Effective Posting Styles (And Suggested Improvements)

Opinions are due only a minimum of respect. If opinions are wrong, respect simply means that the opinion is not simply dismissed, but is rebutted with argument and evidence. No other respect is due.Once the opinion has been completely addressed without rebuttal, mere repetition of the opinion is not due any respect at all.Bad arguments demand even less respect than do wrong opinions.I suppose that makes it okay to call me "testy". I'll have a t-shirt made.

But you don't really respond to astrologists and alchemists in the way you address Christians espousing their beliefs, do you?

Is that your impression of the Christian posters here? Do you treat them with disrespect because other Christians have a stranglehold n progression?I can understand your hostility to religion. I don't understand why that stance requires that you disrespect people in this forum, particularly those whose expressed beliefs are not in conflict with science or your personal politics.I'm not condemning you for the tone you use, but I don't find it reasonable.Edited by NoNukes, : No reason given.

It's not your disdain that that I find unreasonable. What I find off-putting is your overt hostility towards people who aren't bothering you.But that's just my opinion. I don't expect you to change because of it. Others find the same actions part of your charm.

I think that's pretty much what I said.

But "moderates" are not silent in regards to fundies. In this forum deists, Christians, and atheist alike all seem to be in the same dogpile on top of Creationists and Fluddites.

Given that the only thing I know about you is what you post here, I don't see the relevance. Name one such poster. I haven't seen anything like that here, but I don't read every thread. In other words, your responses to posters don't have much to do with what those posters actually post or what actions they actually take. A belief in Jesus Christ alone is enough reason for vilification. I suppose you'll get around to me at some point.

I don't think we can define effective as convincing Buzsaw or Bertot that orange juice is of an orange color. My goal in debating is to get the ridiculous underpinnings of their arguments in writing and straight from the horses hooves in a matter that others can appreciate. Normally those posters are quite obliging. I think posters like Wounded King, Son Goku, cavediver and Dr. Adequate are quite effective using that measure.