@Scum:

1. I would have to be upset for your statement to work. I’m not, so it doesn’t. There was nothing to find out.

2. I never said Atheists were deceptive, feel free to make up the statement where I said this. I simply said I found irony in that both side resort to the same type of appeal to authority arguments. Nothing more or less.

3. Atheists do believe in nothing, at least as far as gods or anything else divine is concerned. So I guess you got me there, slick.

4. I didn’t soften anything. I said belief system and I meant belief system. It is called a dictionary. I suggest reading one before getting your panties in a bunch.

5. It is a belief system since neither atheism nor theism is Fact. Ergo belief system.

6. I accused you of aggression because of the tone of your posts, read back to them and see what I mean. If that doesn’t work, we are at loggerheads and I drop the point there.

7. Twist your words, care to actually back that up? Because I was trying to be as calm and cool as possible. If you can cite examples, I can apologize.

8. Hmm, I would have to go back through to find that apology.

9. Proving my point. You state that you hold a fervent belief that there is no god and even claim a bit of zealotry and yet that somehow proves that you don’t have a belief system that you are steadfast in… Alright then…

10. Victim play, not my thing. If anything read the tone of both post streams and see who is being more aggressive. Wasn’t me. I won’t go so far as to say Help me but if thinking that gets you off, have at.

11. Make things up… No, that statement is me telling you to read what I was saying because you had an aggravating tendency to make up strawmen.

12. You really didn’t do any more explaining as to strengthen what I was saying. Not my damn fault you didn’t take a couple seconds to hit dictionary.com.

13. So stating that two nonprovable systems of belief are just as viable as the other is somehow wrong now…

14. No, I didn’t answer your question as it was a strawman. Having a belief system is holding a certain number of ideas as true based on what you personally believe is or isn’t out there. A hobby is doing something in your spare time. Trying to compare two things with no relation to give yourself a perceived boost to your argument is a strawman since we aren’t talking about hobbies. Nice try though.

15. Rightwinger is a statement of politics not faith. Not all rightwingers have theistic beliefs and not all leftwingers are atheists. Your insult, which is how you are positioning, is unfounded. You are making a VERY groundless assumption of my politics over a silly little argument on the internet. You aren’t asking me my politics, you’re telling them to me.

16. What exactly do you think I am trying to trick you into? I don’t care if you are atheist. I am not part of any religion or church. I am not ministering. I am discussing semantics while you assume up and down that I am a rightwing and treacherous theist as well as make assumptions of my beliefs which I haven’t stated beyond a dual belief in creationism and evolution. For all you know, I could believe in flying spaghetti made from refried ninjas in turnip sauce who taste of elderberry.

Conclusion: You’re a cretin who prefers to argue with a strawman than the person who is actually posting to you. I have maybe two fundie friends, Froofrou and Barton. Barton is pretty atheist as far as I know and against marriage in general but still a bit of a fundamentalist. Froofrou you should be able to infer on your own but given your last tirade, I have my doubts.

Short version: You still don’t have a damn clue what we are arguing.

Apology: Yes, I realize this is feeding him but I am compulsive and decided to see if he would actually debate with me instead of a fictional character.

While shut in, trying to live it down, I plan
to take a stab at diagramming that sentence
of yours. That should kill a week…

First, I think froo is correct.

Second, this debate isn’t even about the
subject that began it.

Third, I don’t think anything is going to
be resolved here, in this format, in this way.

Fourth, I think you are both wise enough to
call this quits.

Fifth, I’ve got cookies. Froo and I can already
have some, and both of you can, too, if you
agree to drop this one.

*holds platter of still-oven-warm cookies in
front of froo*

Science does not tell us how we should behave. Religion does.

Interesting words. Reading them begged two questions:

-Then how do atheists behave?

-Do better religions offer the world better behaved constituents than lesser ones?

Right wing? You think I’m right wing? Crispy Gerbils on a pogo stick, you have really no idea what you’re talking about, do you?

And you say I lack dignity. You don’t even know who or what you are debating with.

That’s funny–They were here yesterday…

ATM, I’m reading about the Austin Maid Killer… you can blame Rhorho for opening that box of worms…

Right wing talking points? You think? Wow… After I read that, I lost all interest in bothering since you have no damn clue what you are even debating.

Oh yes, I’m an evil rightie with evil rightie talking points.

Ripping a new orifice in?

Oh yes, I’m an evil rightie with evil rightie talking points.

@eddiescapetti
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That’s a fact, Jack!