and even then cannot get the links right. LOL
My post (a response to one of his posts) is
Message 32 in the referenced thread.
It makes it quite clear that the
thread is here for people to read, that the important audience is those who read the material at EvC, all of the material. It alos makes it clear that the thread is a record for others to use to make their own judgement of the content, techniques and motives of the participants.
You probably want to give jar the benefit of the doubt, that he means only the anonymous "participants" but considering his hatred of religious conservatives, calling them bigots and such, I see his comments as something else, but either way, I think he shows that he is not discussing issues in good faith, but is simply trying to score points, imo, through sophistry.
I do not hate religious Conservatives, I fear and pity them. I certainly do call their actions bogotted when they deny human rights and try to oppress people.
As to which audience is the most important, as YOU have been told before, IMHO there are far more lurkers, those who come to EvC to read the content, than there are those of us who post. This has been explained to you before. In case you have forgotten yet again, here is what I explained to you before.
AdminJar writes:
Okay.
If you would like to discuss this I will be happy to do so. In particular the issues of who the audience is, and what the purpose of having creationists post here should be included.
Basically, as a summary that if you want you can spin off into a new thread:
IMHO the real audience here are the lurkers, the vast majority of people who come here and read and yet seldom, or ever post. They vastly outnumber those who do actually post, and even those who register.
Why have Creationists here?
Again, IMHO, so that they can attempt to present their case. They are given every opportunity to present the best case possible in support of their ideas.
We have divided the forum into two sections to further make it possible for them to express themselves. There are the Faith and Belief areas where they can even try to use the Bible as valid evidence in support of their position, and they are allowed much greater leaway in presenting their case, even to the point of their rejecting something simply because they "Don't Believe it".
I don't think ALL creationists are dishonest or imbeciles. Many are dishonest, but that's just a statement of fact.
I do want a record in particular so that willfull ignorance IS made clear to the lurkers. It's the contents of the posts the different people write. That content is fully under their control, not under the control of those posting on the evolutionary side or the Admins, but the person writing it.
And yes, it is that record, the posts here at EvC that the lurkers will read, and from which they will judge the message.
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