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Post by The Herald Erjen on Feb 11, 2019 11:00:14 GMT
If you think you've been treated unfairly, get yourself a good Jewish lawyer and sue me. I never said anything about being treated unfairly. I merely commented on your bizarre response, which didn't make any sense. Again you read more into what I write than I have actually written, and for some reason you accused me of doing that, too. All I did was question your motivation for posting on a board devoted to things which you do not accept as possible.
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Post by Karl Aksel on Feb 11, 2019 11:07:47 GMT
I never said anything about being treated unfairly. I merely commented on your bizarre response, which didn't make any sense. Again you read more into what I write than I have actually written, and for some reason you accused me of doing that, too. All I did was question your motivation for posting on a board devoted to things which you do not accept as possible. This board is dedicated to religion, faith and spirituality. When have I ever denied the existence of religion, faith or spirituality?
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Feb 11, 2019 11:13:56 GMT
All I did was question your motivation for posting on a board devoted to things which you do not accept as possible. This board is dedicated to religion, faith and spirituality. When have I ever denied the existence of religion, faith or spirituality? So what? I don't deny the existence of inane musical comedies, but neither do I place any value in them, nor do I go around trying to convince others that there is no value in them. I leave them to those who think they are worth something. You're not a very honest person, Karl.
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Post by Karl Aksel on Feb 11, 2019 11:30:02 GMT
This board is dedicated to religion, faith and spirituality. When have I ever denied the existence of religion, faith or spirituality? So what? I don't deny the existence of inane musical comedies, but neither do I place any value in them, nor do I go around trying to convince others that there is no value in them. I leave them to those who think they are worth something. You're not a very honest person, Karl. Far more honest than you. You have all but admitted that you want this board to be an echo chamber for people who share your opinions. No matter how you feel about religion, you cannot deny it has a great effect on society. And being a member of society, I take great interests in the goings on therein. I do not believe the claims of religion, but I do believe in the impact of religion. And I have said this, even to you, very recently: I have a deep interest, even fascination with religion. I believe it is a manifestation of our nature, so why wouldn't I be interested? I also do not believe religion is worthless - I told you this maybe a week ago. It can certainly have negative worth, but I do believe it has a net positive worth for the majority of its participants. You are one of the strangest people here, Erjen. You usually behave like a normal person, but then you take offence at the strangest things. When I suggested your vision of hell might have been a fever-induced hallucination and nothing more, you didn't like that one bit. That's fair enough, but I was not being insulting about it. I easily could have been, but I didn't want to offend you. You, however, seem hell-bent on trying to make me change my mind on that.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Feb 11, 2019 11:40:21 GMT
So what? I don't deny the existence of inane musical comedies, but neither do I place any value in them, nor do I go around trying to convince others that there is no value in them. I leave them to those who think they are worth something. You're not a very honest person, Karl. Far more honest than you. You have all but admitted that you want this board to be an echo chamber for people who share your opinions. No matter how you feel about religion, you cannot deny it has a great effect on society. And being a member of society, I take great interests in the goings on therein. I do not believe the claims of religion, but I do believe in the impact of religion. And I have said this, even to you, very recently: I have a deep interest, even fascination with religion. I believe it is a manifestation of our nature, so why wouldn't I be interested? I also do not believe religion is worthless - I told you this maybe a week ago. It can certainly have negative worth, but I do believe it has a net positive worth for the majority of its participants. You are one of the strangest people here, Erjen. You usually behave like a normal person, but then you take offence at the strangest things. When I suggested your vision of hell might have been a fever-induced hallucination and nothing more, you didn't like that one bit. That's fair enough, but I was not being insulting about it. I easily could have been, but I didn't want to offend you. You, however, seem hell-bent on trying to make me change my mind on that. I welcome disagreement. I'm simply questioning your motivations. That's all. Anything wrong with that? Karl was my grandfather's name, but when he moved here from Denmark he changed it to Carl to make it more American. I almost didn't get born, and after I was born I was almost murdered at the age of three months. I've been to Hell twice. I've endured pain that most people can't imagine. And why? So I can stay up into the early hours of the morning fencing with a gutless worm. Why don't you just enjoy your life, Karl? Why don't you go off and do as thou whilst? There's nothing for you here.
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Post by Karl Aksel on Feb 11, 2019 13:02:20 GMT
Far more honest than you. You have all but admitted that you want this board to be an echo chamber for people who share your opinions. No matter how you feel about religion, you cannot deny it has a great effect on society. And being a member of society, I take great interests in the goings on therein. I do not believe the claims of religion, but I do believe in the impact of religion. And I have said this, even to you, very recently: I have a deep interest, even fascination with religion. I believe it is a manifestation of our nature, so why wouldn't I be interested? I also do not believe religion is worthless - I told you this maybe a week ago. It can certainly have negative worth, but I do believe it has a net positive worth for the majority of its participants. You are one of the strangest people here, Erjen. You usually behave like a normal person, but then you take offence at the strangest things. When I suggested your vision of hell might have been a fever-induced hallucination and nothing more, you didn't like that one bit. That's fair enough, but I was not being insulting about it. I easily could have been, but I didn't want to offend you. You, however, seem hell-bent on trying to make me change my mind on that. I welcome disagreement. I'm simply questioning your motivations. That's all. Anything wrong with that? Karl was my grandfather's name, but when he moved here from Denmark he changed it to Carl to make it more American. I almost didn't get born, and after I was born I was almost murdered at the age of three months. I've been to Hell twice. I've endured pain that most people can't imagine. And why? So I can stay up into the early hours of the morning fencing with a gutless worm. Why don't you just enjoy your life, Karl? Why don't you go off and do as thou whilst? There's nothing for you here. The above applies to you, not to me. Why does it apply to you? Because you believe it applies to me, yet I am here for the exact same reason you are: because I want to. Why does it not apply to me? Because I do not believe that "there is nothing for you here", nor do I stay up into the early hours of the morning "fencing with a gutless worm" (and where that came from, I don't even want to know). My time, at the time of this writing, is 2pm. Perhaps I shouldn't be posting while at work, but it's a bit of escapism during slow hours. I have a family, I don't stay up all night like I sometimes used to as a student.
I am enjoying life, and I do do as I will - why aren't you? By your own admission, there is nothing for you here. Unless you are going to claim that you are here to be spiritually uplifted. I've read your posts, Erjen, so that isn't going to fly. You are clearly here for the exact same reasons I am - because you enjoy the interaction. If that isn't enough, then I'm sorry for you.
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Post by FilmFlaneur on Feb 11, 2019 16:29:28 GMT
Remember what I said about being consistent? I do. No, I don't remember much of anything you say. That's a shame. Maybe ease off on the drinking? Personal rudeness is not an argument. You haven't explained yet how one could tell any old hell from the specifically Christian one.
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