I AM a Serious Thinker

Just got an email from an unammed source complaining that I misrepresented his atheological masterpiece, showing that I am not a "serious thinker."

I will post a slightly edited copy of the email, along with empirical evidence that proves that I AM a serious thinker. Here's the email:

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Paul,

I think you want to be known as a serious thinker. With you post ... you misrepresented me and the arguments in my book ... Anyone who thumbs through the pages of my book will see that you did. Now I know you hate me with the hatred of your God, but that does not give you the right to misrepresent what I write. One last time. If you do this you will lose credibility in the eyes of people who have actually do read through my book. That's the bottom line. They will see you are not being honest as a thinker. Now I understand you don't think I deserve any honesty, since you believe God may have created me for hell. But by not being honest about the arguments of another person it will reveal that you are not interested in the truth. Whether or not you are, cannot be seen by your readers. And unless you do, your arguments will not help those who read my book who are looking for good solid reasons against what I've written. I think I've said this before. In my book I try as best as I can NOT to misrepresent my intellectual opponents, and I would gladly accept any criticism from anyone who can show that I did. That's why I AM considered a serious thinker and you are not, even if you think I'm dead wrong.

Here's an email I received from a serious thinker about you:

Manata's not a thinker, he's a fighter. You know that. Thinking isn't for truth-finding, it's just a tool to fight with for him, only as useless as it is effective as a combat weapon.

So, color me cynical, but I think he would be one of the last you should wait on for some kind of honest reckoning.

It's too bad because he has the capacity and faculties to be a good thinker. Blows punks like Hays out of the water. But Christianity is a clenched fist swung in anger against the philistines -- it keeps him from physical violence, and still feeds the narcissism and fear that drives his deep need to fight, to abuse.

Don't hold your breath. ;-)

A couple people I've talked to -- like one of the guys at prosblogion -- come to the conclusion you'd expect with Manata. Not credible, a hack, and in an unfortunate way, because he could be something more. Serious thinkers are unlikely to be taken in by Manata's sophistry, I think.

Regards,

A. Serious Thinker

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But I take umbrage with the above. Anyone with eyes can see that, in fact, I AM a serious thinker:

Doin' some serious thinking

(P.S. Note the demonstrably false claim about Steve Hays. Drops the credibility down to around zero.)