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 Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2006 3:22 pm
this just happened to me today. i girl of age 20 pm'd me about my anti-creationism sig. she wasn't asking me a question, but rather just commenting that i shouldn't give out false information about the bible. i don't know how she pulled that information out of my sig because the only thing that i was saying in my sig was that "you're stupid." i didn't actually say anything false about the bible.
anyway, after some messaging back and forth, i just found the conversation pointless. i wasn't going to change my point of view, nor was she.
i was just wondering if anyone else has ever had random pm converstaions like this.
the girl that pm'd me was layla michiba.
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 4:22 am
I think I've had one in direct relation to the Guild Sig, and about 6 or so complimenting me on it...
So yeah, that balances out nicely biggrin
I have had other PM's in relation to replies to some things I have posted in evo-creation threads. The usual flames and personal attacks.
But I've also had a few compliments on them...so again balance.
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 4:54 pm
actually, i do recall one other random pm from someone curious about the guild. i guess an interested pm would count as a positive one. ergo, my two random pm's balance out. heheh. whee
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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 12:31 pm
biggrin That's the spirit.
And if they really piss you off...report them.
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 12:37 am
redem biggrin That's the spirit. And if they really piss you off...report them. Actually, you can only do that if they keep hounding you. I've had lots of conversations like this, and they always end the same way: Me) Respond to PM by backing them into a corner with mountains of evidence. Them) Pull out their trump card, the almighty 'eye' argument. rolleyes Me) Explain how it's totally possible for organisms to develop such a mutation. Them) Claim I'm an atheist and block my PMs. I'm so sick of making these arguments to people who don't care about others' opinions. If someone can actually prove that the beliefs of ANY religion are true, I would gladly join them. For now, we have to deal with people who think they are experts, but in reality have nothing better to do than argue with teenage atheists (AKA, me)
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Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 1:06 pm
I got my first pm today. It was some guy saying i'm pushing my beliefs at other people. later on in the conversation he says hes made it a goal in life to destroy ignorance that little kids think up and in "groupthinking"
So i looked at his pro and turns out he was the same age as me.
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Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 7:20 pm
I've never gotten a post like that- I'm kinda disappointed, actually. I like to think that my sig is abrasive enough to warrant a response from the religiously conservative.
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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 5:41 am
gah! this sig is doing it's job, but i don't like it when people attack me and my credentials. xp
check my profile. some aardvark commented on my sig, but continued to bash me. *sigh* why aren't people nice to me? hehehe...
comment here if you read what aardvark wrote to me and my retort. ^_^
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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 9:22 am
If I were going to remake the Guild sig now, then I'd do it differently. The wording could probably be better. But I don't think it would have made as many people chuckle >_<
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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 4:38 pm
I had this absolute bible-humper of a chick PM & abuse me abominably cuz I said that I didn't believe in the bible............ OK I had no idea why she PM-ed me so I told her to ******** off.. & rightly so!!! Then we got into some arguement & I can't even remember what the majority of it was about..............
I don't even think I said anything about the bible, more like I'd rather have Harry Potter as my bible or something like that...........
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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 5:53 pm
yea, the sig definately gives me a chuckle.
i just think it's so incredibly hypocritical that some people think that i'm pushing my beliefs onto others, when it is they who are the belief-pushers. i think that if the people who have attacked me for my views did not know of them beforehand, they wouldn't be so rude to me. yea, the banner's sort of a kick in the nuts to some bible thumpers, but i don't direct it at specific people. it's really easy for people to come onto gaia and hide behind the guise of their avi, and not take any real accountablility for what they say.
i don't mind some friendly debate, but attacking people for what they believe in (or don't believe in) doesn't get anything accomplished. it's just mindless bickering like what enchanted_mud went through.
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Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 6:55 pm
bah... he commented in my profile and pm'd me. for those who are interested, here is the pm and my response: dali_kura DarkAardvark Okay, firstly I suppose what I wrote in your profile sounded a bit angry because I'm getting sick of idiots on here expressing political views by saying their opinions are facts.... Your opinion that life cannot create itself is simply that, an opinion... because actually it is a fact that humans nor anything else can currently create life. Just because you don't believe that doesn't make it false. I didn't go to your profile to discredit you as a scientist/philosopher because that would be impossible seeing as you're neither... I was just pointing out that your opinions are completely unlike those of (sci/philosphers)... which is not a good thing because it makes your sig seem like it's simply trying to flail an insult because it misrepresents positions... Your sig does try to push its views on others in a rather annoying way and I simply responded to it in your comment box... you can just delete comments... and I was not being a "crusader" trying to push my beliefs on you. What I put in your comment section was simply my comment on what it seems your sig is trying to provoke and a factual statement disproving your sig's statement that only the bible supports creationism.... I suppose what I wrote did sound a bit harsh, but it does seem that you're only trying to get more people to believe in your opinion so that you'll feel it's more accurate... razz i think we're on the same page. we both have opinions and you just happen to take a more direct approach to expressing them. i think it's healthy to have doubt in what you believe so that you can seek the "truth" for yourself. that is what science is all about. to say that i am not a scientist nor a philosopher - that is harsh because you provide no proof. you merely claimed those things and i would appreciate that you not be so rude as to try and mock my credentials. all in all, this is gaia and in the long run, will this matter to me? *and as a side note, i went to see a high school production of "inherit the wind" tonight. fitting that i come home to this pm. xd
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Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 10:23 am
gah! his response to my pm (also more and my response in my profile): DarkAardvark hmm no we are not on the same page yet... you've not a clue as to what the meaning of fact is and that is what annoys me here. Yes we both have opinions, but all opinions are not created equal. Mine are backed by irrefutable evidence (life cannot be created without life) while yours are simply from your feelings. I said you're not a scientist or philosopher because you're not. I'm not mocking your credentials, simply stating that fact because you're not using a factual method of argument. The proof is the way you argue. When I said I was being harsh I meant that I was perhaps including phrases that you may find a bit emotionally provoking, but they really are only meant to provide you reasons for why your sig was incorrect. Yes, in the long run this doesn't matter except that you may find misrepresenting things will annoy people and that facts and opinions are completely different... not to mention there are good and bad opinions.... which are things that will come up in the long run, I asure you. this guy has got some nerve, but it's nice to be agnostic because the argument between us probably bugs him more. xd i don't care about right and wrong in terms of facts. facts can change and that's okay with me. this guy, he's firmly grounded in what he believes in and if someone tells him otherwise, he retaliates. meh... i've just never met someone with so much -- ignorance. seriously. that's what he is and it's a shame because he doesn't even know it. aw... i didn't respond to him by pm so that my inbox doesn't get cluttered with crap. hehehe.
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Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 11:28 am
hmmm...
DarkAardvark = narrow minded boob.
what's he mean by philosopher? i mean, do you really need to have a degree to think deeply, critically, and analytically? i don't know. but after taking a philosophy class, it just seems that things we believe to be so simple and factual, aren't so concrete as we think.
wasn't there a time when people thought the Sun revolved around the Earth, believing it to be fact??? or what about quatum physics, things occur and we don't even know why. so how does this guy, with such an a**-like confidence, say that "Mine are backed by irrefutable evidence (life cannot be created without life). " why not? how is it irrefutable evidence? it's a statement, i see no proof whatsoever.
he's talking out of his a**. NARKISS! whee
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Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 12:08 pm
i just checked out his posts (i want to see what i'm really up against) and he's an arrogant buffoon (that thinks name calling is a childish defense xd ) that hangs out in the chatterbox trying to sound more intellectual than everyone else. stare
oh well. i'm an exchange whore and i don't know if that makes me any better or worse. heheh.
if the guy had ever taken a philosophy class, i think he would agree that facts are not concrete.
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