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MineralMan

(148,421 posts)
15. How many, Guy? 10,001? Really?
Wed Jan 9, 2019, 03:20 PM
Jan 2019

Perhaps you exaggerate. In fact, certainly you exaggerate. To what end?

This group is about Religion, so you're going to see posts about the evil religious people do in this group. I guarantee it. And why would people not post about the continuing hypocrisy and the continuing wrongdoing that hypocrisy produces? This is the Religion Group. The topic here is religion. And not just nice things about religion, but the evil deeds done in the name of religion, as well.

Resign yourself to it. When religion causes evil, that will be discussed here. When priests and pastors sexually assault children in the name of God, we'll bring the stories here to shine a bright light on the hypocrisy of that.

It is not religion, per se, that we oppose. It is wrongdoing in the name of religion. You don't get that, apparently.

What agenda? The agenda of good deeds. The agenda of equal rights. The agenda of not supporting evildoing. And so on.

What meme? There is no meme, Guy. That exists only in your imagination.

Dialogue? It's present in every thread. Most people who are active in this group are eager discussers of things. Only a couple of people here avoid the discussions though whataboutism and diversions. There used to be more such people, but they have gone elsewhere or have been asked to leave.

You want discussion? Then, I suggest you participate in actual discussion. Answer questions with answers, not questions designed to divert. If you do that, you might learn who the people here are and what they stand for.

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Still waiting on you to show that the leaders in China are atheists Major Nikon Jan 2019 #1
Yawn. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #2
Yeah, I know, it's boring to assume you'll actually support your assertions when challenged Major Nikon Jan 2019 #4
Again: guillaumeb Jan 2019 #6
Let's look at that, but change the wording a little bit: MineralMan Jan 2019 #16
As to your accusation, guillaumeb Jan 2019 #7
I support my assertions, gil Major Nikon Jan 2019 #9
Of course you do. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #10
Prove that I don't Major Nikon Jan 2019 #19
Enough diversion from the actual post. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #21
At least you managed to prove something Major Nikon Jan 2019 #22
No one asked you why you were posting these stories. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2019 #3
Convinced that you are a mind reader? guillaumeb Jan 2019 #5
No reading of minds is necessary. trotsky Jan 2019 #12
And the 10,000 and 1 posts about priests molesting children? guillaumeb Jan 2019 #13
10,000 and 1, huh? trotsky Jan 2019 #14
Again with ad hominem and misframing. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #18
Metaphor Major Nikon Jan 2019 #23
How many, Guy? 10,001? Really? MineralMan Jan 2019 #15
Hyperbole. Look it up. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #20
You mean the ones where you keep claiming their leaders are atheists? Major Nikon Jan 2019 #24
No, that is not hyperbole. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #26
I didn't say it was Major Nikon Jan 2019 #27
You mean those posts you go to great lengths to silence? Lordquinton Jan 2019 #28
Do you even care about what is happening in China? guillaumeb Jan 2019 #30
It's the latest bright shiny object Major Nikon Jan 2019 #8
More strawmen accusations? guillaumeb Jan 2019 #11
It's obviously trolling. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2019 #17
And this is called dialogue? guillaumeb Jan 2019 #25
If you were half as interested in dialogue as you are with appearing to appeal for dialogue... Act_of_Reparation Jan 2019 #29
Look in a mirror and tell yourself what you just wrote. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #31
Argumentum ad Pee Wee Herman Act_of_Reparation Jan 2019 #32
You set the bar. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #33
No, you set the bar. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2019 #34
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