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

Here's the text: Rape and Death Threats: What Men's Rights Activists Really Look Like 1) Logical Fallacy: Since the vile cyber-stalkers disagree with us feminists, anyone who disagrees with us is vile; 2) Oh, no, the feminists don't hate teh Patriarchy -- they love & need it like Roto-Rooter needs ...

Your first impression of the A-plussers is accurate.

I only come here because I think it's cool how everyone works the word 'cunt' into every other sentence. My early impressions are that the 'Pit is part software-engineers'-beer-and-pizza-party, complete with inside jokes I'll never get / part rebecca-watson-stalkers'-society / part esoteric-science-...

1) I don't even think the use of "nigger" is an indicator of racism per se;

2) The most anyone can do is say, 'please don't use that word around me';

3) The PC Thought Police who try to outright ban certain words can go fuck themselves.

Jesse Powell TWRA wrote: I support the idea of a Superior Power ... compatible with atheism. I am an atheist myself by the way.

I am giddy with excitement anticipating your definition of a Superior Power that's compatible with atheism.

If anyone reading here has been affected by the bombs, or know someone who has, they may find some genuine, meaningful comfort from the A+Theism forum. Eowyn Entwife offers this: Fuck! Sad and angry. (((hugs))) to anyone who needs them. http://atheismplus.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=4490 I'm fr...

Here in Nice we have Pissalat. A remnant of our Roman "colonialists", it seems. Bloody delicious in Pissaladière. My cooking* is mostly mediterranean, with a lot of provençal influence. I make a mean pissaladière. Many people can't detect that anchovies were involved! (* Which, according to the ...

A gem from Shakesville, McEwan claims fish sauce was othered in Gwyneth Paltrow's latest cookbook. Gwyneth is such a sauceist! She needs to check her western cuisine privilege. Fish sauce is essential to a good pad thai, but it does reek something awful -- unlike Melissa McEwan, who is not required...

Just read the Thunderf00t entry, and it's a brazenly biased editorial, not an objective piece fit for a cyclopedia.

One Rational Wiki entry has stuck in my craw ever since I stumbled across it. As an example of Special Pleading, it lists: Mitt Romney campaigned vehemently against Obamacare, but when reminded (repeatedly) that it was modeled after legislation he himself signed as governor of Massachusetts, he expl...

Pitchguest wrote:Guns are good. The penis is evil.

:shhh:
Full disclosure: The account "Arthur Frayn" is my sockpuppet.

Lsuoma wrote:Note to tamerlane: humourless people also have no sarcasm detector.

;)
Who said all that was for the benefit of the humorless?

... women should be socially encouraged to conform to feminine gender roles because of the characteristics women possess due to evolution. Likewise for men; that men should conform to masculine gender roles due to their inherent characteristics as men that developed due to evolution. The primary ma...

That is worrysome.

Again, I wish success to those who choose to participate in the dialog.

I trust that you and I can peaceably coexist at this bulletin board without need for further direct interaction.

It's pointless to endorse or oppose The Patriarchy when its very existence has yet to be shown. Sure, there exist organizations and social & leadership structures with patriarchal tendencies, but the concept of an all-pervasive The Patriarchy, as posited by gender feminists, must be rejected as unfa...

Jack, On the assumption that the call for them was sincere, I have offered specific critiques, suggestions and requests, especially for clarification of the intended process, for definition of terms, and for a reworking of the initial statements. (My suggestions* posted at the discussion page remain...

Have you read the process that Michael has laid out? your clear attempts to reveal 'steps' makes me wonder what your motives are. My motivation is to figure out where this is all headed, before investing further time & thought. It's reasonable to expect some sort of roadmap, but all we know is: the...

There is no negotiation until basic principles from both sides are revealed and compared. That is where we are now. To do otherwise would lead into a mess and any chance at a dialogue as a mutual exchange of ideas lost. I believe this is just a difference in semantics, as I consider the stating of ...

Wonderist wrote:Looking for new people to help out with the Nugent discussion. See notice here: http://www.slymepit.com/phpbb/viewtopic ... 733#p81733

If you're interested, reply here or send a PM to any of: Jack, Renee Hendricks, Skep Tickle, or Wonderist.

I'll help.

"Can skepticism be used to resolve the major question dividing feminism - the question of which is the correct feminism - 'sex-positive'; or (to use the preferred term) 'anti-pornography' feminism. To me it seems that skepticism will never resolve this question because each position is based on dif...

I responded to both Smith and Zvan, and in the discussion stream gave a polite but pointed critique of both statements as rambling and vague, with a request for a concise presentation of the resp. propositions, along with the establishment of parameters for discussion & debate. I'm willing to procee...

The Imaginary friend in Jesus link is a tidy article. Is it safe to assume everyone here has read Bart Ehram? Thanks. You know it's a three-parter? In a similar vein, a debunking of the nativity: http://johnwsmart.net/2012/12/22/christmas-carols-part-1/ http://johnwsmart.net/2012/12/22/christmas-ca...

rayshul, There's actually less "Jesus bio" in the apocrypha. The gospels were first written in Greek, by (it's surmised) hellenized Jews outside of Judea. They made numerous translation mistakes, such as using 'parthenos' ("virgin") for the hebrew 'alma' ("young woman"), when hebrew has a specific w...

On the "your rights[to speak] end where mine begin" is simply not true. Free speech is the right to offend. On the internet, that freedom is especially firm. There is no barrier to protect you from people who will call out your bullshit. From Glenn Greenwald: “The whole point of the First Amendme...

At the very least I think we can say for certain that the entire zombie population of the area didn't rise from their graves and walk around the streets of Jerusalem on a Friday evening some 1980 years ago :P LOL. You're referring to Matt. 51-53: The earth shook, the rocks split and the tombs broke...

Thanks, Aneris. That was very entertaining video with an excellent demolition of Lewis' moronic logic (sic.) I do wonder why 43alley accepts the trad christian dating of the gospels & Pauline epistles, when 1) Luke had to be written after Josephus' works; 2) The first Epistles & Markan gospel only a...

I was raised Catholic and underwent a decade of Sunday School. As an apostate adult, I've become intrigued with the search for an historical Jesus, and the often rancorous debate between historicists and mythicists. To distract me from my vestigial guilt for BBQ'ing on Good Friday instead of serving...

Too bad the Rachel Weisz movie was such a disaster.

Stretchycheese's list pretty much sums it up. I'd clashed with radfem/gen-fems in the past in political discussions, and what frustrates me the most is: 1) their insistence that everyone accept, a priori, their neologisms & po-mo constructs; and 2) their refusal to allow open discourse. I elaborate ...

Note: For entertainment purposes only. I will make common cause with any skeptic or atheist, regardless of their political views. * Theoretical socialist, pragmatic liberal; * Former life-long democrat now independent and revolted by the corruption and hypocrisy of the US two-party buttfuck; * Don't...

I agree with ZInnia on one thing: people without experience should listen to what people with experience have to say. And since I'm the one with the invisible dragon living in my garage, not her, she needs to believe me when I say the fucker exists.

Two days ago, I stumbled across the Melissa McEwan/PZ Myers public BDSM extravaganza. Can you believe it: I totally missed the A+ BS of the past few years (I'm atheist & an occasional blogger but haven't frequented online atheist spots much.) Once in a blue moon, I'd visit Pharyngula -- usually off ...