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The OP, after all, was not about real problems that atheists actually have, but about imaginary problems that some dopey theist made up. I don't see, then, why it should be off-topic to discuss delusions of this nature.
I agree, but that's not what I see happening.
I don't see participants discussing an imaginary problem made up by theists. I see participants debating the theist about his position on morality. IMO, it's the same as the difference between the Great Debate and the Peanut Gallery.
I see no problem discussing the "No God, No Morals" delusion, but I do see a problem with debating the position of "No God, No Morals".
It has already escalated to rudeness. A new thread needs to be started if they want to get into a morality debate.
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Usually, in a well-conducted debate, speakers are either emotionally uncommitted or can preserve sufficient detachment to maintain a coolly academic approach.-- Encylopedia Brittanica, on debate