"There's a difference between honestly seeking debate and just hoping that people will jump on board and support you. There's a difference between trying to find out what people think, and just trying to make everyone agree with you. Posts…"

"This conversation took a much more interesting turn than they usually do on non-atheist sites."

"By the way? I love this, and I love that all the responses are still up. I love that we didn't need to use censorship. All you have to do is print the truth."

"@Unseen: OR You can thank critical thinking for philosophy. :)"

"You can thank philosophy for almost all the critical thinking going on here and throughout history since the presocratics."

"@GM: What do you mean "if"??? (I've got a front row seat.)LOL"

"@kris: I laughed and I laughed and laughed. (I can see Socrates right now preparing a list of questions for you) :)"

"Yes. You can still get a degree in philosophy."

"Sadly, from my reading of Revelations, yes, sorry, I did read the damn thing, most of the historical and non-historical human population is going to hell anyway. Heaven only has room for 144000 it seems, which then begs the questions,'Why…"

"The people that come to us offer many challeges. Would it help to have a little more 'free-will' in our labels we place upon each other, and a little more 'reserving judgement' as we converse? Maybe a few lessons from Socratic…"

"@Reg: You Bastard...(snicker)...you do realize that I read, analyze, research, consider and then carefully compose a response to all the posts I respond to.  This process takes time. You and GM put so many different and sometimes divergent bits…"

"@David Smith: RE: Very true, which is an excellent reason for a person who reacts to words with an emotion response and change that paradigm."

"That Civi's own beliefs, which he stated openly and repeatedly, fit the definition of racism and bigotry. Racism is the belief that members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race which distinguish it as inferior…"

"Here, it's not so much what you say so much as how you say it. I get away with a lot by simply taking care how I say things. "