Christmas avatars

@suzianne said
Do you have any atheists in your family? I bet you do.

Are they still your family even though you don't agree with them? I bet they are.


Gonna have to try harder than that to denigrate me. Way harder.

It is you, Suzianne, who clearly has the biggest problem dealing with dissent and disagreement: probably more so than any poster who's ever posted on these forums.

@suzianne said
The Episcopal Church of America has a feast day on Jan. 6th, Epiphany, and so that has always been the end of Christmas celebration for me.

I will quote you verbatim from a week or so ago:

”Jesus was born in early autumn, not winter. Yes, I realize the Church had to conflate it with Saturnalia to get more people onboard, but the fact remains it's the wrong time of year.”

The Episcopal Church of America has a feast day on Jan. 6th to celebrate the arrival of the "Wise Men from the East" to "the Christ child" in Bethlehem.

@fmf said
It is you, Suzianne, who clearly has the biggest problem dealing with dissent and disagreement: probably more so than any poster who's ever posted on these forums.

Oh, the clear and present irony.




By lying about me, you mock yourself. Did you know that?

@suzianne said
Oh, the clear and present irony.

By lying about me, you mock yourself. Did you know that?

I am not lying.

@fmf said
I will quote you verbatim from a week or so ago:

”Jesus was born in early autumn, not winter. Yes, I realize the Church had to conflate it with Saturnalia to get more people onboard, but the fact remains it's the wrong time of year.”

The Episcopal Church of America has a feast day on Jan. 6th to celebrate the arrival of the "Wise Men from the East" to "the Christ child" in Bethlehem.

Here we have a poster who wants to set aside his continuous mocking of Christians in order to mock me, who was mocking Christians for their adoption of a pagan holiday as their own. Nice try, but no banana.

I can't fight my entire church on this. They get most everything else right, the things that are far more important to me. Americans in general have been indoctrinated into the great capitalist machine, so I end up going along to get along. I guess it's what adults do. Again, you're taking exception to something that affects you minimally, if at all, just to dig at me. As I said, nice try, but no banana.

@fmf said
I am not lying.

Yes, you are. You and your twin clearly have the biggest issue with disagreement, as proven by your constant battle with those who disagree.

As circumstantial evidence, one can look at your participation in the fight for alerts and thumbs. You wish to quell dissent, just like your twin.

I call, as my first witness, KellyJay, from the Spirituality Forum.

@suzianne said
Here we have a poster who wants to set aside his continuous mocking of Christians in order to mock me, who was mocking Christians for their adoption of a pagan holiday as their own. Nice try, but no banana.

I don't engage in "continuous mocking of Christians". Don't be so silly.

@suzianne said
Yes, you are. You and your twin clearly have the biggest issue with disagreement, as proven by your constant battle with those who disagree.

I welcome disagreement. That's why I am active on a debate and discussion forum. Disagreement is the lifeblood of a debate forum. So, no. I am not lying. Not even a teeny weeny bit.

@suzianne said
I call, as my first witness, KellyJay, from the Spirituality Forum.

If you want to hold up KellyJay as an example of 'posting with integrity' and good forum behaviour, then that is your prerogative.

@fmf said
an example of 'posting with integrity' and good forum behaviour

When did I say this? Hmmmm? When?

In YOUR mind, maybe.

He's a witness to your behavior, that's all. Not prepared to let him speak? Telling, innit?

@fmf said
I welcome disagreement. That's why I am active on a debate and discussion forum. Disagreement is the lifeblood of a debate forum. So, no. I am not lying. Not even a teeny weeny bit.

Your brand of 'forum combat', which @divegeester strives to copy, is nothing but attacks on posters' character. All for disagreeing with you.

@fmf said
I welcome disagreement.

You use it as an excuse to unleash your vitriol. It happens every day.

@fmf said
I don't engage in "continuous mocking of Christians". Don't be so silly.

What would you call daily, for fifteen+ years?

@suzianne said
He's a witness to your behavior, that's all. Not prepared to let him speak? Telling, innit?

You think I'm "not prepared to let KellyJay speak?"

@suzianne said
What would you call daily, for fifteen+ years?

Participating as an ex-Christian proponent of agnostic atheist perspectives on such things as morality, identity, faith, and the human condition generally.