For The Sake Of Arguement - If God Is Not real, Then Why Are The Skeptics So Restless? [Spirituality & Religion]

@GodSpeed63 If your God wants people to think that His followers are dishonest and illogical, then I suppose you're not.

@GodSpeed63 [quote]I've noticed there's no 'pre' before the word, pubescent.[/quote]

Oh dear, didn't look very far did you. Hyphens can be optional https://www.grammar-monster.com/lessons/hyphens_in_prefixes.htm

@GodSpeed63 [quote]there's no 'pre' before the word, pubescent[/quote]

That’s correct, because I put the pre- there.

In the same way as I might offer 'pre-examination study’ or ‘pre-performance preparation’.

Are you saying that ‘examination’ and ‘performance’ are therefore misspelled?

@GodSpeed63 I'm not seriously waiting for you to provide examples, because I know that you always run away or divert when confronted. Next time you're having a chat with Jesus, ask him if he's happy with the way you represent him.

@GodSpeed63 [quote]Yes I do know Jesus on personal basis.[/quote]
Of course you do because it's all in your mind. It is exactly what you imagine it to be but that's all it is.

[quote] Until you can prove otherwise, fernie, get used to having him around.[/quote]
Can you prove The Flying Spaghetti Monster doesn't live yet? As you say, until you can prove It doesn't live, get used to having It around. r'Amen.

@newjaninev2 [quote]Are you referring to your standard proof which consists of something being true simply because you say it is true?[/quote]

I'm not like you, Newjaninev, What Yahweh has established to be true, that I believe to be true. It's His Word that says He is true and I believe His Word.

@GodSpeed63 the differences between 'British English' (of which there must be at least 200 versions) and 'American English' (ditto!) are a source of constant interest and amusement to me.
[i]J. K. Rowling[/i]

@newjaninev2 @GodSpeed63

@newjaninev2 @Sharon Gotta love the "I know you are, I said you are" argument.

@Bushranger Correct. Either [i]no[/i] religious symbols may be displayed on public property, or [i]any and all of them[/i] can be displayed.

@LeopoldBloom I don't have a problem with that. If US christians insist on having their symbols displayed, they need to accept that all other religious symbols will have to be accepted, unless they disagree with the Constitution.

@LeopoldBloom [quote]The situation Bijoux described has nothing to do with freedom of belief.[/quote]

What do you believe?

@Bushranger I expect he'd be furious - which would prove the other gods are real. :)

@GodSpeed63 So why do you demand that your God's symbols be displayed at public expense? If you want to worship him, you shouldn't have a need to validate that by forcing everyone else to pay for those symbols.

@LeopoldBloom [quote]So why do you demand that your God's symbols be displayed at public expense?[/quote]

So why do you demand that your God's symbols be taken away or taken down at public expense?

@jackieash [quote]1) No one is offended. 2) No one is trying to ban anything. Period.[/quote]

Where were you when they banned prayer from schools or waving the confederate flag in the Southern States or banning books that they think is offensive in public schools; this includes children's literature?

@Bushranger I’ve encountered more theists offended by symbols like pentagrams or Orisha talismans because [b]they[/b] automatically believe (incorrectly) that they’re tied in with Satanism.

@kodiac A friend of mine wears an inverted crucifix. The christians really object to that. ;)

@Sharon I bet lol

@GodSpeed63 Some fundamentalist Christians oppose yoga being taught in public schools, on the grounds that it promotes Hinduism.

@SW-User If only 501c3 was ACTUALLY enforced.

@fernie2 No, they will persist in trying to insinuate their delusions into whichever society is around them (it was a key feature of the European colonisation strategy).

Most disturbing is their predilection for children. Here in New Zealand we have made good progress in driving them from classrooms, and by the end of this year we should have them firmly locked out. Nevertheless, they come at our children in new and inventive ways, seeking malleable, uncritical minds to infect. It’s quite disgusting.

@newjaninev2 It's a serious, dangerous, insane cult. I'm delighted to know you are locking them OUT!

@newjaninev2 [quote]Here in New Zealand we have made good progress in driving them from classrooms, and by the end of this year we should have them firmly locked out.[/quote]
That's good to hear. It would be nice to do the same here in the UK. The problem here is that the church has its own, unelected, representatives in parliament who would veto any such attempt. UK schools are legally required to hold daily, "broadly christian" religious assemblies and to teach religion which, as local churches have some influence over the curriculum, often amounts to christian indoctrination. Parents have a legal right to exempt their children from either or both but that right is not widely known and christian headteachers have been known to deny it even exists.

@GodSpeed63 maybe you like all the apples in the barrel spoiled instead of just one. Most don't!

@DeWayfarer [quote]maybe you like all the apples in the barrel spoiled instead of just one. [/quote]

What would spoil the apples in the barrel?

@GodSpeed63 that's a matter of opinion. Bad apples come in all conditions. None belong in the barrel.

@Emosaur well said !!

@TheWildEcho [quote]denigrate others belief[/quote]

Which is creationist-speak for ‘question, examine, and challenge'

@fernie2 It's accurate though.