Originally posted by beingofone
I have learned a valuable lesson by visiting and debating in this forum.
The lesson is - you cannot disagree with the accepted thought of being a crustacean that emerged out of the primordial swamp. You will be expelled from the good ole boy network instantly if you fail to repent of your ways. In fact, you should only want to talk with true heart felt believers. Anyone who disagrees is just not ready for the truth. They should take time to listen, ask questions and ponder the meaning.
I have learned a valuable lesson by visiting and debating in this forum.
The lesson is - you cannot disagree with the accepted thought of being a crustacean that emerged out of the primordial swamp. You will be expelled from the good ole boy network instantly if you fail to repent of your ways. In fact, you should only want to talk with true heart felt believers. Anyone who disagrees is just not ready for the truth. They should take time to listen, ask questions and ponder the meaning.
It is perfectly fine to insult, cajol, and denegrate all such lower life forms who disagree. Obviously they have not considered the deep and vast thoughts of the true nature of existence. After all they are doomed to suffer a meaningless existence. Wandering about without the searing fire of powerful intellect that is not open to only your special truth.
That's just standard behavior here with any disagreement of any kind. Your sport teams suck! You mouthbreather!
Your religion is the most exclusive fundamentalist religion I have ever studied or experienced. You just stop talking to those who are not ready for your gospel.
Its not a religion, as there are no rites nor acts to be performed with any regularity (the very meaning of religion). Its a belief.
In fact you are not open to any new ideas except what promotes your already preconceived concept of existence. You have shown me that this is not open debate - it is mere recruiting for your religion.
We are open to informed debate. That is the problem. If you give us non-literary evidence for creationist claims, fine. But that a book says so sadly is NOT informed debate. Other books disagree, so what?
When a person has a cogent, well thought out line of reasoning that disagrees with yours - only a fool would ignore this person. I can only learn from a discusion that disagrees with my viewpoint.
Unless you have a religious belief system that is being threatened.
While doctrine is open to discussion, religion by itself is a matter solely of faith, not reason. How do you argue faith? Faith is by definition beyond arguement.
The taughtology that only a scientific hypothesis can have any merit or truth is just another religion. Any other suggestion that may be true would be like a cat scratching a scrotum.
Science at its apex is still just a guess - yet with enough faith it can become so real.
YES - I see the light.
YES - I see the light.
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