you can make a point is through the intellectually dishonest process of taking a sentence fragment out of its context in order to distort the meaning of what a poster has written?
Agreed then.
J Bryson
Well-Known Member
Live and learn
Now, that was funny.
OmarKhayyam
Well-Known Member
We must be especially diligent to guard against offending the tender sensibilities of believers. They are a touchy feely lot and quick to sense - and painfully feel - disrespect and satire touching on their cherished beliefs.
But then given that one wonders why they come to an open forum where it should be expected those of a more - shall we say 'robust' nature - are with holding forth.
Or to offer and more colloquial expression of the same idea:
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
But then given that one wonders why they come to an open forum where it should be expected those of a more - shall we say 'robust' nature - are with holding forth.
Or to offer and more colloquial expression of the same idea:
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
Storm
ThrUU the Looking Glass
Bashing is against forum rules. Incidentally, this also protects the tender sensibilities of atheists.
J Bryson
Well-Known Member
Again: Not really a "believer". In fact, my take on the universe is closer to yours than it is to many theists here. However, you add little to the debate beyond juvenile asides and ad hominem attacks. When you have managed to break away from these habits in order to add something insightful, educational, or constructive, I've quite enjoyed your posts.