Originally posted by FMFSometimes, when you forgo your usual hobby of badgering Christians for no reason, and actually manage to write something you actually feel, instead of merely posturing, your posts are actually elevated and I find myself actually agreeing.
Do you seriously think people "hate" Lloyd E Adkins for his spammy, plagiarized OPs and unwillingness to engage in any dialogue? It's going to get to the point, robbie, where the words "hate" and "hater" and "hatred" will mean absolutely nothing when you use them - that is to say, if it hasn't happened already.
Originally posted by SuzianneIf you honestly believe that my contributions to this community can be sneered at and dismissed as "badgering Christians for no reason" - which is your prerogative, of course - then what you find yourself "actually agreeing" with, or disagreeing with, is surely of no matter to either you or me.
Sometimes, when you forgo your usual hobby of badgering Christians for no reason, and actually manage to write something you actually feel, instead of merely posturing, your posts are actually elevated and I find myself actually agreeing.
10 Feb 13
Originally posted by apathistPeople cared about the last episode of Lost or the final Harry Potter.
People care about that stuff. That kinda makes them facts. It is not cool to just dismiss.
doesnt make them factual.
(I hope you realise that?)
And dismissing rubbish is not intended to be "cool".
Originally posted by johnnylongwoodyrobbie carrobie means well. Everyone here (pretty much I think) means well. I don't believe that even the posters who are [metaphorically speaking] at each others throats mean any harm to one another.
I don't think there's any harm in Lloyd.
I certainly don't hate him. I don't hate anybody on here.
But I think he is just misguided. He means well, but I don't accept his message because I think quite simply it's a load of baloney. I have said it before many times, Facts are what matter. Facts which cannot be denied. Superstition and religion are not facts.
Not everything that is important in life can be substantiated, art, emotions, feelings, insights, creativity for examples. Human beings are complex and the drive in some for spirituality or to understand the nature of god runs deeper than that just an need to know our origin.
If you observe carefully the threads in this forum you will notice that while there is an element of mockery that some believe in the existence of a god, most of the heated disagreement stems from the nature of the outworking of those beliefs and the impact on the human condition and society in general.
What Lloyd E Adkins does is to merely dump the odd plagiarised thought into the field of play in the lazy hope that it's very presence will have some magical impact on it's readers (if there are any who bother). Everyone comes here to engage - iron sharpens iron. Lloyd has a different motive and it's that which is not welcomed, not him personally or his beliefs.
10 Feb 13
Originally posted by divegeesterHear hear. I've tried to draw the guy out into discussion, he's just not prepared to do it. Why come to a forum and start threads if you're not interested in discussion your views? What's the point?
robbie carrobie means well. Everyone here (pretty much I think) means well. I don't believe that even the posters who are [metaphorically speaking] at each others throats mean any harm to one another.
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