Are you an atheist?

[KenHigg]

(Lion) That Elephant is the biggest one I've ever seen, But it also has the biggest tusks. I'm probably best off not attacking it.

Somebody has either been hitting the sauce a wee bit much or they need to cancel their subscription to the cartoon network...

 

[Frothingslosh]

Better examples of rationality would be pets learning to open doors, things like that. I have a cat who can turn on water faucets (as long as they have a lever instead of knobs), and who knows that my laser pointer causes the bright red bug she likes to chase around the apartment. I had a roommate once whose cat really could open doors...and he would actually pet you back when you were petting him.

 

[KenHigg]

Better examples of rationality would be pets learning to open doors, things like that. I have a cat who can turn on water faucets (as long as they have a lever instead of knobs), and who knows that my laser pointer causes the bright red bug she likes to chase around the apartment. I had a roommate once whose cat really could open doors...and he would actually pet you back when you were petting him.

While we're at it we should register them for obama care and to vote...

 

[Frothingslosh]

While we're at it we should register them for obama care and to vote...

Heh.

It's kind of freaky, how smart those two cats are. It's kind of a shame they're both fixed - I'm half convinced any kittens born of those two would have been able to talk!

 

[KenHigg]

Heh.

It's kind of freaky, how smart those two cats are. It's kind of a shame they're both fixed - I'm half convinced any kittens born of those two would have been able to talk!

Probably be like kids - spend a couple years teaching them to talk then spend the next 20 trying to get them to shut up

 

[Galaxiom]

This guy is good....... I mean real good........... Even your main atheist is throwing out things that this guy is shooting down. sorry for the pun.

You set the bar very low for "shooting down" when it comes to a religious claim.

All you bloke needs to do is speak and you accept he has provided a valid rebuttal. Then you don't bother to hear Hitchens's subsequent reply.

Choose what you believe was the strongest point made in favour of God in the debate and post it here.

I don't expect you will because I have asked you over and over to choose a particular case and you never do it. You are more content avoiding any critiques of your faith.

 

[ConnorGiles]

Better examples of rationality would be pets learning to open doors, things like that. I have a cat who can turn on water faucets (as long as they have a lever instead of knobs), and who knows that my laser pointer causes the bright red bug she likes to chase around the apartment. I had a roommate once whose cat really could open doors...and he would actually pet you back when you were petting him.

Not even going to bother with Ken

Needs to get up on the right side of the bed once in a while Or get coffee on a drip.

But in reply to your comment, My dogs are exactly the same - Opening doors, We have brought 4 stair gates so far and each one has different opening mechanisms.

Every darn time the male finds out how to open it and shows the females. No privacy with my dogs haha.

He watches you open it, and tries to replicate the way you open it with his mouth. (He's a tall dog, I've probably told you before , Caucasian Ovcharka's)

 

[KenHigg]

Not even going to bother with Ken

Needs to get up on the right side of the bed once in a while Or get coffee on a drip.

Glad to realize you've met your match

Odd how you bash people with religious faith then dream up and believe something as absurd as the lion thing...

and... what does 'get coffee on a drip' mean

 

[ConnorGiles]

Glad to realize you've met your match

Whatever helps you sleep at night bud.

Odd how you bash people with religious faith then dream up and believe something as absurd as the lion thing...

I was backing my point that common sense and rationality are basically the same thing. and I was hardly "Bashing" just eager to hear someone with a religious backgrounds response. Are you religious? If so, why not give my questions a go rather than nit picking little quotes?

Funny how people such as yourself answer little bits of huge responses because it helps them satisfy their egos.

and... what does 'get coffee on a drip' mean

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Oh, come on - don't they have DRIPS where you're from?

 

[KenHigg]

'bud'?

This little religious/atheist thing you have going is pointless. All relative points for both sides have been made numerous times. Funny when a new gang comes through the forum and rehashes it again with fresh absurdities like the lion analogy

We do have coffee makers that, I suppose, could be referred to as 'drips' because of the water drips through the coffee grinds. Just that I've never heard them referred to as drips. How do we hope to discuss religion when we can't have amicable dialog about coffee makers...

 

[ConnorGiles]

'bud'?

Yes?

This little religious/atheist thing you have going is pointless. All relative points for both sides have been made numerous times. Funny when a new gang comes through the forum and rehashes it again with fresh absurdities like the lion analogy

Not at all pointless, I would be interested to hear someone religious answer my questions. I fear the only pointless thing being posted here is your posts "Bud".

We do have coffee makers that, I suppose, could be referred to as 'drips' because of the water drips through the coffee grinds. Just that I've never heard them referred to as drips. How do we hope to discuss religion when we can't have amicable dialog about coffee makers...

A drip is a medical piece of equipment in which "drips" small amounts of liquid into the veins at a time. You see them a lot in hospitals. Which is why I say you require it on drip to have an even remotely civil conversation with .

Another question, How do we hope to discuss anything, when you fail to answer most of a comment and only answer the parts you are able to ridicule?

 

[KenHigg]

I see. The 'bud' you used is some more of that slang you brits are somehow allowed to include in your otherwise 'proper' use of English... Quite witty how you managed to reply with a 'yes?' when I asked what it meant or did your laser logic an superior atheist common sense miss it was a question-

Nice try but I suspect your interest is to belittle someone that holds an opinion which is different than your own by implying they have no common sense -

 

[ConnorGiles]

I see. The 'bud' you used is some more of that slang you brits are somehow allowed to include in your otherwise 'proper' use of English... Quite witty how you managed to reply with a 'yes?' when I asked what it meant or did your laser logic an superior atheist common sense miss it was a question-

It is more of a civil word in Britain, A shortened version of the word buddy.

By the way you are saying it as if you are shocked we are allowed to add little words to our language? I'm pretty sure that is what Americans did over there and called it "American-English". I'm also pretty sure that the term "Bud" is used over there a hell of a lot more frequently than over here

Oh, I knew it was a question and I wasn't trying to be witty, was just astonished an american such as yourself was not familiarised with the terminology.

Also why the need to include religious beliefs in a dispute over your lack of knowledge over the word "bud"?

Nice try but I suspect your interest is to belittle someone that holds an opinion which is different than your own by implying they have no common sense -

What did I try?

Somehow I'm sensing you are looking for some sort of moral foothold that you simply cannot grasp, I welcome with open arms peoples opinions but your pathetic attempts to attack little phrases in my posts wont get you what your searching for.

You on the other hand seem to scour the comments for little phrases you can ridicule. Completely ignoring the question that was asked and any other relevant information.

Nice try Bud(Pal,Friend - Take your pick).

EDIT: I think you still have some questions to answer above that you graciously forget to read every time I post . I will give you some time to read back and answer some while I am away for a week. Hopefully you get to like this new "Gang", They seem nice people to me.

 

[KenHigg]

Over here - , depending on the context, bud is sometimes used punctate an adversarial moment - 'He bud, watch where your walking'...

I'm not searching for any kind of moral foothold, etc., just humored by some of the analogies in these threads.

As for answering questions, if you'll read back through this thread I think it's all pretty much been covered as to where the two sides stand. If it is enlightenment you really want, but I suspect not…

 

[Frothingslosh]

Okay you two, play nice now!

(And think about who this is coming from....)

And Connor, at least over here (or at least where I've lived, anyway), if someone who's not a close friend calls you 'Bud', it's generally considered somewhat condescending. Not offensive, per se, but it does carry a bit of an "about to talk down to you" air about it. Probably the unwonted air of familiarity.

Also, I've got quite a few British friends (thanks to being in a mostly-British corp in EVE Online for a while), and I never once heard any of them say 'bud' to a stranger.

 

[KenHigg]

I think this is going pretty civil, at least were I come from

 

[Frothingslosh]

I think this is going pretty civil, at least were I come from

It was starting to head downhill.

Technically, it's a model of civility by the standards of where I come from - hello from Detroit and then Flint, btw. Of course, by local standards, it's civil as long as the guns aren't fired!

 

[ConnorGiles]

Also, I've got quite a few British friends (thanks to being in a mostly-British corp in EVE Online for a while), and I never once heard any of them say 'bud' to a stranger.

Each to their own,

Bud can be used in those ways also. But I guess it depends on the personal meaning from where you were brought up.

Over here - , depending on the context, bud is sometimes used punctate an adversarial moment - 'He bud, watch where your walking'...

My first point will be to show you how I quote the whole of your comment

My Second being, who said I used it in that context? That would be your opinion, I can safely say I didn't use it (or intend for it to come across) in that context.

I'm not searching for any kind of moral foothold, etc., just humored by some of the analogies in these threads.

That isn't how you are coming across , Humour and nit picking are different over the pond aren't they?

As for answering questions, if you'll read back through this thread I think it's all pretty much been covered as to where the two sides stand. If it is enlightenment you really want, but I suspect not…

Actually they aren't - The arguement between D'Souza and Hitchens has not been commented on other than me and Galaxiom. So as it stands, I'm still waiting.

I think this is going pretty civil, at least were I come from

Then I don't envy where you live.

 

[ConnorGiles]

It was starting to head downhill.

Technically, it's a model of civility by the standards of where I come from - hello from Detroit and then Flint, btw. Of course, by local standards, it's civil as long as the guns aren't fired!

Don't speak too soon, Ken has guns.

 

[KenHigg]

It was starting to head downhill.

Duely noted - sorry -

The gun thing was funny