Jersey Girl wrote: I don't miss Scratch's posts or dialogue between he and DCP at all. I found it to be terribly redundant as did others, just going by the comments that I've seen.
There are very few Mormons on this board, one could probably count them up on one hand. I see no reason to behave so obnoxiously as to offend them to the point that they'd rather not participate here.
As you well know, this board is heavy on the critic side and if LDS are driven away this board dies from it.
A "little contention" is far different than calling posters filthy names, Infymus.
moksha wrote:Is this board devolving into one dedicated to insulting Mormons? I would invite you to examine the current type and content of many of the existing threads on this forum, in case you think this question is coming from left field. I am not sure if the arrival of Infymus has something to do with it, but the amount of insulting comments does have me concerned.
I preferred it when there was light hearted discussion.
The actions of Mormons is itself insulting. that's a fact, not an opinion. So the insulting of Mormons is warranted but is also subjective.
We all know that you are a member who hasn't disclosed his feelings to his bishop, whose name remains on the records of the church, and who participates in church activities. You are one of those which Mr. Infymus rightly calls a worthless fence sitter. Am I right or wrong?
Playing WoW all day isn't going to educate you much abour religion. Give it up.
moksha wrote:Is this board devolving into one dedicated to insulting Mormons? I would invite you to examine the current type and content of many of the existing threads on this forum, in case you think this question is coming from left field. I am not sure if the arrival of Infymus has something to do with it, but the amount of insulting comments does have me concerned.
I preferred it when there was light hearted discussion.
The actions of Mormons is itself insulting. that's a fact, not an opinion. So the insulting of Mormons is warranted but is also subjective.
We all know that you are a member who hasn't disclosed his feelings to his bishop, whose name remains on the records of the church, and who participates in church activities. You are one of those which Mr. Infymus rightly calls a worthless fence sitter. Am I right or wrong?
Playing WoW all day isn't going to educate you much abour religion. Give it up.
rcrocket
My "religion" is a moot point, as I do not subscribe to any "religion". As for your fence sitting comments you cannot be farther from the truth. I engaged my bishop when I had concerns. he called me a sinner for questioning the church. At that point I gave him the proverbial finger as I do you and others with no integrity. I keep my name on the roles because my requests to have my name removed have gone unheard.
Concerning video games, the virtual world of WoW is more real than the farsical fantasyland of the Book of Mormon. I actually enjoy involving myself with that fantasy as I am not bound by stories created by a lying, conning, megalomaniac pedophile.
Whats wrong with you? Seriously...what drives you to be so incapable of reason? Why are you blind to the fact that you are such a tool?
Sincerely, the guy who has a better life than you.
And crawling on the planet's face Some insects called the human race Lost in time And lost in space...and meaning
moksha wrote:Is this board devolving into one dedicated to insulting Mormons? I would invite you to examine the current type and content of many of the existing threads on this forum, in case you think this question is coming from left field. I am not sure if the arrival of Infymus has something to do with it, but the amount of insulting comments does have me concerned.
I preferred it when there was light hearted discussion.
The actions of Mormons is itself insulting. that's a fact, not an opinion. So the insulting of Mormons is warranted but is also subjective.
I learned in grade school that the kids who were mean-spirited in their insults (as opposed to playful in their jibes), and felt a pro-active need to be mean-spirited in their insults, and sought to justify their mean-spirited insults, did so as a reflex and self-protective reaction to their inner hurt (sadly and ironically in consequence to their own insultingly low sense-of-self), and as a dysfunctional attempt to level the "playing field"--or so they thought (though it often tended to repel others, thereby further negatively influencing the insulter's sense-of-self).
Regretably, I find the same dynamic in certain adults (I am speaking here of "adults" in terms of chronological age, not maturity wise).
Thanks, -Wade Englund-
Well, I learned in gradeschool that closeted fudgepackers who make stupid-ass gender confusion fronts are actually cruising for tail instead of trying to "cure" others.
Also I learned that guys who haven't married are pretty much either "confirmed bachelors" or socially inept twits. Of course, the two are not mutually exclusive as seen in your case.
And crawling on the planet's face Some insects called the human race Lost in time And lost in space...and meaning
beastie wrote:Given that rcrocket recently called me a sociopath, I would say the insults go in both directions.
There are times when the lines between an accurate descriptor and an insult become blurred--not that this is necessarily the case here. ;-)
But, I am all for erroring on the side of caution, and think that all would be better served to avoid remarks that may be considered insulting by either side.
Even still, while a single drip of water is comparable in one way to the massive flow of a fire hose (they both entail movement of water), in other ways the comparison seems absurd. I would suggest that the same is true for insults going both directions on this board. It is one thing to bring up a single example of a personalized insult (and I am aware that others could be noted as well), and quite another to find numerous and frequent insults leveled here against an entire class of people. The former may be in bad taste, but the later is...well, I'll let you answer that for yourself. I certainly don't want to be falsely accused of insulting on a thread about not insulting. :-0
beastie wrote:Given that rcrocket recently called me a sociopath, I would say the insults go in both directions.
There are times when the lines between an accurate descriptor and an insult become blurred--not that this is necessarily the case here. ;-)
But, I am all for erroring on the side of caution, and think that all would be better served to avoid remarks that may be considered insulting by either side.
Even still, while a single drip of water is comparable in one way to the massive flow of a fire hose (they both entail movement of water), in other ways the comparison seems absurd. I would suggest that the same is true for insults going both directions on this board. It is one thing to bring up a single example of a personalized insult (and I am aware that others could be noted as well), and quite another to find numerous and frequent insults leveled here against an entire class of people. The former may be in bad taste, but the later is...well, I'll let you answer that for yourself. I certainly don't want to be falsely accused of insulting on a thread about not insulting. :-0
Thanks, -Wade Englund-
When ones belief is insulting license is given to the critic to do their job (criticise). In order to drive the point home, invective is used. You merely just discount an opinion because of what you percieve as insulting but shuld instead look at why you are disliked. Since you will not do this you will not grow.
And crawling on the planet's face Some insects called the human race Lost in time And lost in space...and meaning
moksha wrote:Is this board devolving into one dedicated to insulting Mormons? I would invite you to examine the current type and content of many of the existing threads on this forum, in case you think this question is coming from left field. I am not sure if the arrival of Infymus has something to do with it, but the amount of insulting comments does have me concerned.
I preferred it when there was light hearted discussion.
The actions of Mormons is itself insulting. that's a fact, not an opinion. So the insulting of Mormons is warranted but is also subjective.
I learned in grade school that the kids who were mean-spirited in their insults (as opposed to playful in their jibes), and felt a pro-active need to be mean-spirited in their insults, and sought to justify their mean-spirited insults, did so as a reflex and self-protective reaction to their inner hurt (sadly and ironically in consequence to their own insultingly low sense-of-self), and as a dysfunctional attempt to level the "playing field"--or so they thought (though it often tended to repel others, thereby further negatively influencing the insulter's sense-of-self).
Regretably, I find the same dynamic in certain adults (I am speaking here of "adults" in terms of chronological age, not maturity wise).
Thanks, -Wade Englund-
Well, I learned in gradeschool that closeted fudgepackers who make stupid-ass gender confusion fronts are actually cruising for tail instead of trying to "cure" others.
Also I learned that guys who haven't married are pretty much either "confirmed bachelors" or socially inept twits. Of course, the two are not mutually exclusive as seen in your case.
I appreciate this object lessson in support of my point. ;-)
moksha wrote:Is this board devolving into one dedicated to insulting Mormons? I would invite you to examine the current type and content of many of the existing threads on this forum, in case you think this question is coming from left field. I am not sure if the arrival of Infymus has something to do with it, but the amount of insulting comments does have me concerned.
I preferred it when there was light hearted discussion.
The actions of Mormons is itself insulting. that's a fact, not an opinion. So the insulting of Mormons is warranted but is also subjective.
I learned in grade school that the kids who were mean-spirited in their insults (as opposed to playful in their jibes), and felt a pro-active need to be mean-spirited in their insults, and sought to justify their mean-spirited insults, did so as a reflex and self-protective reaction to their inner hurt (sadly and ironically in consequence to their own insultingly low sense-of-self), and as a dysfunctional attempt to level the "playing field"--or so they thought (though it often tended to repel others, thereby further negatively influencing the insulter's sense-of-self).
Regretably, I find the same dynamic in certain adults (I am speaking here of "adults" in terms of chronological age, not maturity wise).
Thanks, -Wade Englund-
Well, I learned in gradeschool that closeted fudgepackers who make stupid-ass gender confusion fronts are actually cruising for tail instead of trying to "cure" others.
Also I learned that guys who haven't married are pretty much either "confirmed bachelors" or socially inept twits. Of course, the two are not mutually exclusive as seen in your case.
I appreciate this object lessson in support of my point. ;-)
Thanks, -Wade Englund-
Your original point is invalid. Go back to Evergreen wade.
And crawling on the planet's face Some insects called the human race Lost in time And lost in space...and meaning
Mercury wrote: You merely just discount an opinion because of what you percieve as insulting but shuld instead look at why you are disliked. Since you will not do this you will not grow.
You are clearly confused. I wasn't discounting any opinion (there is a massive difference between discounting opinions and assessing the value and efficacy of insults here--not that you may know).
And, I happen to be very interested in why I, as an LDS, am disliked by people like you. Your attitude and behavior towards me and my faith have been very instructive, and has caused me to grow. By seeing just how unwittingly self-discrediting and repelling your attitude and behavior is, and the dysfunction that may be driving it, it makes me want to avoid as best as possible doing or being the same. You have given me great incentive to better myself so as not to be like you. ;-)