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84. My last sentence where? Which last sentence, guillaumeb?

Tue Feb 13, 2018, 03:06 PM

Feb 2018

Perhaps if you provide a link, I'll know to which sentence you are referring. And so will others. Without a link, I'm at a loss to know how to respond.

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Are thinking skills generally absent among theists? [View all] guillaumeb Feb 2018 OP

No edhopper Feb 2018 #1

A very nuanced answer. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #3

That I personally can't, edhopper Feb 2018 #12

Prove that love exists. eom guillaumeb Feb 2018 #34

Really? edhopper Feb 2018 #58

So you do have faith. As do we all. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #70

Love is proven all the time. Many actions that we see in human behavior are explained only by Doodley Feb 2018 #88

Why not self-interest as an explanation? guillaumeb Feb 2018 #89

I will accept self-love as an explanation for self-serving actions that are based on an illusion Doodley Feb 2018 #98

Which description could apply to many relationships. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #102

There is also the love of the senses. Why do I keep eating chocolates and ice cream? Why do I Doodley Feb 2018 #106

Chocolate and iced cream are good for you. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #108

Apizza pie avec ham, pineapple, cheese, splashes of bbq sauce. 😋 sprinkleeninow Feb 2018 #111

No ham thank you. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #129

Around these parts they call it Hawaiian. (?) 🙂 sprinkleeninow Feb 2018 #141

Sounds good, but I recommend taking the leap of faith to the the gates of the pineapple pizza! Doodley Feb 2018 #113

Oh, with peepers onnit, too. Weather forecast: 'Hot today. Chili tamale.' 🤣 sprinkleeninow Feb 2018 #120

Nice!! guillaumeb Feb 2018 #131

Im gonna say cilla4progress Feb 2018 #2

I understand that answer. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #5

Now THAT's a very nuanced answer! yallerdawg Feb 2018 #13

But you still believe some of the Bible edhopper Feb 2018 #32

ed, well done saidsimplesimon Feb 2018 #85

And the literalist version is used by them as the basis for all of their attacks. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #35

I should have read a bit before posting Lordquinton Feb 2018 #72

Was the post intended to be allegoric? guillaumeb Feb 2018 #78

Well, you made your choice clear Lordquinton Feb 2018 #135

Is Jesus edhopper Feb 2018 #90

Yes, as are we all children of the Creator. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #91

So Jesus was not edhopper Feb 2018 #92

We are all children of the Creator. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #93

And you wonder edhopper Feb 2018 #94

Its transparently dishonest. Voltaire2 Feb 2018 #95

Jesus, the Christ, is God Incarnate. sprinkleeninow Feb 2018 #150

Furthermore, sprinkleeninow Feb 2018 #151

I think we have to edhopper Feb 2018 #159

And I'm invoking the 'Fifth'. Plus, "I do not recall." Done here. sprinkleeninow Feb 2018 #160

In some sects, yes TlalocW Feb 2018 #4

What is truth? guillaumeb Feb 2018 #6

True TlalocW Feb 2018 #8

If that is your truth, or your belief, I accept that and understand it. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #36

OK willy, since you are so bright.... thewhollytoast Feb 2018 #127

No, thanks. MineralMan Feb 2018 #128

I hope the joke is good. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #133

ΟΩΝ sprinkleeninow Feb 2018 #149

We all need faith - faith that our eyes and minds are not deceiving us, faith that our sources of Doodley Feb 2018 #96

Do you mean truth the property, or truth the element? ;) greyl Feb 2018 #17

Proof of evolution? guillaumeb Feb 2018 #37

The original post from which the material came from MineralMan Feb 2018 #60

The biggest obstacle to dialogue here Voltaire2 Feb 2018 #7

Illustrating my point nicely. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #39

This isn't a forum devoted to theism, per se. At least not a protected ones. Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2018 #55

Feel free to address my other points. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #66

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLOLOL Lordquinton Feb 2018 #75

One of your best to date. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #80

Now you're not making sense Lordquinton Feb 2018 #134

I can be tough to ad lib. Mariana Feb 2018 #137

True Lordquinton Feb 2018 #139

Y'all preferovať paperovy odpovede? sprinkleeninow Feb 2018 #152

How about honest discussion and no attacks? Lordquinton Feb 2018 #188

And visa-versa, even-steven. sprinkleeninow Feb 2018 #192

No attacks and honest discussion Lordquinton Feb 2018 #193

I could 'fall' for one of y'all in a spiritual manner, sprinkleeninow Feb 2018 #194

It's pretty one sided Lordquinton Feb 2018 #195

I'm not correcting. You meant 'time' and not 'team', yes? sprinkleeninow Feb 2018 #197

It was supposed to be time Lordquinton Feb 2018 #207

Am aware of this group having a long history. sprinkleeninow Feb 2018 #211

Or you did not follow. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #138

Uh-huh Lordquinton Feb 2018 #140

Right. You are a veritable Faulkner and we're all too stupid to read what you've written. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2018 #158

Again insulting people's intelligence. trotsky Feb 2018 #171

No, making a comment on one poster deliberately refusing to engage. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #172

"deliberately refusing to engage" trotsky Feb 2018 #173

Do you think he wishes to see change? Mariana Feb 2018 #183

As he's made clear, he is playing to an audience. trotsky Feb 2018 #186

No, as multiple people have surmised, what gil wants is a platform. trotsky Feb 2018 #202

Perhaps you should try dialogue. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #199

Dammit, lost another one. trotsky Feb 2018 #201

My comment was to a poster deliberately refusing to engage Lordquinton Feb 2018 #196

You mean the two strawmen you built? Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2018 #114

A good idea on your part. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #130

Defend this then: Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2018 #161

Defend it? It is obvious to see from any reading of the posts here. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #164

Obvious? Reread what you wrote. Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2018 #166

If you are reading the posts here, not just in this thread, guillaumeb Feb 2018 #168

His adoring public appreciate the lies, I'm sure. Mariana Feb 2018 #184

"a forum devoted to....................THEISM." trotsky Feb 2018 #83

Typical of you. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #101

To actually quote the rules of this group when discussing the rules of this group? Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2018 #116

As on many discussion forums, some always seem to conflate MineralMan Feb 2018 #124

To quote the Statement of Purpose for this forum? trotsky Feb 2018 #122

I yam a 'believer' but at times border on Ms. In-between. sprinkleeninow Feb 2018 #104

This forum is not devoted to theism. Voltaire2 Feb 2018 #97

Maybe they are trying to wake up those who are blindly a member of a club, usually because they Doodley Feb 2018 #103

Judgmental. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #107

I don't agree that the GOP and Trump exhibit Mariana Feb 2018 #154

Are you saying that the expression Christian values is meaningless? To me, the most obvious meaning Doodley Feb 2018 #155

Yes, I think the expression is meaningless. Mariana Feb 2018 #156

I also believe the expression is meaningless. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2018 #157

Dilly Dilly gibraltar72 Feb 2018 #9

I suspect most theists don't waste time Mariana Feb 2018 #10

Well, hay, a diplomatic response. (no text) sprinkleeninow Feb 2018 #11

Perhaps the poster should have used language skills to more carefully word guillaumeb Feb 2018 #40

Had you linked to the thread from which you quoted out of context, MineralMan Feb 2018 #61

The last sentence reads: guillaumeb Feb 2018 #73

Since you quoted me out of the context of my original post, MineralMan Feb 2018 #162

Evasion is the best choice. Your last sentence clearly says what I talked about. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #165

I understand "no critical thinking skills" to mean.... yallerdawg Feb 2018 #14

No edhopper Feb 2018 #33

I suspect that you are correct. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #41

I have the intellect of a "third or fourth grader." yallerdawg Feb 2018 #54

We all know, based on their posts and responses, guillaumeb Feb 2018 #63

Dames of Fantastic Under Garments? They sell neat stuff. sprinkleeninow Feb 2018 #148

I confess. I yam a dingbat, ding-a-ling, airhead meself. 🙄 sprinkleeninow Feb 2018 #110

And you have every right to be! yallerdawg Feb 2018 #115

Tanks for thee vote of confidence! 😉 sprinkleeninow Feb 2018 #118

One of the problems that those who concentrate all their PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #15

If I were only intellectually advanced enough to follow this wordy answer. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #42

No surprise there. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #47

Emotional skill is required to abandon a cherished belief greyl Feb 2018 #16

Present the evidence. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #43

Mon cher Guillaume, pour qui j'ai de l'affection. 🤗 sprinkleeninow Feb 2018 #18

I yam talking to me, myself and I. sprinkleeninow Feb 2018 #20

Bon matin Sprinkleeninow. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #44

Ma plume est droopee from four days of rain! 🌧 😘 sprinkleeninow Feb 2018 #100

Ici, on vois guillaumeb Feb 2018 #105

Oh oui, I yam interested! sprinkleeninow Feb 2018 #117

Oui, le franglais, guillaumeb Feb 2018 #132

Heh-heh. sprinkleeninow Feb 2018 #143

Des deux. sprinkleeninow Feb 2018 #144

Theists certainly have thinking skills... helmedon1974 Feb 2018 #19

Welcome to DU, and this dialogue. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #45

Word! 👊 eom sprinkleeninow Feb 2018 #123

You have made a FALSE and MALICIOUS smear. trotsky Feb 2018 #21

You either misread the post, guillaumeb Feb 2018 #46

You have made a FALSE and MALICIOUS smear. trotsky Feb 2018 #48

Reread my answer. It still applies. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #62

And your smear is still FALSE and MALICIOUS. trotsky Feb 2018 #64

We take showers 2x a day, wash our hair and put on deodorant...🤔 sprinkleeninow Feb 2018 #121

Thinking skills are generally absent among people. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2018 #22

Like the 'gobble-gobbles' that landed mr. trashbag in our oval office? sprinkleeninow Feb 2018 #125

The key word in my statement that you copied was "critical." MineralMan Feb 2018 #23

"Post honestly, please, guillaumeb." trotsky Feb 2018 #24

Well, the original post from which the statement was MineralMan Feb 2018 #26

That's why I conclude it is precisely his agenda. trotsky Feb 2018 #27

Well I think it's a shame. A transparent sort of shame, at that. MineralMan Feb 2018 #38

Typical of you. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #50

Why yes, it's quite typical of me to point out your vicious and nasty tactics. trotsky Feb 2018 #51

You talking into a mirror? AtheistCrusader Feb 2018 #67

Excellent, Gil. That'll please your adoring public. nt. Mariana Feb 2018 #119

On the contrary. I yam not imaginary. I yam right chere in splendid living body paint! 💄💅 sprinkleeninow Feb 2018 #126

Post honestly? Act_of_Reparation Feb 2018 #25

Calling me dishonest? guillaumeb Feb 2018 #49

Dude: If you post what I write, quote, credit and link. MineralMan Feb 2018 #59

Read the last sentence. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #77

I'm talking about this thread, guillaumeb. MineralMan Feb 2018 #81

Defend your last sentence. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #82

My last sentence where? Which last sentence, guillaumeb? MineralMan Feb 2018 #84

Yes, becasue you omitted the direct point of his comment; parsimony. AtheistCrusader Feb 2018 #65

Out of curiousity, why the fuck can't you do it? AtheistCrusader Feb 2018 #71

I would have thought your large, anonymous fan club would have voted a lot more recs for this. trotsky Feb 2018 #28

So, it came upon me as I circled 'round our one storey 'townhome' 😅 sprinkleeninow Feb 2018 #147

Someone who studied theology once explained it to me: It's a different way of thinking. DetlefK Feb 2018 #29

It is a different way of thinking. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #52

I went to Catholic grade school, high school wasupaloopa Feb 2018 #30

Agreed. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #53

Surveys have shown that atheists are considered worse than pedophiles in America. Who is being Doodley Feb 2018 #112

I'm glad you hate guillaumeb's OP. trotsky Feb 2018 #56

Are you a Catholic? Doodley Feb 2018 #109

I was baptized Catholic but I have chosen Buddhism as my practice. My brother is a Catholic priest wasupaloopa Feb 2018 #142

Good for you. You have chosen Buddhism, but have you rejected Catholicism? Doodley Feb 2018 #145

I see Catholicism as more or less a superstition wasupaloopa Feb 2018 #146

Critical thinking and theism go together much like oil and water do. malchickiwick Feb 2018 #31

Well, this is a touchy subject, oui? saidsimplesimon Feb 2018 #57

True, but some apparently prefer to see everything guillaumeb Feb 2018 #68

From a radio show, saidsimplesimon Feb 2018 #74

Do I have to choose between the two? guillaumeb Feb 2018 #79

And the wise see only one world governed by eternal rules. c-rational Feb 2018 #179

You're reading with such a literalist interpretation Lordquinton Feb 2018 #69

So actually reading the actual words, and the actual final sentence, is a mistake? guillaumeb Feb 2018 #76

Classic Gil Lordquinton Feb 2018 #136

My belief is that theists have the same critical thinking skills as anyone else... ExciteBike66 Feb 2018 #86

You can see what guillaumeb quoted in context at this link: MineralMan Feb 2018 #99

Your "explanation" is contradicted by your own ending. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #163

As the teacher said in "A Christmas Story," MineralMan Feb 2018 #167

Such skills are not encouraged among religious believers, and for obvious reasons. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #169

see this thread 5X Feb 2018 #87

Such skills are not encouraged among religious believers, and for obvious reasons. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #170

What does that have to do with that poster's link? MineralMan Feb 2018 #175

A deity is the ultimate authority figure. Buzz cook Feb 2018 #153

Hmmm...let's see... Fix The Stupid Feb 2018 #174

Interesting exhibition of something. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #176

There are items on that list that you Voltaire2 Feb 2018 #178

Sorry, the overwhelming "something" caused the tiny rational part of my guillaumeb Feb 2018 #181

Gil's legions of fans demand the snarkery, I'm sure. Mariana Feb 2018 #182

Those legions are illusory, I think. MineralMan Feb 2018 #208

Maybe so. Mariana Feb 2018 #209

If those legions are too timid to post in the public forum, then I simply dismiss them. MineralMan Feb 2018 #210

Interesting post and question. If you define a theist as someone who sees the rules and does not c-rational Feb 2018 #177

Generally the insult seems to be used to "prove" that theism is evidence guillaumeb Feb 2018 #180

See post 175. There's your proof that theists lack critical thinking skills. n/t Fix The Stupid Feb 2018 #187

Theists seem to stop looking for answers and only want to find things to support their beliefs Angry Dragon Feb 2018 #185

All theists? Some theists? guillaumeb Feb 2018 #189

Most..........that would also cover scientists Angry Dragon Feb 2018 #190

There's no scientists that are theists. sprinkleeninow Feb 2018 #198

That is implied in much of what passes for dialogue here. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #200

No, only that if one applies empirical skepticism Voltaire2 Feb 2018 #206

That's in reverse. sprinkleeninow Feb 2018 #203

Are you a theist?? Angry Dragon Feb 2018 #204

Yes, I do believe I am. sprinkleeninow Feb 2018 #205

I refer you, and everyone else, to this post: MineralMan Feb 2018 #191