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61. Nice try, Charles, but major fail

Wed Feb 20, 2013, 01:35 PM

Feb 2013

In neither of those quotes do I say anything remotely like "you only respond to people you agree with"

In the first, I pointed out that if your argument only convinces people who were already inclined to agree with you, and not any skeptics, then you haven't made much of a case. Nothing about who you respond to.

In the second, I point out what you seem to what to hear, and also said absolutely nothing about who you respond to.

This is so explicitly clear in what I said, Charles, that it's hard to believe that you still decided to double down on your dishonesty..but there it is.

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The God Problem 3 (and finally) [View all] Thats my opinion Feb 2013 OP

While an interesting read I find your description of God unsatisfying. rrneck Feb 2013 #1

I'm with you pretty much through your post. It is intelligent and important-- Thats my opinion Feb 2013 #2

Cab fare. rrneck Feb 2013 #4

perhaps the fundamental moral problem of the question of god. Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 #64

If I understand this part of the essay correctly, okasha Feb 2013 #5

"If God can be defined as the energy at the heart of the cosmos"... rrneck Feb 2013 #6

It also shrinks "god" down to an irrelevance. Warren Stupidity Feb 2013 #9

As far as I'm concerned rrneck Feb 2013 #17

If marketing is our problem, we have serious difficulties. Thats my opinion Feb 2013 #19

Oh, I think it would be easy to market. rrneck Feb 2013 #48

You may be largely right, Thats my opinion Feb 2013 #57

Same here. rrneck Feb 2013 #58

Do it. I'd love to have a look. Thats my opinion Feb 2013 #60

super interesting take on things. Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 #65

Of a sort... rrneck Feb 2013 #71

accuracy is important. Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 #73

A sense of wonder!! You bet Thats my opinion Feb 2013 #16

You're welcome. rrneck Feb 2013 #18

Whenever I have had the opportunitg to deal with and be challenged by atheists or agnostics Thats my opinion Feb 2013 #20

Which ignores the rather obvious fact skepticscott Feb 2013 #7

Swing and a miss, okasha. trotsky Feb 2013 #10

Nothing you've 'posted here okasha Feb 2013 #44

Wow, argument by declaration. trotsky Feb 2013 #53

Are you ever going to apologize for your baseless allegation that I was blocked from another group? cleanhippie Feb 2013 #55

Are you ever going to apologize for your baseless allegation that I was blocked from another group? cleanhippie Feb 2013 #13

Good-- but the Greek word translated "you" is 2nd person plural. Thats my opinion Feb 2013 #15

rrneck, I see what you mean. SarahM32 Feb 2013 #49

Fine by me. rrneck Feb 2013 #50

Matthew 6:9-13 trotsky Feb 2013 #3

Charles has also failed skepticscott Feb 2013 #8

He's wasted too much time telling everyone how a society lacking religious belief... trotsky Feb 2013 #11

Occam's Razor edhopper Feb 2013 #12

If the world were just made up of things it wouldn't work at all. Thats my opinion Feb 2013 #22

You really need to stay away from making scientific claims about matter & energy. trotsky Feb 2013 #23

Question: Matter is also made up of energy, correct?? Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #32

E=mc^2 trotsky Feb 2013 #33

You are still presupposing God exists. edhopper Feb 2013 #30

The quesrion, "How was God created?" just pretends God is another thing. Thats my opinion Feb 2013 #31

And you're pretending that the universe is just another thing. trotsky Feb 2013 #34

To those out there wondering skepticscott Feb 2013 #35

What "Mystery"? edhopper Feb 2013 #54

matter is energy. energy is matter. Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 #66

Why is there a need to honor a force?? Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #14

one word: midi-chlorians Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 #67

Have no idea what you just said ............... Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #69

really? star wars? Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 #72

I liked Star Wars .... I must have missed that Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #74

Please let me know where I go wrong in your thoughts: Goblinmonger Feb 2013 #21

I would like to respond Thats my opinion Feb 2013 #24

Perhaps I'm not being clear Goblinmonger Feb 2013 #25

You were perfectly clear skepticscott Feb 2013 #26

Perfectly clear to me too. trotsky Feb 2013 #27

It occurred to me to wonder skepticscott Feb 2013 #28

I believe the answer is best demonstrated... trotsky Feb 2013 #37

Apparently you didn't get the memo skepticscott Feb 2013 #29

G.....m Having dealt with you over the last couple of years, Thats my opinion Feb 2013 #36

And there's your prejudice against atheists on display again. trotsky Feb 2013 #38

Never said that and don't believe it. Thats my opinion Feb 2013 #40

I truly believe you honestly have no idea how insulting and offensive your words are. trotsky Feb 2013 #41

Here's what you don't get, Charles, in the midst of your juvenile sniping skepticscott Feb 2013 #47

So I only respond to people who agree with me?--as you have just charged Thats my opinion Feb 2013 #51

Truly amazing..you read my post and all you could do was lie skepticscott Feb 2013 #52

Are you really surprised, though? mr blur Feb 2013 #56

Try this Thats my opinion Feb 2013 #59

Nice try, Charles, but major fail skepticscott Feb 2013 #61

Being completely unable to admit error seems to run in the family. n/t trotsky Feb 2013 #62

You see, Charles...this is why you get so little respect around here skepticscott Feb 2013 #63

Very well said, Charles. Good work. SarahM32 Feb 2013 #39

Not ready to leave my organized religion... goldent Feb 2013 #42

I suppose what it might mean to communicate would give the answer. Thats my opinion Feb 2013 #43

Not a bad answer goldent Feb 2013 #45

And another way to think of it is ... SarahM32 Feb 2013 #46

what if we could all fly? Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 #68

Bottom line, Charles skepticscott Feb 2013 #70