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... and apparently it was a waste of time Isaac Send a noteboard - 11/03/2012 03:27:04 AM
His response to Urza's reply below can pretty much be interpreted in 4 ways, 1) A direct and decidedly petty insult, 2) Some bizarre site bug, 3) He has me accidentally blocked, 4) He has me deliberately blocked.
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
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Atheism: The Iconoclasm of the West? Joel - 10/03/2012 05:42:56 AM 1617 Views
I think about as highly of athiesm as I do of christianity. *NM* Urza - 10/03/2012 05:54:20 AM 511 Views
I would chide you on that basis for having a love/hate relationship with God, but who does not? Joel - 10/03/2012 06:05:11 AM 829 Views
If the divine made men... Urza - 10/03/2012 06:27:42 AM 841 Views
True, but by the same token, in denying our nature we deny the divine. Joel - 10/03/2012 06:57:40 AM 844 Views
I was actually just saying in Skype this is the first post you've made in a long time I've enjoyed. Urza - 10/03/2012 07:02:56 AM 870 Views
Thanks? It is all Dans fault, really. Joel - 10/03/2012 07:21:19 AM 1131 Views
But you do comparable things all the time! jh - 10/03/2012 08:35:31 AM 1057 Views
You've made this analogy before and it's still a bad one, those aren't comparable Isaac - 10/03/2012 03:43:08 PM 962 Views
You said what I was thinking far more respectfully than I probably would have. Joel - 11/03/2012 12:14:55 AM 910 Views
... and apparently it was a waste of time Isaac - 11/03/2012 03:27:04 AM 846 Views
Perhaps he just missed it in all my spam? Joel - 11/03/2012 04:59:31 AM 885 Views
Basically what Isaac said. *NM* Urza - 10/03/2012 07:22:07 PM 443 Views
who? *NM* jh - 11/03/2012 12:00:13 AM 430 Views
Me Caasi - 11/03/2012 03:31:51 AM 890 Views
You're right and wrong. Dan - 10/03/2012 05:09:32 PM 1332 Views
Re: You're right and wrong. Joel - 11/03/2012 12:28:25 AM 1216 Views
Nope, Buddhists are explicitly atheist and also explicitly Ontologically engaged Dan - 11/03/2012 01:39:20 AM 1192 Views
Actually, Buddhists are not explicitly atheist in the conventional sense of the world. Tom - 11/03/2012 02:42:36 AM 1024 Views
Yeah, that's very true. Dan - 11/03/2012 03:27:09 PM 1104 Views
My Buddhist readings are definitely Tibet-focused. Tom - 11/03/2012 04:00:17 PM 1158 Views
Duplicate post *NM* Dan - 11/03/2012 03:28:58 PM 545 Views
I guess it is that old impersonalism that seems the great disappointment in most Eastern religions. Joel - 11/03/2012 04:48:54 AM 1092 Views
What you talkin' 'bout, Willis? *NM* nossy - 10/03/2012 06:29:35 PM 431 Views
I think he's saying that most arguments used on behalf of Atheism actually come from the Bible. Dan - 10/03/2012 06:58:50 PM 974 Views
Pretty much, though I fudged iconoclasms precise definition. Joel - 11/03/2012 12:43:29 AM 891 Views
Basically what Dan said; atheism as iconoclasm sans icons (unless we count religion as symbolism.) Joel - 11/03/2012 12:46:52 AM 950 Views
What exactly do you mean by "The irreparable damage it inflicted in the Great Schism"? Tom - 10/03/2012 07:57:59 PM 1008 Views
That Byzantiums iconoclasm was one of the many wedges between it and Rome that led to the Schism. Joel - 11/03/2012 12:27:05 AM 937 Views
Bull. Shit. Tom - 11/03/2012 01:54:07 AM 1047 Views
I did not say it was decisive, but that it did irreparable damage to the relationship. Joel - 11/03/2012 04:23:43 AM 1047 Views
Bull. Shit. Tom - 11/03/2012 04:30:08 AM 915 Views
It is not like I just pulled it out of my rear, any more than my HS history text or Wikipedia did. Joel - 11/03/2012 04:57:31 AM 969 Views
Bull. Shit. Tom - 11/03/2012 05:14:01 AM 1038 Views
Irreparable damage is damage that cannot be repaired, not necessarily serious or fatal. Joel - 11/03/2012 10:34:57 AM 1099 Views
Mierda.del.Toro Larry - 11/03/2012 12:36:59 PM 1020 Views
1969 may be "sometime back" in Roman Catholic history,but is ~a millenium after the time in question Joel - 12/03/2012 05:47:11 PM 1359 Views
You really must get steamed by anyone calling you out on your hyberbolic comments Larry - 12/03/2012 06:55:06 PM 1127 Views
On the contrary, I am not the one screaming "bullshit" in as many languages as possible. Joel - 13/03/2012 12:07:54 AM 1208 Views
No, you're just the one spewing the bullshit. *NM* Tom - 13/03/2012 12:37:15 AM 395 Views
ο κοπρος. του ταυρου. Tom - 11/03/2012 02:19:11 PM 1085 Views
Very edifying; can you do Mandarin or Swahili next? Joel - 12/03/2012 05:47:23 PM 989 Views
No. Even English seems to be beyond your grasp. Tom - 12/03/2012 06:29:50 PM 898 Views
Citing scripture does not justify telling me to kill myself. Joel - 13/03/2012 12:08:02 AM 1054 Views
I'm not telling you to; God is. Tom - 13/03/2012 12:35:45 AM 798 Views
Or can only you use that sort of specious logic? *NM* Tom - 13/03/2012 03:50:20 PM 405 Views
And re: particular bullshit Tom - 11/03/2012 02:33:15 PM 1013 Views
Re: And re: particular bullshit Joel - 13/03/2012 12:07:42 AM 915 Views
Give it up already. You are wrong. everynametaken - 12/03/2012 12:53:37 AM 1194 Views
I will do the former at least; pretty sure this "discussion" has reached rock bottom. Joel - 13/03/2012 12:12:46 AM 879 Views
More or less your last line Cannoli - 11/03/2012 01:37:42 AM 923 Views
That is a broader argument, but more consistent with iconoclasms established meaning. Joel - 11/03/2012 05:12:12 AM 1084 Views
Would you include the iconoclasm that Joel cites in the canonical Judeo-Christian tradition as well? Dan - 11/03/2012 12:44:49 PM 932 Views
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