Daniel Peterson wrote:It's not clear to me that making sweeping allegations without any obligation to back them up is an unqualifiedly good thing.
It's not clear to me, either; however, new posters to the board should be aware that they are not required to provide references, even if requested.
This policy is because the potential for abuse is so severe. Witness the MA&D board: Responding to a "CFR" is all but required, but in practice the mopologists use it to send the critics on wild-goose chases for facts that aren't in question. This designedly serves to hamper the critics' time, ability, and desire to further contribute to the thread.
"Finally, for your rather strange idea that miracles are somehow linked to the amount of gay sexual gratification that is taking place would require that primitive Christianity was launched by gay sex, would it not?"
Precisely Shades. And don't forget the complementary "asked and answered" policy whereby if the critic asks for a reference to some egregious claim by an apologist, all they have to say is that it's been answered over and over again so they don't have to back up anything they say.
Lou Midgley 08/20/2020: "...meat wad," and "cockroach" are pithy descriptions of human beings used by gemli? They were not fashioned by Professor Peterson.
LM 11/23/2018: one can explain away the soul of human beings...as...a Meat Unit, to use Professor Peterson's clever derogatory description of gemli's ideology.