Indifference/ The Most Effective Response to Irrationality

Rant to your heart's content . . . i consider the content of your "contribution" here to exhibit intolerance, bigotry and hypocricy, but above all else, deceit. I don't believe your protestations for a moment.

Are you calling me a liar?

Boom, you're missing a point with that praying for the troops crapola--several in fact. The first is that MOAN is the worst offender in this pushing religion crap. The second is that scriptutral injunction tells them not to pray or worship publicly, but to do so privately. However, the big clincher is that the point has nothing to do with the troops. The point is that this site has a high page rank, and therefore, MOAN gets to put her virutal mug out there, associated with the prayer clap trap, on web pages more likely to be seen by casual, virtual passers-by than at any other site.

That is why it's happening here, precisely because of the success this site enjoys. [/color]She let a real freudian one slip in one of those threads today, when she wrote: "I have a saying in our organization . . ." She is here trolling for recruits and trying to keep herself, personally, before the public. The prayer crap is a sham. It's all about the page rank--just like the creeps in the evolution threads.

There has been a lot of talk lately about the change in "climate" in the S&R Forum. People have taking sides, and Apparently A2K is taking on an "us and them" character.

I must admit that I have been guilty of being caught up in discussions that I do not consider even worth discussing. I have no need of defending my beliefs, especially with those who believe that emotional pleadings are a viable substitute for well thought out, considered, arguments.

So why is this happening, and to an extent where people are concerned about the future of A2K? I believe that A2K is a microcosm of the world, and the United States in particular. I think that people, concerned and disgusted as to what is going on in the US vis a vis politics and religion, are creating a backlash that has been focused on individual members of A2K.

It is easier to argue with a few people on an internet forum, than to have to deal with the larger picture that is happening in the US at large. It is direct, and one can vent one's spleen with the click clack of a keyboard, and the touch of a mouse.

I have come to the realization, that when you acknowledge and argue irrationality, with people who refuse to conduct their lives through reason, you are giving irrationality power. It is one thing to argue with people with open minds, who may have differing opinions, and quite another, to argue with those who base their lives on irrationality.

If people who think discuss varying opinions on a subject, one might very well come away with a greater understand of an idea, and may even modify one's own views, based on new learning. It is quite another to discuss, as equals, with those who have, as a philosophy of life, implicit or explicit, forgone reason, for illogic.

So, I am of the opinion that the best counter to irrationality is indifference. I will not waste my time arguing with people who do not care to think.........................who parrot predigested ideas, as if they were absolute truth. I am through with it.

Phoenix, I came to the same conclusion this morning, when I first logged on and scrolled down the "at a glance" column. I think that if every non believer just stayed out of there, no matter how tempting, then the majority of those threads will end up as a sneeze fest, with lots of bleesings flying backwards and forwards, and nobody to get mad at, or argue with.

Even THEY would get bored in the end, methinks.

I shall confine my activities to those threads that involve the female anatomy for a while. It will be hard, but I think, with a little bit of effort, I can do it.

In my mind, "debating" is an intellectual pastime for folks who can't play chess.

How many times have you seen a final resolution as a result of a debate where one side concedes and sees the other's point of view?

As is your choice. I would find debating boring.....and pointless.

Of course, all of that does imply that posts do more than merely state an opinion or contradict or belittle the other's opinion, but to actually have some meat on 'em in terms of supportive information / explanation. That's mostly missing here, as the fever pitch of partisanity is always too high for people to take the patience / reflection / distance to look things up and mull things over, instead of only reacting immediately to the to and fro.

Reyn wrote:

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As is your choice. I would find debating boring.....and pointless.

:-)
Hi Reyn,
Do you realize that you are debating right now? ;-)