Originally Posted By DouglasDubh <To not call you on your nonsense?> To refrain from distorting, dismissing, and denigrating.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh <Yes, you have been. On several occasions.> Sure, over the last 10 years, I've made a couple of factual errors, which I've admitted. And I've made a couple of bad predictions, which I've admitted. But the context was that I had been proven wrong in this thread, which isn't the case.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <<To not call you on your nonsense?>> <To refrain from distorting, dismissing, and denigrating.> I didn't distort of dismiss anything in #51. Did I denigrate? Depends on your definition. I criticized you for not copping to painting with a broad brush, as ecdc did instantly, and trying to claim you were you were "illustrating by example," which you clearly were not. You may call that denigrating (and usually do), but really it was just criticizing a previous post - something we're allowed to do here. But you're very quick to call "denigrating!" when you're called for your nonsense.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 What continues are your lame rejoinders when you can't respond in a substantive way. Show me where I "distorted or dismissed" in #51, please. And denigrate? No, I criticized your post. You whine "denigrate" at everything; it's your equivalent to crying "wolf" and you wonder why it doesn't mean anything any more.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh I don't need to show anything. It's there for anyone to see. At least, for anyone who is willing to look.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh If we stop all the inflammatory rhetoric, maybe we can have civil, intelligent discussions. Maybe assuming the worst intentions, we could try to see others point of views.
Originally Posted By Mr F <<It's not about being moral. It's about being ~saved~. It's about allowing Jesus Christ to become Lord of your life. None of us can be 100% "good" (especially Christians these days). Thing is - a great many of those who call themselves Christian aren't in fact Christian in the sense of what the Bible requires. This is true with American Christians - so the youtube video is meaningless. You still have a chance while you're alive. You still have a chance to change - and be saved.>> SEE what did I tell You, Religion is FORCED on EVERYONE in this country whether you ask for it or not. I didn't come to these boards to have a bible lesson forced on me, and that's why I started this topic, yet people still feel the need to shove there religion in everyone else's faces.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins I remember there was a thread about how great religion was and I admit I added my anti opinion but only after others had. We were asked to leave that thread to the religious. We did. Thank you, F, for bringing up this topic for us.
Originally Posted By Mr F Thank you Nemopoppins, Here's another video: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF3TRGh8lrc" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...TRGh8lrc</a>
Originally Posted By Dabob2 < Maybe assuming the worst intentions, we could try to see others point of views.> That doesn't even make sense.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh Yeah, sorry. There was supposed to be an "instead of" in front of "assuming". Somehow it got lost between my brain and my fingers.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 That makes more sense. But I'm not assuming the worst intentions. I'm still waiting to see what I was supposed to have dismissed or distorted in #51.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh Keep waiting. Again, it's there for anyone to see. At least, for anyone who is willing to look.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 And as usual, no one but you seems to see it. No, "Oh yeah, I see what you're saying," even from other conservatives. Rather than simply tell me what I was supposed to have dismissed or distorted (which would certainly be quicker and easier), you do the old "it's there if you wish to see it" thing, which fools no one. You can't see what isn't there. You're wearing your usual suit of clothes, Mr. Emperor.
Originally Posted By utahjosh 2oony, post 78 could apply to every single poster in WE over the last 5 years.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< Repetition is not an argument, someone once said. >>> But it is a technique.
