Is there a God?

[Zeta-Flux]

cheesehead,

Google: Pace Nielsen mathematics. You should be able to find my email address.

[Spherical Cow]

Originally Posted by rogue

I suspect that most readers of this thread (with the possible exceptions of garo and ewmayer) lost interest in the bickering between you two days ago.

Somewhat true in my case- I just couldn't keep track of what was being argued about. The original topic of the thread itself has always been of interest for, oh, several thousand years at least. Perhaps the fact that it evolved (devolved? degenerated?) so far and so quickly is of some philosophical importance to the question itself. I'm sure several of my old literature teachers could find plenty of hidden meaning if this thread had been written as a short story or novel.

Norm

[flouran]

Originally Posted by Zeta-Flux

To all: Do other posters agree with this assessment?

Honestly, this whole bickering over verbiage is a complete waste of time. I am sure both you and cheesehead have jobs (I hope) and families.
This thread is a discussion about the existence of God, not over the command of the English language. You know that neither side of a debate can accurately argue its viewpoints when they begin to bicker about verbiage.

Note: This is not a personal attack on either Zeta-Flux (Pace Nielsen) or cheesehead, it is an attack on this bickering between the two over the "accuracy" of some article cheesehead posted (or I think that's how the bickering begin; IDRGAF).

[rogue]

Originally Posted by flouran

Honestly, this whole bickering over verbiage is a complete waste of time. I am sure both you and cheesehead have jobs (I hope) and families.
This thread is a discussion about the existence of God, not over the command of the English language. You know that neither side of a debate can accurately argue its viewpoints when they begin to bicker about verbiage.

Note: This is not a personal attack on either Zeta-Flux (Pace Nielsen) or cheesehead, it is an attack on this bickering between the two over the "accuracy" of some article cheesehead posted (or I think that's how the bickering begin; IDRGAF).

Agreed. It seems to be a debate over "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is" or pretty close to that.

Would the mods mind removing those posts from this thread? I believe that cheesehead had already asked for that. I presume that Zeta-Flux would agree.

[__HRB__]

Originally Posted by flouran

Honestly, this whole bickering over verbiage is a complete waste of time. I am sure both you and cheesehead have jobs (I hope) and families.
This thread is a discussion about the existence of God, not over the command of the English language. You know that neither side of a debate can accurately argue its viewpoints when they begin to bicker about verbiage.

I think the debate was a good illustration that it isn't a prerogative of the religious to be exceptionally stupid.

Originally Posted by flouran

Note: This is not a personal attack on either Zeta-Flux (Pace Nielsen) or cheesehead, it is an attack on this bickering between the two over the "accuracy" of some article cheesehead posted (or I think that's how the bickering begin; IDRGAF).

Never waste an opportunity for a good personal attack, dumbass.

[flouran]

Originally Posted by __HRB__

Never waste an opportunity for a good personal attack, dumbass.

I've done plenty of that on this forum already with R.D. Silverman, until the point that my account was almost deleted.
When I feel like a personal attack is necessary, then I will. You don't need to tell me

[__HRB__]

Originally Posted by flouran

I've done plenty of that on this forum already with R.D. Silverman, until the point that my account was almost deleted.

No fair.

If R.D. Silverman can use a mild form of autism as an excuse to be an S.O.B., then everybody else should at least be able to use a mild form of Tourette's.

Originally Posted by flouran

When I feel like a personal attack is necessary, then I will. You don't need to tell me

[flouran]

Originally Posted by __HRB__

If R.D. Silverman can use a mild form of autism as an excuse to be an S.O.B., then everybody else should at least be able to use a mild form of Tourette's.

Agreed.

Originally Posted by __HRB__

Eh, not a big fan of beer

[__HRB__]

Originally Posted by flouran

Eh, not a big fan of beer

'twas metaphorical.

correlates heavily with . Might even be causal!

[flouran]

Originally Posted by __HRB__

'twas metaphorical.

correlates heavily with .

My bad

[cheesehead]

Originally Posted by flouran

cheesehead have jobs (I hope) and families.

Actually, I have neither. (I have relatives living away from here, but none nearby nor any dependents.)

This thread is a discussion about the existence of God, not over the command of the English language.

... and you have eloquently confirmed that in posts #204, 206, and 208 so far! :-}

You know that neither side of a debate can accurately argue its viewpoints when they begin to bicker about verbiage.

Not necessarily true. In this particular case, some of the verbiage has led to insight about non-language things.

However, in hindsight it would have been better for this thread if our interchange had occurred outside it (or if a moderator were to make it seem that way :). I am about to continue my side of the interchange through e-mail -- a constructive e-mail.

it is an attack on this bickering between the two over the "accuracy" of some article cheesehead posted (or I think that's how the bickering begin; IDRGAF).

You are not required to GAF, but the issues have been broader than that.