Look, twooffour, "You started it" [one of his comebacks in the religion thread] is not exactly becoming of someone we assume is educated beyond third grade.
Zig tunes in. Addresses my comment. Then says "I'll ignore you based on my pledge".
The pledge was made in an earlier flamewar trainwreck. He brings it up. I respond. He started it. The end.
And how can you claim to be on some kind of higher moral ground when a slight comment is made about not wanting to respond to you, and then you feel the need to disproportionally retaliate with yet another long-winded explanation of how you are so logical and intelligent and too high above us to be so immature and emotional?
What the FUCK? Are you living in some parallel universe or something?
1. You make a bunch of argument on a topic. I adddress them.
2. You imply that I somehow bring hostility into a peaceful thread, which is why you'd prefer not to respond to me. Even though I actually haven't done anything of the sort.
So if addressing false accusations and on-topic arguments counts as "lecture/rant/retaliation about how intelligent one is", maybe you should stay out of internet discussions.
If the problem is not you but rather the rest of us, leave here and go sign up for Mensa. I'm sure they would appreciate your superior intellect, and I promise you would not be terribly missed here.
All I do is post a few comments in your thread, and you have to start the "who is the problem, who is more intelligent" crap again? Why do you have to do this?
You simply cannot handle "the truth. This is called cognitive dissonance. I see NO reason to be civil with you when you are "dead wrong." When one is intellectually superior and, uses IMPERVIOUS logic to PROVE you wrong, you simply cannot handle it. It comes from, being delusional.
Alright, alright, pal, stop right there.
The problem here is transparently obvious: you perceive challenges and direct criticisms of religious ideas as offensive and aggressive. That's it, there's nothing more to that.
There wasn't a SINGLE SENTENCE in my posts on the "Religion" thread that were somehow aggressive or "uncivil" - but to you, the mere insinuation that a religious belief may *gasp* be based on delusion or cognitive dissonance or ignorance, already counts as offense.
If you think you're being wrongly accused of delusion, why not MAKE A COUNTER-ARGUMENT.
And if you can't be bothered to do that but would rather prefer to cry and complain about "uncivil" treatment... as I said, keep out of discussions if you're so hyper-sensitive.
As I said, you are an ignoramus, and if you cannot write a lengthy essay to prove me wrong, I remain "right," and back to you and stick like glue, so THERE. In fact, as long as I'm the last one to comment, even if my comments are full of fallacious holes, I am still right by default.
Yes, that's how a debate is supposed to work. Thanks for summing up!
If you can't be bothered to "write a lengthy essay" to point out those "fallacious holes", then you're not prepared to partake in a discussion and should stay out of it.
And you really shouldn't be tossing EMPTY ACCUSATIONS about there being fallacious holes.
How obvious does that have to be?? Let's see those "fallacious holes". PLEASE. I'm waiting.
Actually, civil liberties have not been completely resolved. There are still serious race and sex "related" disparities. And by out of hand, I assuming you are implying that all Darks are looking for, "handouts". Since you are uneducated, you are more prone to racism, so it's "obvious" that you would make such a blatantly BIGOTED stateMENT.
It's hard for me to even comprehend what you're saying here, but where did I accuse you of bigotry?
No. The simple truth is, you make a thread about religion, while being religious yourself, and get exaggeratedly offended by a guy making simple arguments. Don't try to make it into anything other than what it is.
Congratulations on falling into the "I'm religious. Any challenges to my beliefs will be perceived as intrusive; any criticisms of my beliefs will be perceived as harsh; any harsh criticisms as rudeness; and any rudeness as fascism and persecution" stereotype.
You start a dicussion thread. Instead of tolerating or addressing arguments made in this discussion thread, you prefer to whine and complain about arguments contrary to your views, and shift the blame on the others.
Instead of maintaining what you call a "civil on-topic discussion", you prefer to disregard the on-topic substance, and turn it into yet another childish pissing contest.
So who's the problem here, what do you think?
You behave like a 10 year old, and as a result you won't be taken seriously, and don't earn any respect.
Welcome to reality.