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    Default I'm done.

    I have decided to leave this site. I have come to the conclusion that it's a colossal waste of my time. There are only a few dozen regulars on here, and most them are so set in their beliefs that there is no room for debate. There are better ways to spend my time. Like cleaning my bathroom. At least that's something useful. So goodbye. I'd say it's been fun, but I'd be lying.

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    if I ever leave, I intend to just go in silence

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    Quote Originally Posted by zymurgy View Post
    if I ever leave, I intend to just go in silence
    Bless that...
    Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
    - -- Aristotle

    Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
    - -- The Buddha

    It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
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    Usually those who announce their flounces don't flounce.

    I'm pretty sure that "so set in their beliefs that there is no room for debate" means "I can't convert them to my mythology."

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post
    Usually those who announce their flounces don't flounce.

    I'm pretty sure that "so set in their beliefs that there is no room for debate" means "I can't convert them to my mythology."
    Lol. He tries, but when people don't fall over like bowling pins he puts them on ignore. What's there to debate when you're only preaching to the choir?


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    Quote Originally Posted by christiefan915 View Post
    Lol. He tries, but when people don't fall over like bowling pins he puts them on ignore. What's there to debate when you're only preaching to the choir?
    I know, right? I've been off and on various religion forums since I got my first computer decades ago. Discussing beliefs is a good way to question your own, maybe change your mind about some things, refine other things. Unfortunately though a lot of ppl engage on them only to evangelize and not to learn anything themselves. Grugore is that way. Imagine starting a thread and demanding that someone tell you "I want to know how this nerve cell here works but I don't want to have to sit through a semester of science class, watch any boring video lectures, or read anything you present to me."

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post
    I know, right? I've been off and on various religion forums since I got my first computer decades ago. Discussing beliefs is a good way to question your own, maybe change your mind about some things, refine other things. Unfortunately though a lot of ppl engage on them only to evangelize and not to learn anything themselves. Grugore is that way. Imagine starting a thread and demanding that someone tell you "I want to know how this nerve cell here works but I don't want to have to sit through a semester of science class, watch any boring video lectures, or read anything you present to me."
    That was him in a nut shell, complete with pics and articles from questionable sites.


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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post
    I know, right? I've been off and on various religion forums since I got my first computer decades ago. Discussing beliefs is a good way to question your own, maybe change your mind about some things, refine other things. Unfortunately though a lot of ppl engage on them only to evangelize and not to learn anything themselves. Grugore is that way. Imagine starting a thread and demanding that someone tell you "I want to know how this nerve cell here works but I don't want to have to sit through a semester of science class, watch any boring video lectures, or read anything you present to me."
    I have never understood why Trump-loving teabaggers feel they need put the Old Testament into a competition with particle physics, and evolutionary biology.

    Spiritual traditions and quantum physics are two distinct areas of the human experience which are not competing for a grade in a classroom.

    While the Old Testament cannot seriously be considered an account of historical events, there in nonetheless always a place for allegory and parable in the human experience.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cypress View Post
    I have never understood why Trump-loving teabaggers feel they need put the Old Testament into a competition with particle physics, and evolutionary biology.

    Spiritual traditions and quantum physics are two distinct areas of the human experience which are not competing for a grade in a classroom.

    While the Old Testament cannot seriously be considered an account of historical events, there in nonetheless always a place for allegory and parable in the human experience.
    Amen, mythos is necessary, it is the keeper of our archetypes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grugore View Post
    I have decided to leave this site. I have come to the conclusion that it's a colossal waste of my time. There are only a few dozen regulars on here, and most them are so set in their beliefs that there is no room for debate. There are better ways to spend my time. Like cleaning my bathroom. At least that's something useful. So goodbye. I'd say it's been fun, but I'd be lying.
    nobody cares


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    Quote Originally Posted by g r i n d View Post
    nobody cares
    Would you please take this fuckwad back? He's dirtying up another forum with stupid.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grugore View Post
    I have decided to leave this site. I have come to the conclusion that it's a colossal waste of my time. There are only a few dozen regulars on here, and most them are so set in their beliefs that there is no room for debate. There are better ways to spend my time. Like cleaning my bathroom. At least that's something useful. So goodbye. I'd say it's been fun, but I'd be lying.
    I am getting a little teary-eyed at this melancholy goodbye post. I doubt there is a dry eye in the house!

    I am going to miss your contributions to discussions of evolution, cosmology, and scientific principles. It was always comedy gold!

    If I had to design a message board troll to make bible thumpers look like barely educated dumb asses, I could not have asked for better than you.

    So long, and thanks for all the fish!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cypress View Post
    I am getting a little teary-eyed at this melancholy goodbye post. I doubt there is a dry eye in the house!

    I am going to miss your contributions to discussions of evolution, cosmology, and scientific principles. It was always comedy gold!

    If I had to design a message board troll to make bible thumpers look like barely educated dumb asses, I could not have asked for better than you.

    So long, and thanks for all the fish!
    If I had a gun I wouldn't miss you!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cypress View Post
    I am getting a little teary-eyed at this melancholy goodbye post. I doubt there is a dry eye in the house!

    I am going to miss your contributions to discussions of evolution, cosmology, and scientific principles. It was always comedy gold!

    If I had to design a message board troll to make bible thumpers look like barely educated dumb asses, I could not have asked for better than you.

    So long, and thanks for all the fish!
    OK, asshole, you made me truly laugh out loud. And I use the term asshole in a positive way. I call some of my best friends assholes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by domer76 View Post
    OK, asshole, you made me truly laugh out loud. And I use the term asshole in a positive way. I call some of my best friends assholes.
    Here is 10 cents, go call them now!!

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