tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post114719038253366352..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Loser of the month awardRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-1147357823117008662006-05-11T10:30:00.000-04:002006-05-11T10:30:00.000-04:00Sorry it took me so long to reply.Read "Swine and ...Sorry it took me so long to reply.<BR/><BR/>Read "<A HREF="http://debunkingchristianity.blogspot.com/2006/05/swine-and-science.html" REL="nofollow">Swine and Science</A>" at <A HREF="http://debunkingchristianity.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">DC</A>.nsflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04129382545589470620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-1147300456268369392006-05-10T18:34:00.000-04:002006-05-10T18:34:00.000-04:00Okay, so why are we big meanies wehn we call you d...Okay, so why are we big meanies wehn we call you dumb?<BR/><BR/>People who were dumb in the past (remember, you were duped by that superstitious religion, Christianity) will remain dumb. Psychologists will tell you that.<BR/><BR/>So, it looks like you loose, either way. If you justify your insults, then we justify ours. If you can't, then yours are worse than ours. <BR/><BR/>Either way, it looks like again it's<BR/><BR/>Christianity: 1<BR/><BR/>Loftus: 0Errorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10615233201833238198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-1147276984529957302006-05-10T12:03:00.000-04:002006-05-10T12:03:00.000-04:00JL: "Paul, anyone who reads everything that we wri...JL: "Paul, anyone who reads everything that we write in arguing against each other (and who doesn't have a life such that he would do that?!) will see for themselves a marked difference between how you guys treat us and how we treat you."<BR/><BR/>PM:<BR/><BR/>1) Well, I don't. So it's false to say "anyone."<BR/><BR/>2) I'm glad you admitted that calling you a meat machine, and challenging you to debate my 6 yr. old, is far more disrespectful and insulting than telling someone that they're gonna beat their wife along with calling their wife names. Good stuff John!Errorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10615233201833238198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-1147211432941645152006-05-09T17:50:00.000-04:002006-05-09T17:50:00.000-04:00John W. Loftus: "The fact that you guys feel the n...John W. Loftus: "The fact that you guys feel the need to bolster your arguments with references to our supposedly small brain matter is only indicative that you think you need to do so. Why? Are you losing the debate?"<BR/><BR/>Craig: The fact that you guys feel the need to bolster your arguments with references to Triablogue's supposedly rude and insulting comments is only indicative that you think you need to do so. Why? Are you losing the debate?Craig Sowderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11624212251233585028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-1147211275089955552006-05-09T17:47:00.000-04:002006-05-09T17:47:00.000-04:00If the first comment reflects Loftus’ exit notice,...If the first comment reflects Loftus’ exit notice, I say good riddance to him and his fellow cadre of priests from the naturalistic religion. <BR/><BR/>For my part, I have to confess that it is simply <I>astounding</I> how philosophically naive they have demonstrated themselves to be over the course of the last month or so in dialogue. <BR/><BR/>Astonishingly, they actually seem to believe that their empirical and rationalistic witchcraft can tell us something objectively true (!) about reality. <BR/><BR/>It’s almost as if they have been transported directly from the early modern era to our own present day – they are relics from that bygone age of “scientific certainty,” replete with a specialized vocabulary and confident knowledge claims about the fabric of the present [and the past] that their disciples take by faith. They are splendidly and naively unaware and unaffected by developments in the philosophy of science and language that long ago chastened the purely empirical or rationalistic justification of knowledge enterprise of the enlightened era. <BR/><BR/>That they might have fundamental metaphysical and epistemological commitments (not to mention a theory of how language itself connects with reality) that need to be actually defended (rather than merely taken for granted) seems to have hardly occurred to them. <BR/><BR/>And, in light of all this, they have the temerity to suggest that anyone else as a superstitious simpleton?<BR/><BR/>Amazing!Der Fürsprecherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349234130532717148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-1147208888761890532006-05-09T17:08:00.000-04:002006-05-09T17:08:00.000-04:00Some statements from the adult, the esteemed John ...<B>Some statements from the adult, the esteemed John Loftus:</B><BR/><BR/><I>"Mark my words, Paul, you will beat your wife when she disagrees with you in the future. If I were her I would be scared to marry you. But I'll never know if what I predict will happen, and I hope it doesn't. But it will, even as a Christian. And when it does, remember who is was who told you (the truth) that you would do it. And then reflect back on the conversion experience you've had and how it changed your life."</I><BR/><BR/><BR/><I>"If you did, then it is you who are the stupid one, and you've just revealed your ignorance for everyone to see here."</I><BR/><BR/><I>"You're still beating up on people aren't you? You're beating up on someone again, and liking the power you get from it. Aren't you so cool?"</I><BR/><BR/><I>" "She (Paul Manata's wife) must be the silent type, the agreeable type, the humble/submissive type, and the the (sic) doting wife." </I><BR/><BR/><BR/><I>"No, No, No, you idiots. You have purposely misunderstood me too much for me to sit by any longer and not get upset."</I><BR/><BR/><I>"“Travis, I cannot believe you are a Philosophy student. You belong here. I did not try to refute Idealism, idiot."</I><BR/><BR/><BR/><B>And then let's read what he says above,</B><BR/><BR/><I>" Anyone who has a different opinion is a threat to your belief. And so you attack."</I><BR/><BR/><I>"So you choose to belittle, demean, and act like children here at Triablogue."</I><BR/><BR/><I>" We don't regularly and repeatedly state how stupid you are."</I><BR/><BR/><B>Someone's not playing with all their marbles.</B>Errorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10615233201833238198noreply@blogger.com