Hey, I have a question,
Why are there rules to this forum?
Thanks
Because we get people on here that do disruptive things like attacking people for no good reason and doing things like proselyting their beliefs. Just like in society, there are rules to keep order.
Quote from: witness1615 on February 23, 2015, 09:59:59 AM
Hey, I have a question,
Why are there rules to this forum?
Thanks
Rules here are a guide or principle for governing action, like keeping condescending jerks from thinking only religion has rules from proselytizing here, and self righteous jerks that think they are better than atheists because they aren't . Solitary
Because some people choose to not introduce themselves properly and instead make their first own threads outside of the introductionary subsection, for example to ask questions, before we know anything about them.
Interesting first post...
Quote from: PickelledEggs on February 23, 2015, 01:18:21 PM
Interesting first post...
Right, in the informal debate category no less.
Quote from: stromboli on February 23, 2015, 10:10:43 AM
Because we get people on here that do disruptive things like attacking people for no good reason and doing things like proselyting their beliefs. Just like in society, there are rules to keep order.
And what is wrong with not having order?
Quote from: Solitary on February 23, 2015, 12:04:43 PM
Rules here are a guide or principle for governing action, like keeping condescending jerks from thinking only religion has rules from proselytizing here, and self righteous jerks that think they are better than atheists because they aren't . Solitary
Are saying that Atheism has rules?
Quote from: witness1615 on February 23, 2015, 01:28:36 PMAnd what is wrong with not having order?
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Everything.
Atheism has one rule. Lack of belief in god. Everything else is up for debate.
ooh, getting right to the passive-aggressive meta-debate! THAT's not going to annoy anyone.. lol.
Witness, if you have a question or a point, just state it. Asking leading questions is just too obvious, man.
Quote from: Hydra009 on February 23, 2015, 01:42:02 PM
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Everything.
That seems kinda arbitrary to me, could you be more specific?
Quote from: Moloth on February 23, 2015, 01:43:26 PM
ooh, getting right to the passive-aggressive meta-debate! THAT's not going to annoy anyone.. lol.
Witness, if you have a question or a point, just state it. Asking leading questions is just too obvious, man.
Okay, My question is, how do you justify the use of rules on this forum?
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Quote from: witness1615 on February 23, 2015, 01:47:05 PM
Okay, My question is, how do you justify the use of rules on this forum?
We dont HAVE TO justify rules on this forum. :)
Please do an intro thread like we expect you to do. We like to know what we are dealing with when people come here.
Informal debates are just that, informal. People will interrupt and butt in every so often. It will feel like you're being tag teamed.
My advice is be respectful and don't assume we know anything at all about what you believe or why you believe it. We'll ask for a lot of clarification and references.
We've also got a handy flow chart knocking around here about how a basic debate works. I'll dig it out.
I'm giving this guy til' ten to stop acting trollish
Here we go (http://freethoughtblogs.com/singham/2011/07/28/flowchart-with-rules-for-debating-religious-people/)
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Quote from: stromboli on February 23, 2015, 01:49:18 PM
Please do an intro thread like we expect you to do. We like to know what we are dealing with when people come here.
Umm, I did. Go Check.
Quote from: Moloth on February 23, 2015, 01:48:29 PM
We dont HAVE TO justify rules on this forum. :)
You don't have to, but do you?
Quote from: witness1615 on February 23, 2015, 01:47:05 PM
Okay, My question is, how do you justify the use of rules on this forum?
Do you mean how do we tell right from wrong with no ancient goat herder's fairy tale to guide us?
Quote from: PickelledEggs on February 23, 2015, 01:52:19 PM
I'm giving this guy til' ten to stop acting trollish
Could you be more specific? I really do want my questions answered.
Quote from: PopeyesPappy on February 23, 2015, 01:56:38 PM
Do you mean how do we tell right from wrong with no ancient goat herder's fairy tale to guide us?
No, I mean why do you have rules on this forum?
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justify
ˈdÊ'ÊŒstɪfʌɪ/Submit
verb
verb: justify; 3rd person present: justifies; past tense: justified; past participle: justified; gerund or present participle: justifying
1.
show or prove to be right or reasonable.
"the person appointed has fully justified our confidence"
synonyms: give grounds for, give reasons for, give a justification for, show just cause for, explain, give an explanation for, account for, show/prove to be reasonable, provide a rationale for, rationalize; More
be a good reason for.
"the situation was grave enough to justify further investigation"
synonyms: warrant, be good reason for, be a justification for; More
2.
THEOLOGY
declare or make righteous in the sight of God.
"one of the elect, justified by faith"
3.
PRINTING
adjust (a line of type or piece of text) so that the print fills a space evenly or forms a straight edge at the margin.
"in most European languages you justify text by adding space between letters and words"
Pick a definition. Stick with it.
Quote from: Jason78 on February 23, 2015, 01:54:19 PM
Here we go (http://freethoughtblogs.com/singham/2011/07/28/flowchart-with-rules-for-debating-religious-people/)
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I might change my mind, on whether or not an atheist can answer my question.
Quote from: Jason78 on February 23, 2015, 01:58:32 PM
Pick a definition. Stick with it.
The Primary definition is what I am going with.
Quote from: witness1615 on February 23, 2015, 01:36:32 PM
Are saying that Atheism has rules?
My vote is the mods ban this shithead right now before he becomes a more of a problem.
Quote from: witness1615 on February 23, 2015, 01:57:39 PM
No, I mean why do you have rules on this forum?
Mostly to keep the staff from banning YEC fucktards after their first post.
Quote from: witness1615 on February 23, 2015, 01:57:39 PM
No, I mean why do you have rules on this forum?
It's a social agreement. We like talking about stuff, and to do that we abide by a certain set of rules worked out amongst ourselves. It makes the exchange of ideas easier.
We have already answered your questions.
For "why do we have rules on our forum", it's so members can get along better. It is easier when people have rules and guidelines to go by and guide them on how to converse and act towards each other, but stromboli already gave you that answer. Are you not accepting that answer? or do you need it reworded a few more ways?
One of our rules is no spamming. Which it seems like you are doing to our debate section with a nonsense thread that features a question that you don't seem to care what the answer is.... and then you ask the same question with different words over and over again. You're at ten btw. I'm going to check your other posts to see if I need to boot you.
Quote from: PopeyesPappy on February 23, 2015, 02:02:50 PM
Mostly to keep the staff from banning YEC fucktards after their first post.
I think that he's going down the justification route because he's a [spoiler]presuppositional apologetic[/spoiler].
Quote from: Jason78 on February 23, 2015, 02:06:42 PM
I think that he's going down the justification route because he's a [spoiler]presuppositional apologetic[/spoiler].
I think it's asking the question because it doesn't have a clue what an atheist is.
Well that didn't take long...
Quote from: the_antithesis on February 23, 2015, 02:01:09 PM
My vote is the mods ban this shithead right now before he becomes a more of a problem.
[mod]Have no fear. It's been taken care of
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:wall: Don't you just hate it when you answer some ones questions and they keep asking them over and over because they are either too stupid to understand why there are rules, trying to get our goat, or both? http://atheistforums.com/Smileys/default/axe.gif
Quote from: witness1615 on February 23, 2015, 09:59:59 AM
Hey, I have a question,
Why are there rules to this forum?
Thanks
To keep assholes like you from shitting on our lawn.
Good riddance.
Where do these dickweeds come from? Is there a big underground troll colony with troll larvae being tended to by little troll worker bees? Then they hatch and the first thing the queen does is give them this site's URL?
Quote from: Desdinova on February 23, 2015, 04:13:26 PM
Where do these dickweeds come from? Is there a big underground troll colony with troll larvae being tended to by little troll worker bees? Then they hatch and the first thing the queen does is give them this site's URL?
The fellow was a young earth creationist. I suspect he may have been a home schooled or religious school grad who'd grown up and continues to live within an insular christian community and hasn't the foggiest idea what other people are like. Hence why he starts out with the idiotic notion that atheist having rules is somehow confusing, because how can you have rules without god?
We could have educated him, but I doubt he would have listened and I don't have the patience for such idiots anymore. They want to live cut off from the world, they can stay the fuck away from us.
The answer is obvious... even Satan and his ultimate powers need to have rules for posting on an internet forum... it's in the babble somewhere.
Quote from: the_antithesis on February 23, 2015, 04:22:00 PM
The fellow was a young earth creationist. I suspect he may have been a home schooled or religious school grad who'd grown up and continues to live within an insular christian community and hasn't the foggiest idea what other people are like. Hence why he starts out with the idiotic notion that atheist having rules is somehow confusing, because how can you have rules without god?
We could have educated him, but I doubt he would have listened and I don't have the patience for such idiots anymore. They want to live cut off from the world, they can stay the fuck away from us.
Almost makes me feel sorry for him. Almost.
QuoteWe get pretty mad and defensive when truth is spoken to us. It pricks our conscious, and limits our freedom to do what we want. But there's more to it than that. Why are people so inclined to spew their hate at those who still uphold the truth? 
The truth this idiot is talking about is The Word Of God. "Limits their freedom", just like rules do! :butt: :police: :grin:
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:lol: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :super: I'm glad I read that after I had my coffee.
Apparently atheism now equals anarchy.
Quote from: Moloth on February 23, 2015, 01:43:26 PM
ooh, getting right to the passive-aggressive meta-debate!
LOL That's like number 8 on the list of different ways to troll.
no kidding... in their minds, the debate goes like this:
troll: "Do you rape your mother?"
AF: "uh, what does that have to do with anything?"
troll: "see, i knew atheists were dishonest mother-rapers that cant even answer a simple moral question!"
AF: "uh, okay, then.. no, i dont rape my mother."
troll: "HA! morals can only come from G-D, so in admitting that you dont rape your mother, you just admitted that god exists and that you get your morals from Christianity! I WIN!!!!"
i've seen that juvenile line of questioning a million times. Hell, i probably used it myself when i was a kid.