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NoNukes Inactive Member |
You mean that he's religious? No. My father was a professor at Homiletics at a prestigious seminary school in Atlanta. He would argue and debate for hours on end in an honest fashion and I am sorry that I missed opportunities to ask him things while I was here. He was pretty proud of the fact that I was a science and technology-minded kid. I understand that you've only seen religious person behave as mike does, but he does not represent all religious folk. Mike has a chip on his shoulders... or is that his ass? Either way, I would not let him bend you out of shape. Edited by NoNukes, : No reason given. Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. Martin Luther King I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend. Thomas Jefferson Seems to me if its clear that certain things that require ancient dates couldn't possibly be true, we are on our way to throwing out all those ancient dates on the basis of the actual evidence. -- Faith Some of us are worried about just how much damage he will do in his last couple of weeks as president, to make it easier for the NY Times and Washington post to try to destroy Trump's presidency. -- marc9000
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Pressie Member Posts: 2103 From: Pretoria, SA Joined: |
Actually, the only people I've ever met who are so ridiculously stupid as mikethewiz, were devoutly religious. Not only Christians, but others, too. It's not "bend me out of shape". It's that religion can tend to turn otherwise sane people to become crazy. And they unthinkingly tend to repeat stupid, crazy things, no matter how many times they are shown to be stupid.
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NoNukes Inactive Member |
Actually, the only people I've ever met who are so ridiculously stupid as mikethewiz, were devoutly religious. Perhaps you should get out more. There are people who are stupid on almost every topic imaginable. Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. Martin Luther King I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend. Thomas Jefferson Seems to me if its clear that certain things that require ancient dates couldn't possibly be true, we are on our way to throwing out all those ancient dates on the basis of the actual evidence. -- Faith Some of us are worried about just how much damage he will do in his last couple of weeks as president, to make it easier for the NY Times and Washington post to try to destroy Trump's presidency. -- marc9000
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Pressie Member Posts: 2103 From: Pretoria, SA Joined: |
Yeah, maybe. Are you hinting that I should go to the nearest Catholic Church to investigate their latest mining plans near the town of Carolina?
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Modulous Member Posts: 7801 From: Manchester, UK Joined: |
He does not give a crap about your rebuttals. My rebuttals are not merely meant for Mike's benefit, there are others that stray this way too.
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Tangle Member Posts: 9489 From: UK Joined: Member Rating: 4.9 |
Modulous writes: My rebuttals are not merely meant for Mike's benefit, there are others that stray this way too. I think you should save your rebuttals for those worthy of them. Our lurkers have seen all these nonsenses many times before plus their rebuttals. Mike has a history here which we should recognise and not rise to. He's a self-confessed troll who needs to be called on it every time he drives by, not treated like a new member genuinely seking intelligent debate. If he mends his ways, fine. But until then don't feed him. It makes us look silly - which is his goal.Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif. Je suis Parisien. "Life, don't talk to me about life" - Marvin the Paranoid Android "Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved." - Tim Minchin, in his beat poem, Storm.
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Modulous Member Posts: 7801 From: Manchester, UK Joined: |
Our lurkers have seen all these nonsenses many times before plus their rebuttals Perhaps. Perhaps not.
Mike has a history here which we should recognise and not rise to. Then don't rise to it.
He's a self-confessed troll who needs to be called on it every time he drives by, not treated like a new member genuinely seking intelligent debate. This has been done. It would be silly to repeat and argue about it, if someone's goal to was to achieve discord and chaos, it would gratify them.
If he mends his ways, fine. But until then don't feed him. It makes us look silly - which is his goal. Being right doesn't make one look silly. Mike may be making himself look silly. I come here to primarily to practice explaining flaws in notions, this I have done. I am gratified. I have had lurkers thank me, even for rebuttals of PRATTs. This is gratifying. If Mike is gratified by my having composed and posted said rebuttals, it concerns me not. If your goal is to thwart Mike's gratification, I dare say you are in danger of failing. Edited by Modulous, : No reason given.
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Tangle Member Posts: 9489 From: UK Joined: Member Rating: 4.9 |
modulous writes: Being right doesn't make one look silly. You being right is not irrelevant to him. He has a different agenda to you. You make yourself look silly by not accepting and recognising that.
I am gratified. I have had lurkers thank me, even for rebuttals of PRATTs. This is gratifying. If Mike is gratified by my having composed and posted said rebuttals, it concerns me not. So what we have here is two narcissists feeding each other. Really? Aren't you clevere than that?
If your goal is to thwart Mike's gratification, I dare say you are in danger of failing. As long as you or anyone else keeps on feeding him, you're correct.Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif. Je suis Parisien. "Life, don't talk to me about life" - Marvin the Paranoid Android "Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved." - Tim Minchin, in his beat poem, Storm.
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Coyote Member (Idle past 2105 days) Posts: 6117 Joined:
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Thanks, but I'll "feed the trolls" when the mood strikes me.
I don't come to this site for the politics, you know!Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge. Belief gets in the way of learning--Robert A. Heinlein In the name of diversity, college student demands to be kept in ignorance of the culture that made diversity a value--StultisTheFool It's not what we don't know that hurts, it's what we know that ain't so--Will Rogers If I am entitled to something, someone else is obliged to pay--Jerry Pournelle If a religion's teachings are true, then it should have nothing to fear from science...--dwise1 "Multiculturalism" demands that the US be tolerant of everything except its own past, culture, traditions, and identity.
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Modulous Member Posts: 7801 From: Manchester, UK Joined: |
You being right is not irrelevant to him. I don't care what's relevant to Mike. It's relevant to me, and its relevant to others.
He has a different agenda to you. I don't care about Mike's agenda.
You make yourself look silly by not accepting and recognising that. I have neither not accepted nor failed to recognize this. You seem to bothered about it, and you are publishing your bother right where he'll go looking for it; according to your theory of Mike you are giving him what he wants - seems counter productive to your goals to me, perhaps you should stop.
So what we have here is two narcissists feeding each other. No. Practicing rebuttals is useful. Serving other's interests is neither selfish nor self-aggrandizing. That I am happy to practice rebuttals, and that I am satisfied that others seem to find utility in those rebuttals is not narcissistic.
Aren't you clevere than that? Narcissism and cleverness are not mutually exclusive.
As long as you or anyone else keeps on feeding him, you're correct. Then stop feeding him by showing the world his actions are bothering you, stop feeding him by engaging in pointless arguments about him. I'll continue to speak truth in the face of misinformation to the benefit of any who mind find utility in them, to hone my skills at constructing and presenting counterarguments. And we'll both be on our way to succeeding at our goals.
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NoNukes Inactive Member |
My rebuttals are not merely meant for Mike's benefit, there are others that stray this way too. I understand that. Informing others is the primary and most compelling reason for responding to trolls. On the other hand, I believe that mike's stupidity is readily apparent and that the service provided by responding to him is minimal. Obviously, there is room for disagreement with my opinion. Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. Martin Luther King I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend. Thomas Jefferson Seems to me if its clear that certain things that require ancient dates couldn't possibly be true, we are on our way to throwing out all those ancient dates on the basis of the actual evidence. -- Faith Some of us are worried about just how much damage he will do in his last couple of weeks as president, to make it easier for the NY Times and Washington post to try to destroy Trump's presidency. -- marc9000
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caffeine Member (Idle past 1024 days) Posts: 1800 From: Prague, Czech Republic Joined:
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You being right is not irrelevant to him. He has a different agenda to you. You make yourself look silly by not accepting and recognising that. From my perspective, this site never looks sillier than when some nonsense or other elicits a stream of responses questioning the integrity and intentions of the poster. Seems like it would be much easier just to ignore them if you think the nonsense not worth engaging with.
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NoNukes Inactive Member |
Yeah, maybe. Are you hinting that I should go to the nearest Catholic Church to investigate their latest mining plans near the town of Carolina? I have no idea what you are talking about. Take a look through the loony of the month thread sometime. You'll find that people find ways to be stupid about stuff that have nothing to do with religion. Edited by NoNukes, : No reason given. Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. Martin Luther King I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend. Thomas Jefferson Seems to me if its clear that certain things that require ancient dates couldn't possibly be true, we are on our way to throwing out all those ancient dates on the basis of the actual evidence. -- Faith Some of us are worried about just how much damage he will do in his last couple of weeks as president, to make it easier for the NY Times and Washington post to try to destroy Trump's presidency. -- marc9000
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dwise1 Member Posts: 5930 Joined: Member Rating: 5.8 |
Modulus writes: Informing others is the primary and most compelling reason for responding to trolls. My rebuttals are not merely meant for Mike's benefit, there are others that stray this way too. For example, right now the counts are: (5 members, 338 visitors) . One of the characteristics of creationist claims is that they are designed to sound convincing. Their purpose is to convince the audience: convince non-believers in order to convert them and convince believers that what they believe is not nonsense. Actual truth has absolutely nothing to do with any of it. How convincing it sounds is all that matters. Creationist claims are selected solely on the basis of how convincing they sound, as opposed to scientific statements which are selected by how true they are. Are you starting to see a pattern here?
On the other hand, I believe that mike's stupidity is readily apparent ... Uh, sorry, but I do believe that the 2016 US Presidential elections has overwhelmingly disproven the ability of any group of people to see and recognized stupidity even when it's staring them straight in the face.
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Pressie Member Posts: 2103 From: Pretoria, SA Joined: |
Our lurkers have seen all these nonsenses many times before plus their rebuttals. Not really. New lurkers come here all the time.
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