Dawkins: I'm a cultural Christian

[Dr Adequate]

The "cultural Christian" bit is what I find most nauseating.

The constant low-level background noise of Christianity passes unnoticed by many and IMHO is only thrown into sharp relief when one has lived away from it and returned.

Not until then is its pervasive, mad dribblings an annoyance akin to water-torture.

Interesting avatar you have there. Is it some sort of seasonal festivity?

 

[Dr Adequate]

I said there's been no culture, from what I can tell, with atheism as its center.

The word "duh" springs to mind.

 

[danielk]

Would these be regimes led under Stalin, Lenin, or Maozidong by any chance?

Looks like you lost the argument, since you're now speaking in hypotheticals twice removed. Since I didn't use these numbers and even already explained that the suppression of religion was one of the reasons I didn't do so, I fail to see your point.

You lost. Get over it.

 

[T'ai Chi]

So what you're saying is that you deliberately lied about what others had posted and then whined about it when people pointed out your dishonesty?

Just asking questions here...

So what you're saying is you misunderstand a lot.

(notice no question mark there.)

 

[Mobyseven]

So what you're saying is you misunderstand a lot.

(notice no question mark there.)

(Notice inappropriate use of an interrogative pronoun where a relative pronoun would have been more appropriate)

If you're going to try and look smart, don't write in 'clumsy' English.

ETA: Yes, I know that 'what' can function as a relative pronoun, but that particular sentence would have been better expressed as, "So you are saying that you misundertand a lot." "What" is unnecessarily ambiguous and clunky.

 

[brodski]

So what you're saying is you misunderstand a lot.

That would be a lie.

And a particularly stupid lie at that, given that anyone who reads your lie will also be able to read what I actually said.