Yes Lee it was sarcasm.

Lee

Lets just all go to B&M and argue that casinos don't really exist

You are coming off as quite dumb.

Stop, you are hurting my feelings.

Huh? That's a total non-sequitor, Mutant. Dids is right. Atheism is a type of religion. Or anti-religion, if one prefers. Requires just as much belief as any theism does.

Casinos really exist - by any meaningful definition. We enter them, we play in them. Some of us work in them. Their existence is not rationally debatable.

The existence of deity(s) is.

And if I'm correct that "SMP" stands for "Science, Math, and Philosophy" then I think having a seperate religion forum is a good idea.

Lee

Denying in RGT is ok. You could deny 9999 religions and gods, as long as you believe in at least one. If you don't believe even in that single one, SMP is a better place.

Atheism is NOT a religion. It is not an anti religion. It is the absence of belief in gods. Having a belief in religion requires a leap of faith.

Yes the B&M was more of a joke to point out the insanity of arguing with somebody which (or none) of the invisible sky wizards actually exist.

Lee

It's not as though that's all there is to discuss. I almost never engage in such discussions - most of my posting tends to be about public policy issues and certain fairly abstract philosophical considerations divorced from the truth or falsehood of any given religious claim.

I'd disagree with that, but the funny thing is that Jibninjas actually has actually tried to argue (and started threads?) arguing exactly the above, that atheism is a religion.

Ok, wasn't a thread that Jib started, but he did say this in it: "The "new atheism" seems to have at least 3 of the 4 listed there AIF. So will you agree now that it should be considered a religion? " and in a few other places argued for it.

to be clear, this isn't an attack on Jibs. It's just saying that the (a) mod of RGT thinks atheism is a religion, so therefore it seems to follow that atheism has a place in RGT just as much as any other religion (according to the mod)

wat. I am not *that* bad, how can I seriously be exiled with all the nonsense that is allowed in there? I meant that my tone and style were douche-y. Again, sorry I can not contribute the way the established regulars do (i.e. massive blocks of text where they accommodate the tangents the theists get onto in order to keep them interested in the conversation) but holy **** I am trying. If not being as smart or good as AIF and OrP was cause for being exiled from RGT then there would be like 3 posters in there.

Whatever, you all win. I will exile myself to the Wrestlemania thread and be done with it. I might as well just go full Jibninjas and request the thread be locked. He said he was going to respond but I really don't care what he says at all and it's not like he would ever be unmodded. Plus I would just view it as him trolling or harassing me at that point (lol). Nice forum you have where the mods can nudge people out based on disagreeing with them.

Stop ruining my bitch thread with awful RGT-esque arguments that belong in RGT and would be awful there too. There is an entire hideous thread about the alleged dogmas of atheism if you want to join in and potentially have your posts deleted for no reason.

i can read deleted posts. point me to the thread and approx date.

and keep your pms short. no longer than this post.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...&postcount=130

why would you talk this way to someone who can give you infractions?

I'd love to see your complete list of 8 if you're inclined to share it.

Come on in! B&Mers in general have been way too well-behaved lately and my trigger finger is very itchy.

I thought Rule #5 was about HC threads. But maybe there's no difference?

Who is this, and what have you done with the real Rapini?

Or is this the real Rapini, but for some reason actually inviting bad posting?

Either way, I be confusleded....

Lee

Rationality is optional in RGT.

no, that is not a leap of faith. Is it a leap of faith to believe there is no easter bunny? How about santa claus? Not believing in a god is the default state. You have to be told there is one.

Lee, he wants me (and others) to come in so he can ban/infract us. I think he might be joking but I am not taking any chances.

Lee

He can even see deleted threads

So, yeah, you guys have no clue. Deleted posts remain retrievable by mods of the forum, oranges and admins. Even mods outside of their forum can see that posts have been deleted, as the "lol Vancouver" guy can confirm.

That post that Mat quoted was the one that imo OP should have just been permabanned for. Life is short. Dealing with *******s takes time. You want to be an *******, go somewhere else. You don't want to be an *******, then man up and apologize and have a rational discussion with whomever you are having a problem with.

We have no clue about Jibninjas because we didn't know that Mat Sklansky's 2+2 account could view deleted posts? Makes perfect sense. More dogmatic nonsensical defending of fellow greenies.

Because I am dumb and was annoyed, plus it doesn't matter though where I complained (see this thread), so I might as well speak my mind. I PMed you about deleted posts a while ago and now other people in here are saying the same. Since you guys can see them you can either choose to take action or not. I am sure Jib technically didn't violate anything by deleting the posts, but it is a horrible precedent and somewhat ironic for someone who complains about content to be also in the business of censoring reasonable content.

LOL gotta defend your fellow mods (and brothers in christ?) And if you don't want to deal with moderating a forum (omg such a time investment), maybe you should have thought about that before agreeing to be a mod or get more mods.

And no, I want to be able to participate in the discussions without an overly emotionally invested mod whitewashing parts of the conversation he doesn't like dealing with and being able to trigger-finger ban me because you are all too think-skinned to be called a-holes. Not saying my reaction was awesome but Jib's act is really awful for a mod. Period. Shouldn't he be held to a higher standard? Did you look at any of the other links I included?

Also as an aside, someone who believes supernatural causation is real is hard to have a reasonable conversation with.

You need to have somebody else bring this issue to me if it really is an issue. It seems like you just want to insult people.