John Larsen wrote:The comparison is pretty good. But to be fully like the religious debate, one of the parties would have to claim to have magical powers.
Bush was chosen and is inspired directly by god, doncha know? (Hell, if that's true, maybe Joe Smith really does have a case.)
As for the original post, I think there is an analog there, Trevor. It goes beyond apologetics and critics, however. I think much of that could also be applied more generally to message boards, especially ones where bickering is a normal day to day thing. I never cease to be amused by how seriously some people tend to take their online persona, and the lengths they'll go to protect it, like it somehow matters what people think of them. It's most definitely politics, but on a much smaller scale (and oh so less important... although don't tell them that).
God belief is for people who don't want to live life on the universe's terms.
Some Schmo wrote:I think much of that could also be applied more generally to message boards, especially ones where bickering is a normal day to day thing. I never cease to be amused by how seriously some people tend to take their online persona, and the lengths they'll go to protect it, like it somehow matters what people think of them. It's most definitely politics, but on a much smaller scale (and oh so less important... although don't tell them that).
So true, so true. Just go to a video gamer message board and watch the PS3ers and the XBox360ers go at it. Hilarious. The topic doesn't really matter; as long as there is something to argue, people will argue it on the internet. In the end, my dad can still beat up your dad. Nothing else matters.