[orionblamblam]

> This is YOUR statement.

Note the context that it was put in: not general belief in some god or other, but in a specific belief that some god or other did things in contradiction to all scientific evidence.

> You seem to pride yourself on ridiculing those who believe in God.

Wrong. It is a curious quirk among those whose faith is weakest and yet whose opinions are loudest that if you ridicule some ridiculous *facet* of a belief system, you are ridiculing the whole thing.

> May I suggest that you are accusing me of being dishonest because I am confronting you on a belief issue,

Suggest all you like. Doesn't change the fact that you are setting up dishonest strawmen. I seem to recall *some* religion or other had a minor provision that said that "bearing false witness" was a general no-no (it was probably in the small print, somewhere in a little-used Appendix at the back).... but I'm sure you'll get special dispensation.

[Conservative Texan Mom]

(Note the context that it was put in: not general belief in some god or other, but in a specific belief that some god or other did things in contradiction to all scientific evidence.)

I do indeed stand corrected!


(Wrong. It is a curious quirk among those whose faith is weakest and yet whose opinions are loudest that if you ridicule some ridiculous *facet* of a belief system, you are ridiculing the whole thing.)


Careful, you're bordering on a philosophical assumption here. Weak faith = loud opinion, reasoning behind this is?

I have also found it to be a curious quirk that opposing opinions often result to insults when evidence for an argument is weak.

Suggest all you like. Doesn't change the fact that you are setting up dishonest strawmen.

Please provide evidence of my purposeful dishonesty that I may be more cautious in the future.



I seem to recall *some* religion or other had a minor provision that said that "bearing false witness" was a general no-no (it was probably in the small print, somewhere in a little-used Appendix at the back).... but I'm sure you'll get special dispensation.


Another example that supports the probability that my previous premise was indeed correct. This premise being that the root cause of many of your comments is a general disdain for all things religion. I am beginning to suspect that you are attempting to twist an argument to avoid confronting the possibility that your "probable disdain" is founded in philosophy and not science.

You should have ended your reply with your first sentence.