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ringo

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Message 42 of 301 (377773)
01-18-2007 10:29 AM

Reply to: Message 38 by mick
01-18-2007 6:16 AM

Re: Please stop replying to my posts: i find your comments boring

mick writes:

When a bore sits next to you on the bus, you can talk to him and wait for your next stop, or you can tell him you'd rather not speak. What you can't do is ask for a moderator to ban him from the bus.

Sure you can. Bus drivers kick off unruly passengers all the time.

Anyway, this isn't a bus. It's Percy's private limo.

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Message 66 of 301 (377874)
01-18-2007 7:04 PM

Reply to: Message 64 by Cold Foreign Object
01-18-2007 6:02 PM

Re: Censorship

Herepton writes:

Permanent restriction of a Creationist by Darwinists is about viewpoint and the inability to refute and the perceived harm the Creationist argument(s) might have on the undecided.

You have the time-line backwards.

When your arguments are refuted, you lose your cool and retreat into name-calling, which gets you sanctioned.

If your conduct was exemplary, you might have a case for censorship. As it is, your behaviour stands in the way of your arguments getting the treatment they deserve.

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Message 75 of 301 (377913)
01-18-2007 10:20 PM

Reply to: Message 71 by AdminBuzsaw
01-18-2007 8:57 PM

Re: Rationality and "Fervent" Christians (or "Christian, heal thyself!")

AdminBuzsaw writes:

The more secular minded members need to keep in mind that Jesus, John the Baptist, Ezekiel, Elijah, Elisha, the apostles John, Paul, and other Biblical writers would be considered "kooks" if they were here to sign up and participate.

The question is, though: How would those people behave?

Do you see Jesus dredging up Haeckel in every thread regardless of the topic?
Do you see John the Baptist calling everybody who disagreed with him a "Darwinist" regardless of the topic?
Do you see Ezekiel branding all and sundry as liars?

Myself, I see Jesus driving the YEC video-peddlers out of the temple.

If there is a "higher dimension of intelligence", why not demonstrate it instead of a higher level of belligerence?

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Message 87 of 301 (378067)
01-19-2007 1:00 PM

Reply to: Message 82 by AdminBuzsaw
01-19-2007 12:04 PM

Re: Rationality and "Fervent" Christians (or "Christian, heal thyself!")

AdminBuzsaw writes:

... the more fundamentally Biblical being convinced of higher realms of intelligence capable of what we call miraculous.

My point was that anybody claiming to be a Christian should model their behaviour after Christ and not use "I believe in miracles" to justify being an a**hole.

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Message 215 of 301 (379062)
01-22-2007 7:32 PM

Reply to: Message 213 by arachnophilia
01-22-2007 7:16 PM

Re: An Elegy for Dr. Adequate, Over-Suspended Over A Troll

arachnophilia writes:

the showcase exists as a place for people who are incapable of following the forum rules to post -- but unless you're forced to be there (because you can't follow the forum rules) you had better follow the forum rules while you're there?

I think that makes perfect sense. The sane are expected to be sane, even when visiting the asylum.

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