The Rotten Heart Of Rationalia Preventing Growth

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Re: The Rotten Heart Of Rationalia Preventing Growth

Post by Rum » Sun Mar 17, 2013 9:03 am

I post sporadically these days, often going a couple of days without posting at all. This forum is more 'social' than some of the other 'sceptic' type ones, which is one reason I suspect people find it hard to join in. Many people here are friends other than on the forum and I suspect that can be a bit intimidating for new arrivals.

The down side of that is that everybody pretty much knows how other members will respond to a post. It does make the place increasingly predictable.

So be it.

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Post by FBM » Sun Mar 17, 2013 9:11 am

You've got a point, Rum. I stopped myself from posting something in this thread a little while ago because it was so predictable. Pine tree positron scrotums.
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Post by Rum » Sun Mar 17, 2013 9:15 am

Globular tantrums.

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Post by Robert_S » Sun Mar 17, 2013 9:52 am

I'd like a little growth actually.

Not too much though, I like the easy-going style of this place.
What I've found with a few discussions I've had lately is this self-satisfaction that people express with their proffessed open mindedness. In realty it ammounts to wilful ignorance and intellectual cowardice as they are choosing to not form any sort of opinion on a particular topic. Basically "I don't know and I'm not going to look at any evidence because I'm quite happy on this fence."
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Re: The Rotten Heart Of Rationalia Preventing Growth

Post by Rum » Sun Mar 17, 2013 10:11 am

How to achieve it though..

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Post by Robert_S » Sun Mar 17, 2013 10:18 am

Rum wrote:How to achieve it though..
We instigate the sudden closing down of another atheist forum? :plot:
What I've found with a few discussions I've had lately is this self-satisfaction that people express with their proffessed open mindedness. In realty it ammounts to wilful ignorance and intellectual cowardice as they are choosing to not form any sort of opinion on a particular topic. Basically "I don't know and I'm not going to look at any evidence because I'm quite happy on this fence."
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Post by SteveB » Sun Mar 17, 2013 10:18 am

Some sort of velociraptor jousting contest would be my guess. But where to get the lances...:thinks:
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Post by Rum » Sun Mar 17, 2013 10:25 am

Can I interest you in this low mileage time machine sir. A bargain I assure you...

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Post by Trinity » Sun Mar 17, 2013 10:49 am

I don't post often, but I come back here because it's known, I guess. By that, I mean that I feel a sense of familiarity with the place and connections with a lot of people here. I'm not an atheist, so that isn't what brings me here. I like the sense of intimacy here, if I wanted to be a fart in a hurricane, I'd go to a mega forum.
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Post by FBM » Sun Mar 17, 2013 10:56 am

Trinity wrote:I don't post often, but I come back here because it's known, I guess. By that, I mean that I feel a sense of familiarity with the place and connections with a lot of people here. I'm not an atheist, so that isn't what brings me here. I like the sense of intimacy here, if I wanted to be a fart in a hurricane, I'd go to a mega forum.
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Post by tattuchu » Sun Mar 17, 2013 11:12 am

Trinity wrote:I don't post often, but I come back here because it's known, I guess. By that, I mean that I feel a sense of familiarity with the place and connections with a lot of people here. I'm not an atheist, so that isn't what brings me here. I like the sense of intimacy here, if I wanted to be a fart in a hurricane, I'd go to a mega forum.
Yeah, the fact that most of us are atheists is pretty much incidental. But I had no idea you weren't an atheist :ask:
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Post by cronus » Sun Mar 17, 2013 11:23 am

Everyone is a atheist. There is no evidence that they aren't.
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Mar 17, 2013 11:24 am

Scrumple wrote:Everyone is a atheist. There is no evidence that they aren't.
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Re: The Rotten Heart Of Rationalia Preventing Growth

Post by Trinity » Sun Mar 17, 2013 11:28 am

tattuchu wrote:
Trinity wrote:I don't post often, but I come back here because it's known, I guess. By that, I mean that I feel a sense of familiarity with the place and connections with a lot of people here. I'm not an atheist, so that isn't what brings me here. I like the sense of intimacy here, if I wanted to be a fart in a hurricane, I'd go to a mega forum.
Yeah, the fact that most of us are atheists is pretty much incidental. But I had no idea you weren't an atheist :ask:
I'm not anything :hehe:
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