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cbayer

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8. I'd bet the farm that it will not make anyone look inside themselves.

Mon May 25, 2015, 04:51 PM

May 2015

It will create defensiveness and a worsening of the divide.

There is not a single positive thing in there for someone to hang on to.

I do not believe it serves a good purpose and think it's really the wrong way to go about building bridges….

but I don't think that was his purpose.

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An article worth reading [View all] Leontius May 2015 OP

this link edgineered May 2015 #1

Thats it, I screwed up my link thanks for showing one that works. Leontius May 2015 #2

So I read the piece and well... Promethean May 2015 #3

I think the point he makes Leontius May 2015 #5

Argument No.3 DetlefK May 2015 #15

I think it's unnecessarily provocative. cbayer May 2015 #4

If it causes some to look inside themselves Leontius May 2015 #6

I'd bet the farm that it will not make anyone look inside themselves. cbayer May 2015 #8

People are what they are Leontius May 2015 #10

Of course it's on them, but ask yourself how you would cbayer May 2015 #11

You see it here all the time Leontius May 2015 #12

Yes you do see it all the time and I don't think it accomplishes anything positive. cbayer May 2015 #17

Yeah it is "most" Leontius May 2015 #19

I don't have on blinders and the fact that you think it's most means cbayer May 2015 #21

I do ignore those that deserve it Leontius May 2015 #23

I agree with you about the enforced groupthink cbayer May 2015 #27

"Wording" Warren Stupidity May 2015 #7

Thanks for pointing that out I'll fix it Leontius May 2015 #9

Saw that too. n/t. bvf May 2015 #14

Gee, you didn't put "repulsive hate screed" in your alert message. rug May 2015 #33

I didn't alert. Warren Stupidity May 2015 #37

An OP about exactly this article was hidden a few hours ago. DetlefK May 2015 #13

Now you have a second chance to rebuke it Leontius May 2015 #16

Real quick: DetlefK May 2015 #51

Nice refutation! (nt) mr blur May 2015 #70

Somebody preferred to silence discssion tratheher than rebut it. rug May 2015 #34

jury system sucks doesn't it? Warren Stupidity May 2015 #38

No, its the best thing about DU3. rug May 2015 #41

Oh so it is fine except when it gets you. Warren Stupidity May 2015 #45

Oh, is that what I said? rug May 2015 #47

That is the implication. Warren Stupidity May 2015 #50

That was your inference, your dishonest inference. rug May 2015 #53

Sure. That is why you are consistently and publicly upset every time you get a hide. Warren Stupidity May 2015 #55

Oh, bullshit, warren. rug May 2015 #56

Nope. My comment about your op being a hate screed was accurate. Warren Stupidity May 2015 #57

So are my comments about what you're doing. rug May 2015 #59

The jury system you think works so well Warren Stupidity May 2015 #61

It did. I'll remember the alert rationale: rug May 2015 #64

go for it. Warren Stupidity May 2015 #66

This Group is subject to the same rules as the rest of DU. rug May 2015 #67

"it's just easier to game" Warren Stupidity May 2015 #68

There are no "outsiders" here. it's a completely open Group. rug May 2015 #69

Well said Rug. hrmjustin May 2015 #48

Just served on a jury. NYC_SKP May 2015 #62

What's that phrase, "alert stalkers"? rug May 2015 #63

Yup, that's the phrase. NYC_SKP May 2015 #65

It has its drawbacks but it works at times. hrmjustin May 2015 #49

Not worth reading Cartoonist May 2015 #18

Why is it not worth reading Leontius May 2015 #22

See reply #11 Cartoonist May 2015 #24

You can get hurt and go home or you can stay and see if Leontius May 2015 #25

When those are your first words Cartoonist May 2015 #26

Then we've both met many posters who fit that bill. Leontius May 2015 #29

I know someone who has made similar remarks Cartoonist May 2015 #42

Why do you think I posted this? Leontius May 2015 #44

OK, I'll accept that. rock May 2015 #20

oh, bother edhopper May 2015 #28

A rebuttal... Humanist_Activist May 2015 #30

Excellent Leontius May 2015 #35

Shouldn't be difficult, Father Dwight Longenecker is one of those guys who... Humanist_Activist May 2015 #39

I agree with 9 of your 12 points. rug May 2015 #36

I have to ask, which ones? n/t Humanist_Activist May 2015 #40

I disagree with yo on 6, 9, and 10. rug May 2015 #43

I've seen atheists ask for some type of evidence that prayer works... Humanist_Activist May 2015 #46

Your objection to number 6 is insufficient. AtheistCrusader May 2015 #52

So, you believe there is "real" evidence that is not material? rug May 2015 #54

Why wouldn't there be material evidence? AtheistCrusader May 2015 #60

FYI, this was the alert message: rug May 2015 #31

His real reason -- losing every argument! immoderate May 2015 #32

LOL trotsky May 2015 #58