Professor Smooth wrote:You have an odd definition of "harping." It seems to me that your definition consists entirely of "saying something I don't agree with."
It's not that I agree or disagree with it. It's that, whenever I see any sort of discussion on religion. Boom, there you are saying "Christianity is wrong" in one form or another.
Professor Smooth wrote:
Why do the people who hate Masterpiece Megatron feel the need to point out its flaws in every topic about the figure? Because it's their right to share their opinion on things on this message board.
Sure, of course it's their and your right to voice an opinion about something. But then when that opinion is heard constantly, over and over. Well, it just gets annoying.
Professor Smooth wrote:
It's entirely for discussion purposes. Though, I must admit, having anything resembling a civilized discussion about anything religious is very difficult. I assume somebody has already complained to the site mods about this thread. I do tend to refute the claims of Muslims, Jews, and Christians, though. Often with little effort. I'm not sure that says much about the credibility of their beliefs if they're so easily refuted.
It isn't that hard to have a civilized discussion about religion, it really isn't. I do it all the time. The key is, not to attack the beliefs of a religion. Which, while you may be wanting to discuss everything, the continual asking why, getting a reason, then pointing out something else that "proves" a reason wrong or what not, comes off as an attack.
Professor Smooth wrote:
Who says I don't believe in a higher power?
What I don't get is why, every time I put forth my opinion in a thread, I get people like you completely sidestepping my points, to say nothing of forgetting that everyone is entitled to their own opinion. If you disagree with me or my points, then, by all means, do so. Do not, however politely, try to tell me to keep them to myself. You don't pop into the Toy Discussion Forum and tell the six people who didn't like the Classics line to keep quiet because they're in the minority. You won't go into the Pro Wrestling thread in GD and tell the John Cena supporters to cram it. I doubt you'd go into the Movie Forum and tell people who thought the new movie was the best action movie ever to STFU.
Yes, I view (what I assume is your) religion as fiction. I see it as no different from any other fiction and I will discuss it as such.
Hell, from what I remember, you were a Satanist(For those who don't know, that isn't devil worshipping.) And if thats still true, they don't believe in a higher power, just the power of the self.
And no, I personally don't go through and tell the people ranting on about the same thing, copy and pasting the same posts in the movie, toy or TFGD forums to STFU. I don't need to, other people do that.
However, I will do that in a philosophical discussion, if I view a religion as being attacked. Which in this case the first thing you did in the post was say "False Messiah," thats an attack.
Lastly, I'm not a Christian, God and JEsus don't sit right with me. I'm a Shaman, nature spirits, vision quests, animal totems, all that good stuff is what I'm about.
