ahhh. Well yeah given the current Golden Compass froufrala yes you might see this, especially if there are a lot of fundamentalist people around you. Personally I think that's a manufactured issue (it's a *movie* people get a grip) but I'm feeling more than usually impatient about now....
Anyway, thanks for the clarification Dana On Dec 8, 2007 9:58 AM, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 8:39 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Christian's: Paranoid or not > > > > I have not especially noticed any attacks on atheism. Perhaps they went > > under my radar tho; I tend to disregard any discussion of isms anymore. > > But > > I don't see a lot of religious discussion here either and I would think > > I > > would notice. > > Forgive me: not attacks here, on this list specifically (although once we > get going...), but attacks "in the wild" that cause people to create > initial > posts. > > This whole mess was started by the "Golden Compass". In the past kick-off > points were removing "God" from the Pledge or the 10 Commandments from > courthouses or group prayer in government offices or studies on mistrusted > minorities or creation museums or whatever. > > That which strikes us (good, bad, ugly, funny, etc) we share here. The > ones > that resonate become those long threads. Some of us are less tactful that > others of course and that leads to long threads as well... but that's the > way these things work. > > It's also human nature to want to expose your opinion on a matter even if > you're not contributing the discussion at hand. So when somebody says "I > agree/disagree with this because I do/don't believe in God" the opposite > of > the argument will ALWAYS put its two-cents in. > > And it's not just this of course. Look at the thread I made yesterday > asking about favorite TV shows. The first six or seven answers were > simply > "I don't watch TV". Of course that point of view doesn't really add to > the > topic but you've got to expect them. Most importantly you shouldn't take > them too seriously when they appear. > > Our long arguments are not, I think, a sign of our fractious nature but > rather a sign of just how close this list has become as a social > structure. > We tend not to hold back and definitely know how to push each other's > buttons. > > You know - like a family. ;^) > > Jim Davis > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get involved in the latest ColdFusion discussions, product development sharing, and articles on the Adobe Labs wiki. http://labs/adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ColdFusion_8 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247961 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
