Christianity is a grotesque blight!

I know I sort of promised to stay out of this thread, but I will just, as I wave my beige flag at the passing parade, observe what certain of us seem not to have observed: that to be mediocre, as by definition most of us are in most things, and even to settle for that, is not (not at all, not a bit, not a whit, not a jot, tittle or iota) the same as promoting, praising, espousing, enforcing or seeking it. The conflation of mediocrity as a condition and mediocrity as a goal seems to underly this thread. Ok, back to the popcorn.
 
Leumas said:
However... the more interesting question is
Why are you so concerned to prevent me from posting "here"?​
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I think the only thing possibly interesting about that question is to ask how in the names of the gods of reading comprehension you inferred from Wollery's statement that he was even remotely suggesting preventing you from posting on this forum.
 

I have merged this with a couple of other threads started by the OP as they all seem indistinguishable

We don't need any more spammy threads with subtle imperceptible differences about why a particular aspect of Christianity is silly/immoral/etc


This thread can do for those
Replying to this modbox in thread will be off topic  Posted By: jimbob
 
Leumas said:
Is it logical or even rational to assume that agreeing with someone's statement or even many statements means being a fan of someone?
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When looking for outside support of your arguments, one doesn't generally cite people who one doesn't consider respectable. The reason people are interested in your opinions regarding Rand is especially related to the particular quote you referenced, because most people here see her as having been, ironically, someone who was rather intellectually mediocre herself. Her statement wasn't so much an observation as it was an attempt to paint herself as an intellectual elite. She was basically borrowing a tactic from the Bible and saying, "people who don't think Ayn Rand is smart are dumb. Ayn Rand says so herself".

I agree with the Zombified ill begotten son of a celestial slave monger when he said "love your neighbor as yourself" and I agree with his deadbeat sky daddy the lover of Sumerian pimps when he said "Speak not in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of thy words"... do you think I am fan of the pathetic Jesus or his ethnic cleansing daddy?
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Assuming Jesus ever even said that, it's not like it was a mind blowing new thought. It's not like the notion of kindness and altruism weren't around for, presumably, all of human history before Jesus allegedly said it. And I seriously doubt that were you arguing for your neighbors to make peace with one another, you'd say, "as Jesus said, 'love your neighbor as yourself' ", any more than you'd quote Mohamed or Joseph Smith.

Another fallaciousness.... please prove that your above statement is not a strawman fallacy... if you cannot then I will expect a retraction... but of course... as usual you won't do either.
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Oh FFS... Read through your OP again. You specifically link to a video I earlier presented in reference to your pretentious syntax. You reference "tribalism", which you earlier applied to people on this forum who have the temerity to think you're wrong about anything. You are clearly implying that you've ascertained that you are engaging with mediocre minds jealous of your excellence. Pretending this thread was started for any other reason is just intellectual cowardice.

By the way, the character in that Kids In The Hall skit wasn't striving for excellence, he was just repeating a word that he thought made him sound smart.

Regardless of the above irrelevant strawmanning and other fallacies... in regards to the topic of the OP...
Do you think that the ethos of mediocre simpletons demanding and enforcing that their betters conform to their mediocre ways is a deleterious perniciousness or not?​
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Since you quoted Ayn Rand, I need to point out that it's entirely possible that the person or persons defining themselves as "betters" may in fact be the mediocre simpletons, and are simply irritated that no one will acknowledge their brilliantly agile erudition out of a deleterious and covetous malevolent malignity.

QED!!!
 
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Leumas said:
Well... no further comment needed.
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Previous comments weren't "needed" either. That you evidently failed to recognize the self-inconsistency of your own question about deleterious perniciousness demonstrates that it wasn’t even needed.
 
Leumas said:
Is it logical or even rational to assume that agreeing with someone's statement or even many statements means being a fan of someone?

I agree with the Zombified ill begotten son of a celestial slave monger when he said "love your neighbor as yourself" and I agree with his deadbeat sky daddy the lover of Sumerian pimps when he said "Speak not in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of thy words"... do you think I am fan of the pathetic Jesus or his ethnic cleansing daddy?





Another fallaciousness.... please prove that your above statement is not a strawman fallacy... if you cannot then I will expect a retraction... but of course... as usual you won't do either.


Regardless of the above irrelevant strawmanning and other fallacies... in regards to the topic of the OP...
Do you think that the ethos of mediocre simpletons demanding and enforcing that their betters conform to their mediocre ways is a deleterious perniciousness or not?​
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Wow, this explains SOOOOO much.

Who are "their" betters?
 
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junkshop said:
Stop knowing what rarely used words mean. Another poster has staked their claim to that being their thing/personality.

Damn bandwagon-jumpers, that really grinds my gears. Maybe try having an original thought? /s
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Well, it's like someone with 'A Word a Day Calendar' thinking that this is today’s word the other was three months ago, so they must be similarly separated in meaning. It's the very enactment of the "Kids in the Hall" skit noted before. ‘Oh, such and such is hurtfully hurtful’, a thesaurus ain’t always your friend.
 
Leumas said:
Furthermore... and relevant to the OP... Ayn Rand's statement quoted in the OP stands as a totally correct commentary on the extolling of imbecility and simpletons which is the abject ethos of the tribe of Christianity as expressed by
  • 1 Corinthians 1:26-28 Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are...
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I'm going to surmise that the 1 Corinthians quote is the topic you wanted to discuss here, rather than any actual issue with mediocrity (which by definition must describe most things) or the use or misuse of vocabulary.

In the Roman world where the quote comes from, who was considered wise? Kings and aristocrats, and prophets and priests. That was pretty much it.

Thus, the author is claiming the people he's addressing are wiser than the rich and powerful, despite their ordinary non-elite backgrounds. Do you disagree that this is completely plausible? Or do you think kings and priests are invariably wiser than ordinary people?
 
Leumas said:
What is "here"... this is not my thread nor my title even... and the sabotage of merging numerous threads together and giving them a different title and pretending that it is my thread or my title is not ethical nor rational and renders null and void any "here" here let alone a topic to discus.


But all I can now say is... yet again... QED!!!
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Yeah that sucks. So, anyway. who are "They" and are you "Their betters"?
 
Maybe include a note that a thesaurus was read (digested, and regurgitated) but not understood.

Effective communication means your intended audience hears and understands what you're trying to convey. It doesn't mean "I got a bigger score on Scrabble than you."

QED
 
many posts about forum management moved to AAH. Stick to the thread topic please
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