The sweet stench of crazy

I just pulled mself from the quicksand. I've been trapped for the last two days in a fruitless and frustrating back and forth with a pro life, anti euthanasia, creationist... I know, I know "Someone is wrong on the internet" but it is so frustrating recieving her messages. You know you shouldn't look, but the stupid calls to you. "How bad can it be this time" you ask yourself.

Seriously, this girl uses all the talking points! She repeats "questions" over and over looking for a particular answer, not satisfied until it is provided for her to crow over.

She actually said "only a theory" and "show me a half monkey half man" and when I explained we don't come from monkeys using cousins and grandparents to illustrate the difference between ancestors and contemporaries she followed up with puzzlement that I was calling her grandfather a monkey and after some more clarification followed up with "so where are the half monkey men" again as if nothing had happened.

After she tried "only a theory" and when I'd explained evolution is a theory like germ theory she suggested I lick a toilet brush - clearly misunderstanding which of us doesn't accept scientific theories as more than guesswork.Then she loled at herself.

And, of course, I have no morals. Without the bible and god how could I? And I'm not qualified to discuss the bible because I don't understand it. Direct quotes are out of context, obviously. And I have faith, more faith than her. I mentioned to her that I snigger every time a theist uses faith as a dirty wod. I mean it is a dirty word,but it is nice when they acknowledge it.

In the end the only way to escape was to delete the thread, which is a shame. But otherwise I'd never have escaped from the cluthces of ignorance.

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Comment by Doug Reardon on November 20, 2011 at 7:24pm: Never try to teach a pig to sing, it wastes your time and it annoys the pig.

Comment by Gordon Duffy on November 21, 2011 at 7:10am: She told me I wasn't qualified to discuss the bible. Direct quotes didn't count.

"It's called biblical hermeneutics which you are not educated in so you schooling me on the bible is not effective"

Comment by Judith van der Roos on November 21, 2011 at 12:00pm: we have a saying here in Holland "Als alle gekken konden vliegen hadden we een permanente zonsverduistering" - If all fools could fly, the sun would be eclipsed forever - Fortunately they cannot fly so we can continue to bask in the autumn sunlight !

regards,
Judith vd R.

Comment by Gordon Duffy on November 21, 2011 at 12:07pm: To her I was the fool - "Lol... I love when people uneducated in the bible try to explain it's meaning to those of us that know better."

I was a fool to get suckered into talking to her!

When you argue with a crazy person you are not really arguing with them, you are talking to the neutral bystanders. Unfortunately in this case there were no bystanders.

Comment by BryanPaul on November 21, 2011 at 2:25pm: The biggest problem I see with talking to this type of people is that they have no understanding of Darwin's theory. Ask them "what is the theory of evolution" and see what you get. Most of the time it's along the lines of "we came from monkeys".

This is when I tell them that they have no understanding of evolution and we can talk when they read up on the topic, because until then there opinion does not count. I can't talk to you about something you know nothing about and expect a good conversation.

Comment by Gianni Versatile on November 21, 2011 at 3:19pm: Lets put it this way, and the way the neuroscientist Sam Harris explained so well in one of his TED appearance, "certain people just cannot use certain part of the brain". Organic wise this means if the electric pulses stimulating these areas cannot be reached, it’s like trying to sway a dead person. :(

Comment by Ceci on November 21, 2011 at 3:41pm: "She told me I wasn't qualified to discuss the bible."

what about her? what kind of knowledge does she have for being qualified to do it? is she a nun?

Comment by Peter Whiteley on November 21, 2011 at 7:06pm: There are some fundamentalist religious types that are so ingrained in their beliefs that you could use any and every atheist argument but they will still fall back on their superstition.

You could embarrass them, highlight their contradictions and make them a laughing stock but they would still fall back on their faith and claim to haver won the argument.

You are a realist and a skeptic so are prepared for a proper debate- they usually are not. If the lord god almighty appeared in person to me I would have to concede I was wrong or mad. (Assuming the former I would have to ask him why he had made such a mess of his toy-box.) This visitation will not happen nor will an in-your-face fundy recant.

If you understand that regardless of your overwhelming evidence your adversary will not cede any point there is only one approach you can adopt- take the piss out of her!

Comment by Kilana Malakina on November 21, 2011 at 7:10pm: Monkey Man!!! Defender of the galaxy, his only weapon being his own feces.

Comment by Diane on November 21, 2011 at 8:13pm: The irony of this is that I've sought out a deeper understanding of the theory of evolution because, well, I wanted to, and so I could have answers for idiots like this girl. But debating them is futile.