Originally posted by psmith81992
But unlike Janus, you're able to reinforce your arguments with cogent, objective arguments which I have absolutely no problems with, as opposed to baseless, grade school liberal rantings. I don't remember the last time I said "liberalism is a mental disease", because I have no problems with liberals leaning towards the center, same with conservatives. I have problems with ultra conservatives and ultra liberals. Morons on both sides of the coins.
Just because I take issue with your complete inability to actually rationalize assertions (besides "they make sense to me, so I entertain them"😉 doesn't mean you need to poo-poo my intellect, Dave. The butt-hurt just comes out when you do that.
Let's clarify the issue here:
1. You've indicated that you hold religion to be compatible with science, but you can't even slightly attempt to explain why. This utter absence of a cohesive argument makes me skeptical.
2. You've indicated that you feel marriage is a man and woman only, but not because of religious reasons, even though you can't give me a secular argument for being against gay marriage, or gay unions which use the term 'marriage" because verbiage matters.
3. Both of these are compounded with years-worth of evidence of you backtracking, contradicting, and generally being unable to reconcile the two opposing viewpoints, to the extent that you've actually asserted that there's no difference between a faith-based dogmatic learning and that fancy thing we sometimes call "logical proofs".
Originally posted by Zampanó
After all, it (religion) seems to be a positive force in DS's life. The knock-on effects of normalizing religious ideas seems like a much weaker argument than that. I'm much more interested in getting a window into the way that the other half views the world, because this is a perspective that I don't have access to.
I'm trying to remember the last time Dave said anything positive about the affect religion had on his life aside from "I have it" and "you're a douche for not respecting it". However, I have to give him credit that he's never said I'm a bad person for not being Jewish; just a bad person for not respecting faith.
Originally posted by psmith81992
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/04/09/brandeis-university-withdraws-planned-honorary-degree-for-islam-critic-ayaan/
Oh look, Conservative News.
Originally posted by psmith81992
One of my good friends in college was a lesbian, and the only gay guys I've interacted with were flaming queens. I'm mildly uncomfortable around those types but I'm ok with that.
"Interacted".
Just because I take issue with your complete inability to actually rationalize assertions (besides "they make sense to me, so I entertain them"😉 doesn't mean you need to poo-poo my intellect, Dave. The butt-hurt just comes out when you do that.
1. You've indicated that you hold religion to be compatible with science, but you can't even slightly attempt to explain why. This utter absence of a cohesive argument makes me skeptical.
2. You've indicated that you feel marriage is a man and woman only, but not because of religious reasons, even though you can't give me a secular argument for being against gay marriage, or gay unions which use the term 'marriage" because verbiage matters.
3. Both of these are compounded with years-worth of evidence of you backtracking, contradicting, and generally being unable to reconcile the two opposing viewpoints, to the extent that you've actually asserted that there's no difference between a faith-based dogmatic learning and that fancy thing we sometimes call "logical proofs".
Since you continuously call religion a "myth" without any proof, while claiming I don't provide proof for my assertions, I'll chalk this up to the usual Janus "I'm insecure so I project a lot" hypocritical reasoning.
I'm trying to remember the last time Dave said anything positive about the affect religion had on his life aside from "I have it" and "you're a douche for not respecting it". However, I have to give him credit that he's never said I'm a bad person for not being Jewish; just a bad person for not respecting faith.
Furthermore, I have never claimed you were a douche for not respecting religion, just a douche for your reasoning, which I can find in any liberal arts school or coffee shop. I have no problem with anyone who doesn't believe in God(and I've said as such). I do have a problem with pseudointellectual secularists who don't believe in a higher power solely because they believe mankind is good and they are the masters of their universes.
"Interacted".
Blokes call each other mate. I am a gentleman.
Originally posted by Nephthys
Blokes call each other mate. I am a gentleman.
