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“Promote what you love rather than bashing what you hate.”
Interesting that so many people on here spend so much time bashing.
I hardly ever see atheists for example promoting atheism. Or other religions promoting their own religion. Most people spend most of their time here bashing Christianity. I wonder why that is?

PS: This is not me bashing atheism and other religions. πŸ˜…

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@dj2becker said
“Promote what you love rather than bashing what you hate.”
Interesting that so many people on here spend so much time bashing.
I hardly ever see atheists for example promoting atheism. Or other religions promoting their own religion. Most people spend most of their time here bashing Christianity. I wonder why that is?

PS: This is not me bashing atheism and other religions. πŸ˜…
Well, since Dasa was banned there isn't really anyone else. I'm an agnostic and it's essentially a skeptical position, in the old sense of the word, meaning that I'll happily criticize theists and atheists. Being an agnostic I don't really have a position of my own to defend, other than that when I'm criticizing I hope that it's generally in the critique sense of the word rather than the condemnation sense.

You seem to have completely ignored the "..." thread, in which considerable amounts of what appear to me to be Buddhist and Daoist poetry are being quoted. This seems to be to be promotion of a non-Christian viewpoint.

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Well, since Dasa was banned there isn't really anyone else. I'm an agnostic and it's essentially a skeptical position, in the old sense of the word, meaning that I'll happily criticize theists and atheists. Being an agnostic I don't really have a position of my own to defend, other than that when I'm criticizing I hope that it's generally in the critique sense of the wo ...[text shortened]... and Daoist poetry are being quoted. This seems to be to be promotion of a non-Christian viewpoint.
I have merely glanced at the poetry post, is there a lot of bashing of the people who are writing in it for their motivations, and the poems themselves? You bring up a good point, I have to give you that?

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i promote kitty litter.

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@dj2becker said
“Promote what you love rather than bashing what you hate.”
Interesting that so many people on here spend so much time bashing.
It's not a binary option.

This is a debate forum where ideas are floated, challenged and sometimes sunk. Your premise that people shouldn't challenge other peoples beliefs, attitudes or behaviours in an environment such as this is nonsensical.

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i promote kitty litter.


You tried to promote Jesus reforming Judaism and Paul inventing the Christian church. It turned out to be kitty litter.

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@mister-moggy said
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i promote kitty litter.
I used to share an apartment decades ago with a friend whose mom would send care packages every week. One of the things she sent was cat food, there was no cat. Never knew why. πŸ˜‰

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@kellyjay said
I used to share an apartment decades ago with a friend whose mom would send care packages every week. One of the things she sent was cat food, there was no cat. Never knew why. πŸ˜‰
There is always 'a cat' sir, a stray somewhere that needs feeding.

Or do we only feed those cats that we own?

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@kellyjay said
I have merely glanced at the poetry post, is there a lot of bashing of the people who are writing in it for their motivations, and the poems themselves? You bring up a good point, I have to give you that?
I haven't been through the whole thing, but there appears to be no criticism at all. This was my point though, that that poetry does not appear to involve 'bashing' of any other belief systems.

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@divegeester said
It's not a binary option.

This is a debate forum where ideas are floated, challenged and sometimes sunk. Your premise that people shouldn't challenge other peoples beliefs, attitudes or behaviours in an environment such as this is nonsensical.
You seem to be bashing way more ideas than you are floating.

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@ghost-of-a-duke said
There is always 'a cat' sir, a stray somewhere that needs feeding.

Or do we only feed those cats that we own?
Once again, you open my eyes! πŸ˜„

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@dj2becker

You seem to be bashing way more ideas than you are floating.


You don 't understand Divegeester. He takes pride in coming here uncommitted, lackadaisical and empty and smugly sitting back and just pointing out when others seem upset.

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@kellyjay said
Once again, you open my eyes! πŸ˜„
I like to think your friend's mum was sending you subliminal messages to feed all strays cats as a juxtaposition to feeding the hungry and those in need.

πŸ˜€

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@dj2becker said
You seem to be bashing way more ideas than you are floating.
Or...you could address what I wrote instead of "bashing" me.

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@sonship said
@dj2becker

You seem to be bashing way more ideas than you are floating.


You don 't understand Divegeester. He takes pride in coming here uncommitted, lackadaisical and empty and smugly sitting back and just pointing out when others seem upset.
So both you and dj2becker are using dj2becker's thread about not bashing people, to bash me.

I see.

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