You mean this answer.

As I said before RF.  I have tried to have reasonable discussions ,but you seem to have this need to attack people.  Therefore, the delete and move on policy.  PS have you ever noticed that I don't delete people like HM and Saber who diagree with me and are way better debater's than you?  That blows your "I delete ,because I can't respond" theory.  As I said it is a matter of not letting waste my time;) 

Random--there are several people on these blogs who have itchy delete fingers.  My advice?  Don't comment on their blogs anymore.  Let their blogs go uncommented on, unseen, unsung.

But Cat, it enables Buffoo to show the world how empty Christianism is.  I believe St. Paul said something about that as he hijacked the religion.

He's the blog's leading exponent of rational thinking--for others, never for himself.

And he *STILL* can't prove he's not praying to the wrong god.  Zeus rules!

Okay, Random.  I'll admit, part of me is mystified by you and the other is impressed.  I'm mystified by your ceaseless interest in debating with the same people about the same issues over and over again.  I'm impressed by your stamina in same.  ; ) 

I'm strong to the finich 'cuz I eats me spinich.

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As to the "ceaseless interest in debating with the same people about the same issues over and over again," please not that its because they insist on reposting the same inane, already-refuted arguments, citing an irrelevant religious text as authority instead of doing some minimal thinking about the issue.  Butfoo is the worst offender (although I think the BC powers-that-be told him to knock off the daily sermons--I can't believe he wised up how truly moronic they made him look all on his own initiative.)  But go back and see how many

I'm truly glad to see HusbandMaterial posting here because he's clearly done some real skull-sweat work on the issue and has a viewpoint that is undeniably relevant.  But for every one of him, there are half a dozen "my goatherder god said so" blogs initiated.  My recent blog about the new evo-devo scientific paper was the only blog I believe I've ever posted on the subject.  But as Mencken noted, we have to let them believe stupid stuff--we don't have to let it stand unchallenged.

Random, Buffoo isn't an example of a Christian or Christianity. A good example of a Christian is someone like former Padre and Giant Dave Dravecky, who lost his pitching arm and shoulder to cancer, yet used his faith to come through it all with his head held high.

Of course, Dravecky is a college graduate, whereas Buffoo is a dumpster-diving scrote who by hook or crook managed to acquire a computer somewhere. The only time Buffoo ever went to a four-year university is the one time he went to CSUB to use the bathroom. He's an example of someone (thing?) with no life and no future, so he pretends to be lovingly accepted by an imaginary deity to make up for the simple fact that no one in town likes him, and no one on Earth loves him. Thus the make-believe friend that is "always there."

Helen Reddy sang a song about His Kind. It's called "Angie Baby."

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Oh Random.  I guess the difference between us is I'm more than willing to let other people be wrong.  Really wrong.  Hopelessly ignorant and subject to universal ridicule wrong.  I guess I'm too lazy to really care one way or the other.  It's enough for ME to think they're wrong.  I don't care if they or anyone else knows it. 

I swear, we must be related though because your tenacity in debate brings back warm (and nerve-wracking) holiday memories of yelling politics across dinner tables and around Christmas trees.  Do you have any Johnsons in your family tree?

I've adopted the position that I just won't be commenting in said person's threads anymore.  Why bother?  He's just going to delete it. His perception of what is an attack is so wide you could drive a semi through it and basically includes disagreeing with him.  He's not here to discuss.  He's here to be a beacon of faith for those who are in the same mindset as he is and that's fine.  Whenever he dogs other philosophies or starts claiming that everyone else is a liar and he's the only honest person on the blogs, you just have to accept that he's going to continue with his rants and bigotry because it's all he knows.  Pretty sad, if you ask me.  As someone else said, "He's not an example of Christianity" that any one wants to claim. 

Random -- I have to agree with CB.  Plus, you demonstrate the intolerance you accuse others of having when you get so worked up by letting certain people get under your skin. 

JBS -- Right on about Dave Dravecky.  I was watching the game he pitched when his arm snapped.  OMG!  I did more than wince, that looked so painful!  It still hurts thinking back about it.  I read his books "Come Back" and "When You Can't Come Back."  They were pretty inspirational.

Random,

You are an idiot, good sir.

I refuse to believs in your fairy tales.

And you smell of elderberries.

See what I did there?

I wonder why more are not persuaded by this thing you call "logic."

RF: "Once again a certain Christianist clown shows his lack of faith by deleting posts he cannot answer."

Umm lack of fatih?? now theres a WOW thatsa deep statement..so deep it didnt even make sense. He seems to have plenty of faith and he usually trys to talk nice to most of you at one point or another during your conversations but then people choose to over look it because basically you hate christains and their beliefs..

There are four regular bloggers I seldom look at and quit answering. One's a kook, the other three are on a religious crusade.

Catpaw:    The one Kook will be me   (RIGHT)

I use the King James Bible   you will never find me posting something FALSE from the WORD of GOD     People might not like my post    but I never post False teachings   

Ron

Quest, Random may be a lot of things, but an idiot isn't one of them.

Your mother was a hamster.

Now go away, or I shall taunt you a second time.

Cat, the difference is that I'm willing to let other people be wrong, but I'm not willing to let them try to impose their wrong answers on the rest of the world.  I don't insist on having a reply published in his church's newsletter--but Buffoo is coming into a public forum and spewing his hate--and accusing others of hatred because they disagree.  Buffoo has locked his posts so I can't comment on them (but he's not smart enough to have done it correctly) because he does not have the faith in his misguided convictions to withstand arguments--or even just to let them stand and say "I disagree, but this is a public forum and if I have a right to be here, so do you." 

Siouxcity, he doesn't have an ounce of faith.  Those who have faith pray quietly to their god or gods and do not insist that it be carved into the walls of the courthouse.  They maintain that faith even if they are the sole one believing.  They maintain that faith regardless of what others believe--and they can hold their own in a public forum, which this is.

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JBS & Possum, I agree.  Buffoo *ISN'T* a Christian.  He's a Christianist.  If he were alive today, Jesus would overturn his tables.  And I freely admit  that I reply to his missives primarily because he so reliably flies off the handle and sabotages his own cause. 

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colorNine, Buffoo accuses me of being intolerant to Christians, when in fact I am intolerent to *HIM*, and he's well-earned that. 

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Quest, I disagree.  But you can refuse to believe my fairy tales if you like (I read them only for entertainment)--so long as you keep *YOURS* out of the schools, the courthouse, and other peoples' bedrooms.

For what it's worth, I believe dcs is in the Christian category, by the way.

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JBS, anyone who can reference the Holy Grail scene can't be all bad...(I think he/she is trying to make outlandish insults for effect.  My point is that Buffoo deletes *ALL* of my comments whether insulting or not.

I find his lack of faith....disturbing.

Random--have a little faith in the rest of us.  We're all savvy enough to read between the lines re: Wayfarer and remain unconverted.  Really.

Cat, I have no doubts about you.  But consider this is a public forum, open to Google, and thus reachable from the rest of the Internets.

There are two kids in a high-school class who don't fit in.  One doesn't seem to be interested in "nailing cheerleaders" as the others in the hallway appear to be.  The other, although her family is very religious, has come to the realization that traditional Christianism as practiced in her family's church doesn't make sense to her.  In fact, she's come to realize that there probably *ISN'T* a god up there hurling thunderbolts at people who eat shellfish, or love the "wrong" sex partners.

Twenty years ago, they were alone.  Today on a school computer even they can search "the Internets" and find out that there's another viewpoint besides the Hairy Thunderer threats they're getting in church.   He can believe that if Californians can enter into same-sex marriages, he might not spend his days alone.  She can see that people can openly confront religionist arguments and no lightning bolt falls from Valhalla to punish their insolence. 

I know Buffoo ain't making any converts here.  I hope by responding to his posts to help him bring his personal brand of bigotry into further disrepute.  As the Pope is the chief cause of Protestantism (and of a significant cause of atheists) Buffoo is a flashing red warning light in front of Orthodox Christianity signalling "RUN AWAY!  RUN AWAY!"

(I *KNOW* folks get here on Google searches.  One e-mailed me personally after I quoted a fragment of a nonsense song in a post, hoping I had the lyrics that she'd been looking for, for a decade.)

And if you can save just one Googler it will have all been worth it?  Okay.  You seem to be of the "for every action there has to be an equal and opposite reaction" faith.  That's alright with me.  I just wonder where your stamina comes from.  Red Bull?  Let us in on your secret. 

Cat, Random drinks that coffee that doubles as a rust remover.

Lol JBS.  Coffee just like my mother used to make.  Good times...good times.

"Strong enough to put hair on your tongue."

JBS, wherever did you get *THAT* idea?  My religion forbids coffee.

(Actually, I just never liked the taste.  Diet Pepsi is my first choice.)

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Cat. it actually *IS* an act of faith, oddly enough.  I've still never gotten round to carving my Nine Suggestions into the stone tablets (Once you dispense with the first commandment, you can do it in just nine.) 

But one of them is "As long as you're there, pick up the litter."   I try to do that literally *AND* figuratively. 

One of my many shallow interests is in housing design, and a book I once read was big on what he called "site repair."  Normally, you pick out a piece of land, find the prettiest part of it, and build a house right on what you loved about the place.  Instead, the author suggested, you should find the *WORST* thing about the land (for example, that patch of weeds and poison ivy where nothing else seems to grow) and build *THERE*.  Preserve the best features, improve the worst, even if you never plan on coming back to use it yourself.  Imagine a world where we *ALL* did that, not because there's some sky buddy keeping score, but because you're only here for a short while and you have a choice to help entropy or the forces of good.  It's a bit like a chaotic Zoroastrianism, come to think of it. 

I totally get it, Random.  I really do.  I used to be much more adamant in my positions on issues before I married a Christian Conservative Republican and had two kids.  I would never, ever have believed that I would even date, much less marry such a man, but his beautiful mind and gracious heart swept me off my feet.  What can I say?  Anyway, as a result I just can't argue politics or religion with the same gusto that  used to.  And really, I think it's been a good thing for me.  A real lesson in wisdom and acceptance.  Frankly, I think ONE way to quell the polarization of our country is bipartisan inter-marriage.  It worked for me!  : )

I married a Christian Conservative Republican too.  She's none of those now...

allRed: No, you are not the kook or among the bloggers I mentioned. Just because I don't reply to your blogs doesn't mean that I don't read them. I (try) to keep my posting to a minimum. I'm a recovering blog-aholic.

There a few souls I'm trying to save. Anyone who would shoot ground squirrels or wish those fuzzy creatures ill is going to die a painful death of a pox and boils. Then they will burn in hell. Wake up and see the light!

LOL Random.  Well, I'll admit my husband has realized he's actually not as conservative as he thought.  He's still a Republican, but I had him agreeing that he would vote for Hillary over McCain (not Obama, though, sadly.)  As for him being a Christian, that's alright with me.  We had a BIG talk about religion early in our relationship and learned that we would never go there again.  So, he doesn't go to church, but I promised that IF he did want to go, I'd go with him, to babysit the kids if nothing else.  It's compromise.  Now, 6 years later, we pretty much only have one political/religious stance--complete and utter idolatry of EACH OTHER.  We rarely ever argue.  Especially about something as trivial as politics and religion.  Now, who's turn it is to wake up with the baby--that's another story.  It's always HIS turn!  THAT"S an issue on which I will not budge.

If my wife weren't sleeping in the next room I'd swear you married her...

Let's hope our spouses never meet.  I think we may have interfered with fate by keeping them apart from each other.  : )

I've heard that it's the opposites that attract. I know a couple that's worlds apart. They make me wonder how they were able to sleep together. They have kids, so there must have been common ground somewhere.

By creating religions out of thin air, they just moved the fight from individual against individual to tribe against tribe.

""One of my many shallow interests is in housing design, and a book I once read was big on what he called "site repair."  Normally, you pick out a piece of land, find the prettiest part of it, and build a house right on what you loved about the place.  Instead, the author suggested, you should find the *WORST* thing about the land (for example, that patch of weeds and poison ivy where nothing else seems to grow) and build *THERE*.  Preserve the best features, improve the worst, even if you never plan on coming back to use it yourself.  Imagine a world where we *ALL* did that, not because there's some sky buddy keeping score, but because you're only here for a short while and you have a choice to help entropy or the forces of good.  It's a bit like a chaotic Zoroastrianism, come to think of it. ""

 RF~ if you ever need a third wife...lol. Brilliant!

I've heard that it's the opposites that attract.

True. I was once in love with a woman I couldn't stand.

RF~ if you ever need a third wife...lol. Brilliant!

I'll ask, but First Wife has a veto.  I gather she'll primarily be evaluating cooking and housekeeping skills.

...cooking yes ,but cleaning? Arguh...I'm too old for that.