Do you believe in god?

[caskur]

The Bible says, "the whole world is laying in the power of the wicked one"...John 12:31; 1 John 5:19



start from there!



;)

[Chuck Bronson]

I'm gonna put the stud back into bible study...

[Blurt]

Joe,



As usual, you're talking right through your toupee.



The Church condoned and encouraged the subjugation and cultural genocide of "savage peoples" as well as the appropriation of their lands because it was politically expedient for it to do so. It's also for this reason the Vatican had no qualms in helping the Nazis rid the world of what it deemed "Christ-killers."



It took the ascendancy of a social-scientific mindset (from the mid-18th century onward) to bring to light the many fallacies entertained, and injustices perpetrated, by those of a religious bent. Belief in supernatural agencies and reliance upon quaint mythologies took a backseat to reason and observation. This allowed all human beings to be treated as such, contra the dictates of religious authorities.



Your brand of muddle-headed nincompoopery does a disservice to the dissemination of intelligence, reason, and knowledge.



Finally, your reliance on ad hominem arguments in support of your position is a total flame-out. You keep shooting yourself in the foot. If you want to attack Darwin's ideas, attack his ideas; the events in his personal life have no bearing whatsoever on the soundness or validity of his arguments.



As an aside: Darwin's thesis pertained to the survival and distribution of animal species. This whole "Social Darwinism" thing has nothing to do with Natural Selection and even less with Darwin. It's on a par with that other bugbear venerated by the ignorant, so-called "Cultural Marxism."



Get yourself straightened out, Joe. Either become a Roman Catholic, as you've been wanting to do for years now, or don't. Stop talking like a priest masquerading as an idiot.

[Blurt]

The Bible says

Yes, and that's the problem right there.



The rest of that sentence is the history of violent religious warfare and genocide.

[Bricktop]

ac_lmfao



You're debating with Joe!!



You will derive greater pleasure from going outside, sitting down next to a rock, and explaining string theory to it. Your chances of initiating a lucid and reasoned response will be higher.



Now...about Cultural Marxism and your imputation that it is illusionary (or "so called")...



 ac_umm

[Blurt]

Oh, it's not illusionary.



A short history of "Cultural Marxism": https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jan/19/cultural-marxism-a-uniting-theory-for-rightwingers-who-love-to-play-the-victim">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... the-victim">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jan/19/cultural-marxism-a-uniting-theory-for-rightwingers-who-love-to-play-the-victim

[Bricktop]

Dude.



The Guardian?



Seriously?



C'mon man...I'm not Joe. You have to do better than use a far left propaganda rag as your reference.



Allow me to rebut with an equally authoritative source; https://dailycaller.com/2016/09/29/cultural-marxism-is-destroying-america/">//https://dailycaller.com/2016/09/29/cultural-marxism-is-destroying-america/.



I know its been a while since we rammed heads like mountain goats, but c'mon...it's ME. The Curmudgeon. The Fiendish Disputant! The Yin to your Yang! The AntiBlurt!!!



Get your game on!!!

[Anonymous]

The Bible says

Yes, and that's the problem right there.



The rest of that sentence is the history of violent religious warfare and genocide.

No, it isn't..



Human history is violence and genocide.

[Bricktop]

Pssst...I think we scared him away... :105eeef_th:

[Anonymous]

Pssst...I think we scared him away... :105eeef_th:

Blurt? I doubt we scared him away.

[Bricktop]

Tongue in cheek, Herm...

[caskur]

The Bible says

Yes, and that's the problem right there.



The rest of that sentence is the history of violent religious warfare and genocide.

LOL... if there was no religion, there would still be warfare and genocide...



don't fool yourself...



men LOVE WAR and LOVE KILLING.

[Blurt]

The Guardian?



Seriously?



Allow me to rebut with an equally authoritative source; https://dailycaller.com/2016/09/29/cultural-marxism-is-destroying-america/">//https://dailycaller.com/2016/09/29/cultural-marxism-is-destroying-america/.

Sorry, Leo, but I removed the self-aggrandizing fodder from your post, for clarity's and brevity's sake. I mean no offence.



Rebutting an article written by a columnist for an independent newspaper with alt-right hysterics penned by an anonymous Neo-Nazi living under Tucker Carlson's online roof is nowhere near "equally authoritative," Leo. Moses went up to the Mountain (of Bullshit), The Daily Caller, when his articles were "de-published" from The Spectator upon discovery of the author's ties to anti-semitic conspiracy theories and white supremacy groups.



It may be that you're not Joe, but that remains to be seen. I'll be convinced when you stop using Joe-like tactics in an argument.



And, should you care to rebut the actual points made in the article I linked to, rather than resort to ad hominems meant to conceal the fact that you have no solid ground to stand on, I'll join you in the debate. In the meantime, I'll make myself a cuppa and go read something interesting.

[Blurt]

don't fool yourself...

Says the person who believes a man can walk on water and that the dead can be raised.

[Bricktop]

The Guardian?



Seriously?



Allow me to rebut with an equally authoritative source; https://dailycaller.com/2016/09/29/cultural-marxism-is-destroying-america/">//https://dailycaller.com/2016/09/29/cultural-marxism-is-destroying-america/.

Sorry, Leo, but I removed the self-aggrandizing fodder from your post, for clarity's and brevity's sake. I mean no offence.



Rebutting an article written by a columnist for an independent newspaper with alt-right hysterics penned by an anonymous Neo-Nazi living under Tucker Carlson's online roof is nowhere near "equally authoritative," Leo. Moses went up to the Mountain (of Bullshit), The Daily Caller, when his articles were "de-published" from The Spectator upon discovery of the author's ties to anti-semitic conspiracy theories and white supremacy groups.



It may be that you're not Joe, but that remains to be seen. I'll be convinced when you stop using Joe-like tactics in an argument.



And, should you care to rebut the actual points made in the article I linked to, rather than resort to ad hominems meant to conceal the fact that you have no solid ground to stand on, I'll join you in the debate. In the meantime, I'll make myself a cuppa and go read something interesting.

Dear boy...I have neither desire nor intent to rebut the ramblings of a "columnist" for a LEFTIST propaganda rag than I have to discuss post natal depression with Joe.



I care not a whit what "columnists" or "journalists" say, and I'm surprised that you do. They are scribes doing what they are paid to do; make money for the owners of their particular bullshit delivery system. Journalists opinions are worth less than the paper they are printed on, because unlike you and I who thrust and parry for the joy of a cerebral slugfest, journalists are in it for the money. They no longer report news; they try to BE the news.



If you rely on a "columnist" to form your beliefs, then it is a sad deterioration from the contentious controverter of days passed. Getting sedate in your dotage, old chap?



By all means, weild your sagacious sword through the auspices of objective and erudite academics, but bother me not with the subjective ruminations of prejudice and subversion.



And comparing me to Joe is spite for it's own sake. Are we reverting to times past, when our words were heated and filled with malice?