Tis the season...deja vu anyone?

[flippyshark]

Originally Posted by Disneyphile

I think the sign should have stayed in place.

I would have placed a sign next to it stating my beliefs:

"Skepticism = Insecurity About One's Own Intelligence Level. Therefore, skeptics have to make everyone else look dumb in a lame attempt to appear smarter than they actually are."



Shiny happy holiday thoughts, no?

Sorry, Disneyphile. I'm a skeptic, and couldn't disagree more with your assessment. Speaking for myself, I'm kind, sentimental, fun-loving and out for as many hedons as the next guy. I know many many others in the skeptical (or freethought, secular humanist, etc) movement who are also wonderful, life affirming, positive people. There are asshats in every congregation. Please don't let a few bad apples harden you. Blinking cat or no, your post is calling me stupid, insecure and vindictive, only by virtue of having been lobbed far too broadly. There are lots of us good guys out there. Some of us are skeptics. Try to meet a few. You'll be glad you did.

[Disneyphile]

Originally Posted by flippyshark

Sorry, Disneyphile. I'm a skeptic, and couldn't disagree more with your assessment. Speaking for myself, I'm kind, sentimental, fun-loving and out for as many hedons as the next guy. I know many many others in the skeptical (or freethought, secular humanist, etc) movement who are also wonderful, life affirming, positive people. There are asshats in every congregation. Please don't let a few bad apples harden you. Blinking cat or no, your post is calling me stupid, insecure and vindictive, only by virtue of having been lobbed far too broadly. There are lots of us good guys out there. Some of us are skeptics. Try to meet a few. You'll be glad you did.

I was being facetious.

[flippyshark]

Originally Posted by Disneyphile

I was being facetious.

I'm happy to know that. I just hope it isn't "kidding on the square."

[Disneyphile]

Originally Posted by flippyshark

I'm happy to know that. I just hope it isn't "kidding on the square."

Nope. It wasn't even remotely directed at the skeptics that I've known for sometime now.

[Betty]

Would you feel differently if this was a paid for billboard or side of bus advertisment?

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

pfft. Since "god" hasn't posted here, I doubt he exists...

[flippyshark]

Sir Dillon, in response to "We're just questioning the merits of that particular sign," you said:

Originally Posted by Sir Dillon

Which is akin to questioning its legal right to be presented on public property!!

Okay, questioning the merits of a sign's content is akin to questioning its legal right to be presented on public property? Am I missing something here? Those are very clearly two different things.

1) - I support the legal right for the sign to be displayed.

2) - I don't think the message as written is as effective as it could be.

Where does the second one in any way negate the first? You say they are akin and add two exclamation points.

Heck, theoretically, I could go further and say

1) - I support the legal right for the sign to be displayed

2) - I completely disagree with the message and think it is poorly worded to boot.

And there is still no contradiction. Nor does the second negate the first. Nor are they akin.

What's the deal?

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by Bornieo: Fully Loaded

pfft. Since "god" hasn't posted here, I doubt he exists...

Why must god be a man?
What if god was one of us?
Does god like bacon?
How about shiny things?

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

As to the horrors of religion on the world, I would broaden those to belong to people who claim to know truth - then you could lump the secular dogmatists (i.e. Nazis, Communists, etc.) in that category as well.

This point bears repeating. Religion didn't invent horrors, nor are the religious the sole practitioners of them, but those that do create horrors do all seem to share a certain affinity for one particular concept.........I'm right and you're not.

[Disneyphile]

Originally Posted by Bornieo: Fully Loaded

pfft. Since "god" hasn't posted here, I doubt he exists...

But... but, I thought you were God!

Ugh.

Now all my faith is just shattered. Just like that. In one little post.

My spiritual cheese is very sad.