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Oolon Colluphid · 05-27-2004, 04:34 AM

Hey Willow, nice to see you here! <waves @ WillowTree >

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Originally Posted by WILLOWevcTREE

I have been alerted that my opponent(s) desire to have an unfinished debate
continued in this Forum. (Jet Black #12)

Uh, well what I actually said / meant was, I couldn't be bothered. Feeling a little burnt out atm, and have lots of personal stuff going on (trying to get new job, interviews etc. But we'll carry on here if you want, I suppose...

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I think Oolon/D.T.(?) should respond to the link Arbyter already posted.

Okay, since you're here and that thread's moribund and OT if not already locked, I'll start a new thread here.

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I have "grasped" your argument - its just that I don't agree.

Uh-huh...

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That other Forum wants to close the debate right when it was getting good.

It was also off topic.
It was also in the wrong forum there.
It was also where I'd rather not post, for the reasons above. I won't post where I can't feel 'at home', and don't feel at home where slightly iffy but unavoidable jokes aren't allowed.

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BTW, I think the joke about Catholics was funny - right up your alley D.T.

Erm, so to speak...

(see above)

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It seems this Forum wasn't intelligently designed.

Exactly. It has evolved.

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How does a person respond to a particular post ?

By quoting the person. Hit the QUOTE button and it'll give you the text in a chunk. Copy and paste it into your word processing kit, and you can chop it around. Stick [ quote ] and [ /quote ] (but without the spaces) around the text and it'll come out like yours have here. WP has the advantage of checking your spelling for you. (If only more people (creationists, mainly -- no, that's not a jibe, I'm serious I'm afraid, they give the educational system a bad name) bothered to do this.)

Or if you want to use the Reply to Thread window (that you'll get on hitting Quote), you can break the other person's stuff up into bits, highlight each segment, and click the button that says Wrap [ QUOTE ] Tags. Have a play with it.

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Or are the posts one long incoherent scroll ?

Often they are. Mainly the creationist ones, though.

Hey, here's a challenge: try and be the first creationist to get the hang of VBB code!

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Waiting.......

New thread coming soon to a screen near you...

TTFN, Oolon

Oolon Colluphid · 05-27-2004, 04:47 AM

Here is Caps-Loving Fundy's latest reply. You're right, DD (as usual

) -- glorified drive-by. Still, he's saved me the bother of replying to the remainder of his screed, I guess. At least he's quit it with all that SHOUTING.

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i didnt read your reply, im sure you came up with more excuses not to believe, what it comes down to, is not amount of proof is enough for the person who does not want to believe. To demonstrate how irrational your side is go to http://athiesm.tk and see how biased you guys are.

I'm not reading what you wrote because I don't want to deal with getting caught up in the desire to refute you at every point when all you have to do is read what people have already put out there.

Learn how to use a search engine and have fun in answersingenesis.org

I've had to many stupid responses to keep reading them all, I'm going to take a vacation from that.

I suggest you read creation hypothesis and forbidden archeology 1 and 2, if that doesn't convince you than neither will I.

DinoStoned · 05-27-2004, 05:14 AM

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I'm not reading what you wrote because I don't want to deal with getting caught up in the desire to refute you at every point when all you have to do is read what people have already put out there.

Translation : I'M PWNED.

Oolon Colluphid · 05-27-2004, 08:02 AM

My reply to Caps-Loving Fundy:

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i didnt read your reply,

Shall I stop reading right here, then?

im sure you came up with more excuses not to believe,

*sigh* Excuses? I’ve yet to see any reasons to believe.

what it comes down to, is not [no?] amount of proof is enough for the person who does not want to believe.

I’m quite prepared to believe. Try offering at least some proof! Not belligerent waffle against evolution -- some evidence for your position. I’m waiting...

To demonstrate how irrational your side is go to http://athiesm.tk and see how biased you guys are.

Okay. I see:

1) ‘atheism’ misspelled in the web address

2) A half-constructed, poorly spelled and/or edited page (“atheits�? and “havn't�?... and it ain’t exactly jam-packed with text)

3) A web page devoid of argument of its own, but with repeated references to other sites. A web page criticising another for poor English by saying things like “You sentence is grammatically and punctually incorrect�?, with pretty basic spelling errors (eg “truelly�?), horrific run-on sentences and lousy punctuation. Style-wise, it looks in fact as if it was written by you.

4) A bunch of waffle about biblical America. Well sorry, I deal with science. Not my thing. Besides, there’s a cataloge of vinyl flooring I need to read, and then there’s a freshly-painted wall that needs observing.

5) A page with heaps of ‘refuting’ claims with no references to back them up. Written, even more certainly, by Caps-Loving Fundy: “duh�?, “dude�?, “LOL�? tacked onto the end of sentences, etc etc. And more than a hint of an inferiority complex when someone uses longer words than he’s used to.

6) Another page written (if I may call it that) by yourself. Containing more of the same: assertions, non-answering of direct questions (but being convinced you have), and rather childish score-keeping.

So, like, you’re referring me to more pages of your empty blather and impossibly-ironic, I’m-right-and-you’re-wrong ranting to show me how biased atheists are?

7) A link to a site outlining how “every religion except ONE KIND of Christianity is hypocritical and contradictory�?. Which is the usual intolerant, self-congratulatory and irrelevant codswallop I should, by now, expect you to like, and which has nothing to do with atheists being biased.

I'm not reading what you wrote because I don't want to deal with getting caught up in the desire to refute you at every point

Let me get this straight: you don't want to read it because you don't want to have to deal with it, is that right? I strongly suspect, having now read more of your screeds, that you do not try to refute it because you cannot. Feel free to try; you know where to come.

when all you have to do is read what people have already put out there.

What, like the stuff on that page? Or that nefarious AiG nonsense?

Learn how to use a search engine and have fun in answersingenesis.org

I can use them just fine, thanks. Since we’re trading websites, try

http://www.talkorigins.org/

and

http://home.austarnet.com.au/stear/default.htm

Knock yourself out.

I've had to [sic] many stupid responses to keep reading them all, I'm going to take a vacation from that.

If you can’t stand the heat, matey-mo, keep out of the kitchen. It was you who emailed me, remember?

I suggest you read creation hypothesis and forbidden archeology 1 and 2, if that doesn't convince you than neither will I.

I’ve read ‘em. They’re plausible (to an ignoramus) -sounding tosh. I’d give you chapter and verse on how, but you’re not going to read them, are you? <shrug>.

Toodle pip, Oolon

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