Final Vote for Atheistic Stridency

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Who is the most stridently atheistic and/or antireligious member of Wrong Planet?
Poll ended at 09 Jun 2010, 10:05 pm

First Choice: Awesomelyglorious Second Choice: Sand	29%	[ 9 ]
First Choice: Awesomelyglorious Second Choice: ruveyn	13%	[ 4 ]
First Choice: Awesomelyglorious Second Choice: DentArthurDent	10%	[ 3 ]
First Choice: Sand Second Choice: Awesomelyglorious	10%	[ 3 ]
First Choice: Sand Second Choice: ruveyn	16%	[ 5 ]
First Choice: Sand Second Choice: DentArthurDent	10%	[ 3 ]
First Choice: ruveyn Second Choice: Awesomelyglorious	0%	[ 0 ]
First Choice: ruveyn Second Choice: Sand	0%	[ 0 ]
First Choice: ruveyn Second Choice: DentArthurDent	0%	[ 0 ]
First Choice: DentArthurDent Second Choice: Awesomelyglorious	6%	[ 2 ]
First Choice: DentArthurDent Second Choice: Sand	6%	[ 2 ]
First Choice: DentArthurDent Second Choice: ruveyn	0%	[ 0 ]

Total votes : 31

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05 Jun 2010, 5:34 am

Horus wrote:

I ought to be on the list too considering Christopher Hitchens may as well
be my twin brother.

At least in terms of his religious views....many of his political views
leave much to be desired IMO.

I actually met Hitch at the 2008 Miami book fair.

Nice enough guy with bad teeth and a terrible chain-smoking habit.

he also drinks heavily.

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05 Jun 2010, 9:22 am

Horus wrote:

I ought to be on the list too considering Christopher Hitchens may as well
be my twin brother.

Chris Hitchens already has a brother though. They hate each other and disagree on everything.

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06 Jun 2010, 9:25 pm

Also, I am bringing this to the front because Master_Pedant isn't doing his job and spending all of his time misspelling bubble. (Master_Pedant, if you really are uncomfortable with me making fun of you making typos then speak now or forever hold your peace. )

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06 Jun 2010, 9:34 pm

So far, AG has secured 2/3 of the votes. It's enough to pass an amendment, it's good enough for me.

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06 Jun 2010, 9:40 pm

skafather84 wrote:

So far, AG has secured 2/3 of the votes. It's enough to pass an amendment, it's good enough for me.

Has to end on Wednesday to be official though.

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06 Jun 2010, 9:42 pm

skafather84 wrote:

So far, AG has secured 2/3 of the votes. It's enough to pass an amendment, it's good enough for me.

Only 3/5 actually. Enough to break a filibuster, though.

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06 Jun 2010, 9:50 pm

Orwell wrote:

skafather84 wrote:

So far, AG has secured 2/3 of the votes. It's enough to pass an amendment, it's good enough for me.

Only 3/5 actually. Enough to break a filibuster, though.

Shite, you're right. Miscounted.

/still did a better job than Diebold or Florida

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06 Jun 2010, 10:02 pm

Awesomelyglorious wrote:

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Should atheists really hold to some sort of abstract, platonic spelling idealism, in which words are objectively spelled "correctly" regardless of individual contexts? That seems so anti-reductionistic!

VOTE DENT - STRIDENTLY.*

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06 Jun 2010, 10:02 pm

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/still did a better job than Diebold or Florida

I demand a recount! I also allege voter fraud; AG illegitimately registered at least a dozen sock puppet/illegal immigrant accounts and used them to vote for himself!

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06 Jun 2010, 10:07 pm

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Master_Pedant, you know that calling you out on misspelling a word does not require Platonism or idealism. That's just silly. The issue is that in the context in which you were using the word is one where the structure of it is generally considered incorrect. Invoking Platonism to the degree you desire to actually is the dark path to postmodernism. The only way to fail to recognize that is inconsistency.

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skafather84 wrote:

/still did a better job than Diebold or Florida

I demand a recount! I also allege voter fraud; AG illegitimately registered at least a dozen sock puppet/illegal immigrant accounts and used them to vote for himself!

Look, I don't committ THAT MUCH voter fraud. I assure everyone that Dent committed more voter fraud than I did. Dent is a Marxist. They don't understand liberal democracy much. I just hope the damage done is not that much.

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06 Jun 2010, 10:11 pm

Awesomelyglorious wrote:

Invoking Platonism to the degree you desire to actually is the dark path to postmodernism. The only way to fail to recognize that is inconsistency.

As a self-described admirer of post-modernist legal theorism, I guess you'd know from experience. You've long ago submerged yourself in that greasy, dark path just like sea-birds have submerged themselves in oil!

I just hope you never bump into Alan Sokal!

^ Awesomelyglorious covered in the abstract "oil" of postmodernist fuzzy thinking!

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06 Jun 2010, 10:14 pm

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You mean that seabirds like to swim in oil for the heck of it? I didn't know that was the case.

Oh, I am not worried, anything can be.... deconstructed. :twisted:

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06 Jun 2010, 10:27 pm

Awesomelyglorious wrote:

You mean that seabirds like to swim in oil for the heck of it? I didn't know that was the case.

You're right. A more apt metaphor would be that your indoctrination into Christianity led you to believe that the non-existence of the Cosmic Santa Claus meant no meaning in life, even though rational atheists have come up with all kinds of rational for earthly meanings. This Christian dogma of the necessity of atheistic nihilism (BP) forcefully dumped postmodernistic nihilism (oil) onto you (the helpless seabird).

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Oh, I am not worried, anything can be.... deconstructed. :twisted:

Then deconstruct deconstructionism!

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06 Jun 2010, 10:44 pm

Master_Pedant wrote:

Actually, you still have to recognize that "rational atheists" often are just acting Platonistically when they create all of their rationales. I mean, atheism is still full of this stuff.

Even further, I am a skeptic by nature. This means everything.

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Then deconstruct deconstructionism!

That's already been done. :roll: