If thou gazest long into the Pit, the Pit will also gaze into thee

What about a theistic moderator. Someone with no dog in the hunt. I don't mean VenomfangX or shackofghawd, but one of the semi-intelligent ones. No one's coming to mind just now, but I'm sure I can find one..... Is DonExodus still on YouTube? He's an intelligent Theist. If you can't find a Theist, ...

Any debate that starts without the pre-condition of "ad hominem" fallacies will be called out and stopped by a moderator would be pointless The problem is that the entire FtB / Skepchick / A+ "misogynists around every corner" argument is that it is entirely ad hominem If you remove the basic logical...

Hi all. Has anybody discussed the situation in Israel/Palestine lately? Yes, it was decided that too much bread in the diet of the region caused both Israeli and Palestinian militants to get violent after their insulin levels spiked. It also didn't help the peace talks that they had to spend 30 min...

incognito wrote: Yeah. I can see now part of why y'all have a hate-on for the FTB crowd. I've never really even lurked there.

Wait, what? Isn't FtB required reading to be part of A+ ?????

sacha wrote:anything else in the past few days besides DragonConGate?

BreadGate

Grains have nothing to offer except fiber... WTF???? They are essentially empty calories in fact they are loaded with anti-nutrients like lectins, glutens, and phytates. That is just plain mental . Tell that to Breadmakers! So, you are saying that wholemeal bread has nothing but anti-nutrients? And...

And, for one, to assert, apparently, that all criticism of Israel constitutes “anti-Israel hatred [as] a religion” doesn’t seem particularly charitable or creditable. I never said that. Criticising Israel to a similar standard as other countries is fine. Hell, I'll do it myself: the lack of c...

And, for one, to assert, apparently, that all criticism of Israel constitutes “anti-Israel hatred [as] a religion” doesn’t seem particularly charitable or creditable. I never said that. Criticising Israel to a similar standard as other countries is fine. Hell, I'll do it myself: the lack of c...

Personal anecdotal observed opinion:

Most of the Athiesm+ movement is American

Most of the anti-A+ sentiment is expressed outside the USA

The US is a very special place, often special as belonging on a very short bus ....

Discuss....

5 things left for feminism: Equal Pay, Rape Culture, Reproductive Health, Microaggressions (pussy, balls, bitches,..), Media representation [youtube]flm8BwEmM3E[/youtub] I can almost feel the sane feminists cringing. He is joking right? Equal pay is a legitimate feminist concern, but it refers to e...

Didn't you know? You were sinning sexually harassed at every single meetup and conference you've ever been to. You just think you weren't sinning being sexually harassed because your mind has been clouded by your enslavement to the deceptions of Satan the Patriarchy. Your eternal soul vagina is in ...

I'm a sexist pig - all FtB people are honourary "gals" Be careful about posting things that could easily be quote-mined for nefarious purposes... ;) They can all be honourary dudes if they prefer. Anyway, last time I saw... they had SkepCHICK ... so surely that ,mean's I can refer to them as Chicks...

Aron Ra writes something that might be a bit controversial - right at the end: http://freethoughtblogs.com/aronra/2013/01/24/one-of-these-days-im-gonna-say-something-really-stupid/ At the risk of sounding like a hippie (which I am not), we’re not gonna make any progress with all this in-fighting ...

Another FTBer to rustle up some change from their supporters. This time it's avicenna for another laptop. ... ...I gotta admire these gals, they know how to fleece a mark then milk them dry ... this is almost worth encouraging FWIW, I'm pretty sure Avicenna is male (and a medical student) . Not tha...

That they see one standard for them and another standard for everybody else is the entire problem with the SJW worldview. It's raw tribalism, nothing more, nothing less. Using the proper language is just a tribal marker. Lord of the Flies. Animal Farm. 1984. (A list of their Operating Manuals) That...

Another FTBer to rustle up some change from their supporters. This time it's avicenna for another laptop. http://freethoughtblogs.com/amilliongods/2013/01/24/the-lappy-is-dead-long-live-the-lappy-charity-for-a-charity-case/ I could say a whole lot about this, but I'm tired and I threw all my spoons...

Well, Watson wasn't the only person attacking Shermer today, though I was surprised to see an equally poor attack on Shermer's piece on SkepticInk http://skepticink.com/nocrossnocrescent/2013/01/23/a-criticism-of-michael-shermer-and-the-scientific-american-political-left-is-not-at-war-with-science-u...

Metalogic42 wrote: Seems I missed your intro post. Welcome to the pit!

You did :) Shameful !

Twatson's reply to Shermer's article is a fucking hoot. Some highlights. She cherrypicks a few irrelevant figures, including the long-dead and constantly wrong Stephen Gould (NOMA, Punctuated Equilibrium, Skull Size, to name but three of his biggest blunders) and "biologist PZ Myers" to once again ...

Twatson's reply to Shermer's article is a fucking hoot. Some highlights. She cherrypicks a few irrelevant figures, including the long-dead and constantly wrong Stephen Gould (NOMA, Punctuated Equilibrium, Skull Size, to name but three of his biggest blunders) and "biologist PZ Myers" to once again ...

A) Welcome to Me - long time lurker ... thought I may as well register if for nothing more than to swell the numbers for ridiculing certain other forums B) This below is why I needed to post ... this *sums up* the result of the whole FtB and A+ dogmatic positions, rile enough people up and a few cra...