Odoital1778412, is he...............

[aitm]

the intent of giving people something legitimate to think about.

because.. you know     we've never heard of this shit called god before     or the mindless excuses they come up with   



oh...

what a sad sad level of the general populaces education has sunk.

[AllPurposeAtheist]

Great post Shoe, but tell us. ..Do you or do you not have a ceiling fan and windchime?

[drunkenshoe]

Great post Shoe, but tell us. ..Do you or do you not have a ceiling fan and windchime?

Only a fan in the summer house and no windchime! I swear. But I can't help and touch one, anywhere I see it. Does that count?

[Munch]

No, I don't think it is ironic that you love a Christian poet. Obviously, he is writing on something that calls to you. You don't need to believe in souls and gods to enjoy that.

yeah, I've heard music and seen artwork, and especially architecture that come from religious people, and casting aside what religion is, I can appreciate such things, the work people put into them. Its only when I get the scriptures and preachers coming in trying to convert that I stop taking an interest in it.

I appreciate a golden sunset, and I don't need god on my mind to enjoy it.

[AllPurposeAtheist]

Only a fan in the summer house and no windchime! I swear. But I can't help and touch one, anywhere I see it. Does that count?

You're semi enlightened then which by any real standard is way past about 99.99% of earth's human population.

[Odoital778412]

Well you have to understand that we get a lot of drive-bys here. A lot. Like a ton. They show up for a few days, get a few threads of debate going and active and then simply disappear. Extremely common around here.

Yes, I do understand.  Several people have described that circumstance often, which is why I'm not upset about it.  But thank you for the reminder.  It's easy to forget that many of you probably have a long history here, certainly longer than mine.  Be well...

[drunkenshoe]

You're semi enlightened then which by any real standard is way past about 99.99% of earth's human population.

Woohoooooo, I knew I was speciaaaaalll! 

[SGOS]

Additionally, I'm not attempting to recruit anyone for anything. 

From an ethical standpoint, you should be more honest about this.  However, an outright admission may or may not get you bounced, as it would be against the rules.

I'm simply interacting and dialoguing about issues with the intent of giving people something legitimate to think about.

In order to be legitimate, it has be real.  If it can't pass that test, it's just your opinion that it's legitimate.  You can claim it's legitimate until the cows come home, but it would help if you could actually demonstrate that it's legitimate.  Some of us may be interested in your opinions, as it helps them to understand how you arrive at such illogical conclusions.  I don't care how you arrive at illogical conclusions.  You do because you are illogical.  I don't need to know anything beyond that.

But really now, isn't your silly claim of "giving something legitimate to think about" just a way for you to justify preaching?  Come on now; Be honest.

And yeah, if someone moves a bit closer to belief, that's certainly positive.  But my goals are modest.

OK, you're not trying to get an immediate conversion, you're just hoping to move us in that direction.  That's not really preaching, right?  It's just "kind of" preaching, right?  You know, I'm starting to think you might be trying to bullshit all of us.  You think?