I don't think you can CALL ME AN ASSHOLE for suggesting that you're in high school, after YOU JUST DESCRIBED MY RELIGION AS "CRAP."
And condescending? Again, it's condescending for me to suggest that you're in high school, but not for you to describe my philosophy as "crap"? Are you serious?
(by the way, ARE you in high school? you sidestepped the question... just wondering)
Not your philosophy, just your religion (i.e. the mythological parts). The philosophical parts are fine, the idea of a married virgin is absolutely absurd. Sorry if you misunderstood.
I'll answer the high school thing if you explain what relevance it has.
And YOU seemed to have turned it into one, more specifically. I realize I'm the minority here (among other metalheads), so if you want a place where you can just enjoy the majority's support, this is probably it. However, you encouraged religious people in your initial question... in fact, the question was specifically aimed at religious people.
Yeah, it was. I didn't want this to be a Christian bashing thread. I simply hold views that conflict with a lot of Christian mythology. I hoped that it wouldn't end up this way, but it kinda did. I think maybe we should try to get back on track, but at this point I don't see how that's possible.
Now (and please respond to this with a simple "yea or nea"): Do you, in keeping with the aforementioned remark, simply want this forum to be ruled by insults, or civilized debate (careful here)?
Wait a moment. Does yea mean insults, or debate? I'm for debate, but you kinda got a little obnoxious dragging in other stuff that isn't really relevant.
NO!. Which is exactly the point - I explained it several times. How are you not getting this? Nobody can prove of disprove Russell's Teapot. If there is legitimate philosophy backing it(?), all we can do is debate that... that was my whole point...
Ok, I think that this is actually interesting. I would say that the existence or nonexistence of god is irrelevant, because since he doesn't manifest himself in any way detectable to humans, there is no reason for him to matter to us. Sorta like if there's a gigantic fork somewhere out in Idaho. Cool, but whatever.
I'm wondering why, after we seemed to be engaging in a fairly courteous, if charged, debate, you suddenly felt the need to abandon that for childish insults. I was wondering if you're just pissed off at the forum in general or something.
No. Actually, I sorta got tired of the back and forth argument, so I just ranted for a paragraph. Been known to happen. What was the deal with that Jimi Hendrix thing? I don't even like Hendrix.
Anyhow, I would like it if we could make peace, stop using this thread as a surrogate for a back and forth debate that borders on an online shouting match, and actually have a decent discussion. So, if you wanna respond to my point up above about God and the Monolithic Fork Deity, that would be cool.