Am I banned from Christianity?

sceptre

therecklessone wrote:

Somebody please +rep this on behalf, I'm not allowed...

Neither am I:(

daveirl

This post has been deleted.

mycroft

ditto

Why thank you, I'm like totally feeling humungous love for one quote which basically rips off the theme of that Bill Hicks joke; "Hey buddy we're christians and we don't like what you said" Hicks, "Well forgive me"

But for those of you who want to show you appreciate me you can join the "Mycroft appreciation society"

For just €9.99 you'll recieve a letter welcoming you to the mycroft fan club which has been personally approved by my secretary

And thats about it........

amp

How exactly was it approved by your secretary? And what was she wearing?

Raphael

Amp.....i think you mean what was HE wearing

amp

Have you got pictures?

Raphael

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Maybe...

MadsL

SO to be clear JustHalf, if I start a thread criticizing you that's OK. But if I respond to a poster using offfensive language and am critical of you as mod in the process - then that earns me a ban?

.../me struggles to get my head around your logic.

Also do you still feel that the poster's use of the phrase 'dirtiest bummer' was acceptable?

JustHalf

It's generally considered bad form to criticise a boards modding decisions on the board itself. That's what this forum is for. If someone started such a thread on the Christianity board I'd probably move it here, leaving a link on the board.

The fact of the matter is I twice said take your criticisms elsewhere, before you posted. The ban was "zero tolerance" (mentioned a few times too) in action.

I read the original posters post as making a jab at the very intolerance you also seem to be against. I think this is a reasonable interpretation. If the post was just "Homos are dirty bummers" I would have deleted it immediately.

bonkey

JustHalf wrote:

The ban was "zero tolerance" (mentioned a few times too) in action.
...
If the post was just "Homos are dirty bummers" I would have deleted it immediately.

<stir>

So what you're saying is that you wouldn't tolerate the sentence on its own, but because it was wrapped in a more cogent statement, you'll tolerate it.....under your policy of zero-tolerance.

</stir>

jc

GuanYin

bonkey wrote:

<stir>

So what you're saying is that you wouldn't tolerate the sentence on its own, but because it was wrapped in a more cogent statement, you'll tolerate it.....under your policy of zero-tolerance.

</stir>

jc

Well of course, you're not meant to take the written word literally.......

Beruthiel

syke wrote:

Well of course, you're not meant to take the written word literally.......

you're not!? :eek:
well, hell!
that's got me confused

ecksor

I know, I'm confused too. I'm just about to wander out into the desert with my shovel to go for a dump, but when I get back I'm going to have some serious thinking to do.

GuanYin

Beruthiel wrote:

you're not!? :eek:
well, hell!
that's got me confused

Well thats hardly surprising, most creationists are from the older generation

ecksor wrote:

I know, I'm confused too. I'm just about to wander out into the desert with my shovel to go for a dump, but when I get back I'm going to have some serious thinking to do.

Don't you be talking to any burning bushes out there.....



Actually as an interesting aside I read a paper by a pharmacologist-priest who made a claim that one of the fungi commonly consumed for water and nourishment by desert nomads in the BC era was a potent hallucinogen which probably gave rise to incidences of talking bushes and birds and voices from above etc. He said its quite likely that many of these prophets were actually recounting true experiences and as a priest believed that perhaps these drug induced states allowed them to percieve God. Of course this is woolly scientific/religious thinking at best seeing as the native americans and old celtic tribes used drugs to contact their gods too, but its interesting none the less.

I'd probably like to discuss this on a board, but I'm not sure justhalf would let me away with a thread that suggests many of the bibles passages are the ancestoral equivilant to Jay and Silent Bob strikes back, being an account of the adventures of anti-social stoners and junkies.

JustHalf

bonkey wrote:

<stir>

So what you're saying is that you wouldn't tolerate the sentence on its own, but because it was wrapped in a more cogent statement, you'll tolerate it.....under your policy of zero-tolerance.

</stir>

jc

That's some stirring. Those two sentences referred to two seperate posts. It's not fair to mash them together like that.

aidan_walsh

Welcome to the world of little-league politics. Hope your stay is comfortable.

syke wrote:

Actually as an interesting aside I read a paper by a pharmacologist-priest who made a claim that one of the fungi commonly consumed for water and nourishment by desert nomads in the BC era was a potent hallucinogen which probably gave rise to incidences of talking bushes and birds and voices from above etc. He said its quite likely that many of these prophets were actually recounting true experiences and as a priest believed that perhaps these drug induced states allowed them to percieve God. Of course this is woolly scientific/religious thinking at best seeing as the native americans and old celtic tribes used drugs to contact their gods too, but its interesting none the less.

I'd probably like to discuss this on a board, but I'm not sure justhalf would let me away with a thread that suggests many of the bibles passages are the ancestoral equivilant to Jay and Silent Bob strikes back, being an account of the adventures of anti-social stoners and junkies.

Hmm... Interesting stuff...

pickarooney

At times like this we should remember these wise words:

"The phrase of the century is this: A closed mind remains empty. When you shut out everything that disagrees with your current worldview, you will learn nothing. An open mind is a key ingredient in learning, and all of us have things to learn."

WhiteWashMan

pickarooney wrote:

At times like this we should remember these wise words:

"The phrase of the century is this: A closed mind remains empty. When you shut out everything that disagrees with your current worldview, you will learn nothing. An open mind is a key ingredient in learning, and all of us have things to learn."

The key ingredient is just a *touch* of nutmeg.


an open mind gets filled with that old christian\god rubbish imvho