Atheist Life vs Religious Life

[_Some Schmo]

How am I ignorant for noting a straw man?

I never said you were ignorant for noting a straw man.

That would be a strawman itself.

[_dartagnan]

Then what am I ignorant of?

[_Some Schmo]

Then what am I ignorant of?

Well, I don't have time to write a post that long.

I was previously referring to everything in the video you didn't watch.

[_dartagnan]

That's what I thought...

[_Chap]

Guess what? I haven't even looked at it for one second!

For me to express any opinion at all about it would thus be, to borrow one of dartagnan's more frequently used words "absurd". I suppose it might be just a little bit less absurd if I watched the first minute before favoring board members with my opinion of the video - but not much.

Oh blow it out your ear chap. What's the matter anyway, you can't stand a single criticism of any criticism towards religion? Well, get over it. Or don't. I couldn't get past the first minute because it started off with an absurd straw man that made absolutely no sense. I never said anything about the rest of the film because I didn't see it. I expressed my opinion about what I saw. Yes, I felt it wasn't worth my time watching the rest of it for the same reason I didn't want to sit through an hour of Zeitgeist after it made so many stupid claims in the opening chapter. You can't judge a book by its cover, but you can usually judge it by its first chapter.

And it is funny how you say you can't express an opinion of it because you haven't watch a single second of it, yet you feel some need to defend it indirectly by attacking me for making a valid criticism. Would you be making your comments if I had said the same thing about anything else unrelated to evolution? What if I had criticized a porn flick without seeing it?

Tut.

My post meant what it said, no more and no less. Debates about atheism and theism on this board are confused enough without contributors who weigh in on the explicit basis that they have hardly looked at more than a tiny proportion of the material which is the topic of the thread.

[_dartagnan]

Debates about atheism and theism on this board are confused enough without contributors who weigh in on the explicit basis that they have hardly looked at more than a tiny proportion of the material which is the topic of the thread.

And I submit that debates about atheism and theism on this board are confused enough without contributors who weigh in thinking a silly youtube clip would make a valuable contribution, when it reality it only scatters more straw on the pile of existing straw men.

[_JAK]

I liked this video because it’s a concise and straightforward look at how an atheistic outlook is more psychologically responsible and mature than one involving a deity, something I’ve been thinking and writing about for a few years now.

The interview with Dawkins was more interesting.

JAK

[_Some Schmo]

Debates about atheism and theism on this board are confused enough without contributors who weigh in on the explicit basis that they have hardly looked at more than a tiny proportion of the material which is the topic of the thread.

And I submit that debates about atheism and theism on this board are confused enough without contributors who weigh in thinking a silly youtube clip would make a valuable contribution, when it reality it only scatters more straw on the pile of existing straw men.

And I submit that you wouldn't know a valuable contribution of it knocked you on your ass. I don't trust you really know anything at all, quite frankly... well, except for how to act like a pompous dumbass.

The interview with Dawkins was more interesting.

I've seen that video before JAK. The panel at the end was painful to watch.

[_dartagnan]

And yet again, we see no substance or any attempt to back up your claims. I'm sure the real reason you don't respond is that you don't have the time to write up such a long post. Whatever helps you sleep at night, bud. Ultimately you're left with nothing but slurs, as usual.

And you wondered why I never really paid much attention to you in the past?

You're a lightweight who rarely has anything to offer. This thread is no exception.

[_Some Schmo]

And yet again, we see no substance or any attempt to back up your claims. I'm sure the real reason you don't respond is that you don't have the time to write up such a long post. Whatever helps you sleep at night, bud. Ultimately you're left with nothing but slurs, as usual.

And you wondered why I never really paid much attention to you in the past?

You're a lightweight who rarely has anything to offer. This thread is no exception.

That's why you came to my thread and felt the need to comment on its subject without having watched all of it, huh? You sure do pay attention to me now. I bet you imagine me naked at night too, huh, ya weirdo?

I've attempted to reason with you in the past, but you seem to have an attention deficit problem, and it's not worth it to me. (You might attempt coming up with a decent point worth contending, you know... little hint for ya). The fact that you don't think I have tried to reason with you is hardly surprising since you haven't a clue what a cogent argument is. We know this because you never offer one.

Besides, you've demonstrated over and over that your idea of "knowledge" is rather warped, and I'd rather discuss things with people who understand common English, not folks who live in their own private Twilight Zone.

As for the slurs... well, they're just for fun. Why not, when it's so damn easy? I can hardly think of a more deserving target.