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posted October 09, 2010 01:27 PM |
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Quote: Just penalize anytime religion is mentioned period.
Can't you just penalize insults instead?
You know, like, according to the CoC?
Sounds like you're giving us the choice of "behave" or "we ban everything"
I'd rather see that you deal with the actual problem instead of just killing the discussions. The kinda action you're suggesting reminds me of the recent piracy-protection from Ubisoft; Sure it stops some pirates, but everyone who actually follows the rules have to pay for it too.
Can't see why I shouldn't be allowed to discuss religion just because some people can't discuss it properly.
EDIT: But ah hell, ignore me if you wish. I'm consuming a free product here, I've got no say in matters.
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posted October 09, 2010 01:33 PM |
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Yeah, what happened to just penalising people and silencing everyone who looks at you funny? Geez, you're mods, aren't you?
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posted October 09, 2010 01:44 PM |
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Quote: So .. is that what you want, or do you want us to trust the community to police itself?
We want what insults a intelligent debate gone, or at the least fixed to the point where its no longer a insult.
The current situation is that somebody in a local community goes around threatening people, sending around murder treats, and it sort of stops there. The person got the local community in a really annoying stranglehold, they can not get rid of the obvious lawbreaker, and the police is for some obscure reason not doing anything.
While the situation can never approach that since we are after all a disconnected online community, nobody wants to discuss religion because they know at some point Elodin will just JUMP IN and ruin the debate. Ignoring him means that he will just keep on posting MORE AND MORE AND MORE eyesore.
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posted October 09, 2010 02:08 PM |
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I don't see how one can't agree with Adrius... I mean really?
Quote: We will step in if people can't stop and think about what they are posting. If we have to ban every religious topic, or penalize for every religious comment..period, we will.
To me that's pretty contradictonary. In sentence one the world is all fine and dandy and mods do what mods are supposed to do.
...but things can only stay fine and dandy for so long. Of course sentence two had to come along and mow down rationality with a chainsawkayakpaddle. I mean really? Just because you're fed up with dealing with our local firestarters you're just going to ban a topic for EVERYONE? Apart from the fact that it doesn't adress the problem (because the problem isn't the topic religion it's the people debating it. Seesh we could talk about the effect Sunflowers have on bees and it could still turn out like our the "religious" debates you're refering too) like Adrius pointed out its completely ilogical.
And no you will not ban religious topics and you won't penalize religious comments simply on the basis of being religious. Atleast not if you want to act upon any basis of rational thought.
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posted October 09, 2010 02:54 PM |
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Mytical, stop the problem, which is specific posters. Stopping an entire topic for others that discuss in a good way is absurd and stupid and it will be one of the worst moderator decisions I have ever seen. The problem isn't the fact that religion is being discussed, the problem is some people who discuss it. I'll give two examples of opposites. Corribus posts in a fine, sensible way. Jollyjoker posts in a stubborn way and it's hard to get across to him. I like both of them and they're both good posters but the way they post is different. The problem on this forum is that it boils down to two people: Jollyjoker and Elodin. You two just can't seem to ignore each other and then all hell breaks loose. It just builds up and up and up until both of you complain and then we get this sort of debate.
@ del, just don't read the posts then! Yes it's an eyesore but do you have to read it? No. Just scroll through it and if it's the last post then don't view the thread. You complain yet do nothing about it. Just don't read the crap then! Problem solved!
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The most disturbing thing about this imo is that Mytical is actually speaking on behalf of the entire modsquad.
And I know you guys aren't that crazy.
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posted October 09, 2010 05:34 PM |
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the thing is, Elodin wants us to basically wreck our own forum.
That's the point of the troll, to attract attention and make everyone feel miserable.
I know I'm not the best exemplar of refusal to rise to him, but he is deliberately being an obstinent douche for the sake of being an obstinent douche.
Look, the mod act how they want, but I am saying he's goading you into over reaction. The moment that there is a wholescale ban on the forum, we will never here from him again. he will have won, HC will have lost.
Trolls do what they do for the lolololololololol's, winding people up for the sake of the reaction. Do what you want, but I will bet my right leg that if any kind of banning or stuff happens, we won't hear from elodin ever again. He would have done what he was aiming to do.
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posted October 09, 2010 06:00 PM |
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1910, I direct your attention to the Stephen Hawking thread - which I didn't take part in, except for a small contribution I made out of fun.
I don't take part for a simple reason: I DIDN'T READ THE BOOK - so I just don't qualify for posting.
The topic of the thread notwithstanding, I direct your attention to the direction that thread has taken. It starts with Hawking becoming "Hawkins", then it's about DAWKINS and atheism (yet again) suddenly...
It might be interesting to quote from the Government Control of Religion thread. Each of the following threads comes from a different post of Elodin out of this thread. Except for the first few these remarks are all centred around one topic: the question whether parents should have or have not the right to forbid a blood transfusion for their children for religious reasons (Jehova's Witnesses have a problem with blood transfusions).
These are not all atheism quotes in that thread - I left out the reasonable ones (even though you may ask about the connection to the topic, but that's secondary).
Quote: A fundamentalist atheist on the other hand may be a very dishonest person as he believes there is no such thing as absolute morality.
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Quote: Let's not forget that as long Western societies have been dominated by religion there has been a lot of inequality and discrimination as well.
You must be talking about officially atheist governmnents as they have been the most oppresive an inequitable governments in the recorded history of humanity. Mao, Pol Pot, Stalin, Lenin, ect.
The way France is going it is setting itself up for a French version of Hitler in my opinion.
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Quote: And here the parents have no right whatsoever to let their child die because of THEIR personal religious delusions.
It is the CHILD who has the right to be protected from such delusional decisions, getting it killed.
Letting a child die for fear it could forego salvation is murder for superestitious beliefs. You could just as wwll kill a child and then claim it was the anti-christ or something.
Sorry, I disagree that delusional atheists should control all sane people, JJ. Atheists make up a tiny percentage of all the people who ever lived and is in worldwide decline. Delusional atheist tyrants certainly murdered more people in the last 100 years than all other religions for all of recorded history.
Atheists have a right to make decisions for themselves and for thier children, even though the atheist worldview is nothing but a delusion. Others with a more rational woldview also have that same right.
Quote: No, JJ, you should not be able to kill your child simply because he is not living the way you want him to live. No Christian would ever advocate such a thing, although I can see how materialistic atheism could lead to such a policy.
Quote: You have already stated in the past that a parent teaching a child his religion is racism and should be illegal. I could post quite a list of your anti-theist quotes. I realize that anti-theist loony tune atheists (not all atheists are anti-theists) are very intollerant of the beliefs of others but a free society simply can't exist where loony atheists attempt to force their delusions on everyone else. I like being free and certainly I would not bow to a loony atheist State-god.
Quote: Pentecostals tolerate the right of others to practice their reigion, even very delusional religions like atheism.
By religiously deluded parents I assume you are refering to atheists.
Quote: But I don't want the loony tunes Marxists in government forcing their anti-theistic religion on others. The atheist loons in the government have no right to dictate what medical procedure anyone must undergo.
You have to be careful who you listen to because there are lots of atheist liars these days who seek to twist the Word of God because they don't actually think there is such a thing as "right" and "wrong" and so easily justify their deception. The goal of such Dawkinite anti-theists is to destroy all other religions with their lies and whatever other means possible.
Loony tunes materialistic atheists hold the delusion that physical life is all that there is. Theists don't hold that irrational superstition.
When loony tunes atheists have demanded that believers bow to the State-god or die believers have said "We must obey God rather than man" and subsequently been murdered. Loony tunes atheists have murdered over 250 million people in the past 100 years, many simply for being theists.
No, we certainly can't afford to let loony tunes atheists set policy that the rest of the world must follow in regards to any belief, "religious" or otherwise.
As mentioned, we have seen exactly what kind of "religious freedom" loony tunes atheists impose when they come into political power. There are far too many loony tunes religious lunatic atheists who push their fanatical lunatic views on others to allow them free reign to do as they please to others.
Loony tunes atheists don't have the right to pronounce all other religions to be "superstition" and then impose their delusional religion on everyone else.
The parents, not fanatical delusional atheists, should determine the child's medical treatment in the evert that the child is too immature or unable to make the decision.
Again, atheists don't have the right to rule over everyone else.
Also, once again I ask you to prove that a child who does receive a blood transfusion does not go to hell. You can't. Unfortunately, fanatical atheist lunatics want to impose their views by force on others because they have no respect for the rights of other human beings to make their own decisions and control their own lives. Anti-theistic atheism is the most intolerant of all religions.
I agree parents should not harm or abuse their children although this comes dangerously close to saying atheists should not be allowed to have children because the delusional religion of atheism certainly does cause harm. We know studies have shown atheists tend to have poor relationships with their fathers, have more mental illnesses, commit suicide more often, and are less charitable to others, in general. Atheism is destructive to both society and to individuals.
Quote: Frankly a person who does not believe in God can hardly be caused a reasonable person, based on current science, assuming they have at least an eighth grade education.
Quote: Atheism, especially "hard" atheism is based on faith and has no supporting evidence. It is a religion that requires quite a bit of faith actually, since one must ignore known scientific facts to be an atheist.
Quote: No one wants to claim to be an atheist in prison because it looks bad for the parole board. The liars who have never foot in a church or have not attended church in ages all claim a religion after they have been caught. What is obvious is that they are not Christians because Jesus said his sheep hear his voice and follow him. They (almost all) are atheists.
Atheists are in general the least tolerant of all religions. Just look at what ALWAYS happens when athiests gain control of a nation. Mass murder and denial of basic human rights.
According to studies atheists have more mental illnesses, tend to have poor relationships with their fathers, commit suicide more often and are less charitable than religious people. Atheism, it seems, is destructive to both individuals and to society.
Yes, I would not doubt that atheists are less likely to spank their children since the logical conclusion of materialistic atheism is that there is no such thing as moral and immoral actions so atheists have nothing meaningful to teach their children about behavior other than "legal" and "illegal."
Evidently the French courts have decided that freedom of religion only applies to practicing your religion within the walls of a place of worship. So much for freedom of religion in France. They are one step away from becoming a communist nation with an atheist monster like Stalin or Pol Pot heading it up.
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posted October 09, 2010 06:05 PM |
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Oh, I've read all that. Derailed pretty quickly and no, it was not your fault whatsoever. It does seem to me though that you really are the only one who even bothers to reply to Elodin thus giving him more than enough reason to post more of his 'posts'. I know it's annoying and all but I guess we have to put up with it when either he decides to contribute properly or the moderators silence the guy. Quite clearly there is a problem and I doubt that everybody else is to blame as everybody has a problem with him. Guess we have to wait for a moderator to come in who isn't going to ban every topic with religion in it and who has a sensible moderator decision to make.
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posted October 09, 2010 06:12 PM |
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Any censure action will only victimize the troll. Just let it go, it is only a gaming forum, if you want to waste your nerves on reading his posts, it is your problem.
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posted October 09, 2010 06:28 PM |
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Isn't it beside the point if one ignores it or replies to it? I think the question is whether it's against the rules or not.
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posted October 09, 2010 06:43 PM |
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It is a common tactic of those in the far right to make laughably ludicrous and inflammatory statements and then claim that they're victims when they get a reaction.
Elodin believes Glenn Beck is a journalist with some degree of integrity. That should be enough to let you know how he perceives the world. He's nothing more than a parrot of Beck and the jagoffs like him.
Instead of crying for him to be censored, maintain yourselves. Maintain your composure. The right to dissent needs to work for all of us-- even when we vehemently disagree with those ideas and even when our opponents seek to quash it themselves.
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posted October 09, 2010 06:50 PM |
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Vlaad, I think it is more complex than forum rules. The guy read his book. He quotes it and acts regardless what he read. If you punish him for what he believes being the truth, you clearly state this forum does not allow any religious views. Just a few quotes from the book (not hard to google):
You must kill those who worship another god. Exodus 22:20
Kill any friends or family that worship a god that is different than your own. Deuteronomy 13:6-10
Kill all the inhabitants of any city where you find people that worship differently than you. Deuteronomy 13:12-16
Kill everyone who has religious views that are different than your own. Deuteronomy 17:2-7
Kill anyone who refuses to listen to a priest. Deuteronomy 17:12-13
Kill any false prophets. Deuteronomy 18:20
Any city that doesn’t receive the followers of Jesus will be destroyed in a manner even more savage than that of Sodom and Gomorrah. Mark 6:11
Jude reminds us that God destroys those who don’t believe in him. Jude 5
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Whoever denies “that Jesus is the Christ” is a liar and an anti-Christ. 1 John 2:22
Christians are “of God;” everyone else is wicked. 1 John 5:19
The non-Christian is “a deceiver and an anti-Christ” 2 John 1:7
Anyone who doesn’t share Paul’s beliefs has “an evil heart.” Hebrews 3:1
So I guess Elodin is quite moderate. The book is much more radical.
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posted October 09, 2010 06:56 PM |
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That was unnecessary. We don't need a religious discussion in here.
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@Bixie: I disagree, Elodin isn't a troll. There is nothing wrong with his arguments imo, it is simply how he presents them.
If he can correct is behaviour and be less offensive overall, I personally will have no problem with him.
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posted October 09, 2010 07:07 PM |
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Well, I had a reason for my post - which it seems I have to repeat again.
If you read all the atheism quotes, and you substitute "atheism" with any religion, can you do that on this board?
I give an example:
Elodin said:
Quote: A fundamentalist atheist on the other hand may be a very dishonest person as he believes there is no such thing as absolute morality.
Now imagine I said:
A fundamentalist Jew in the other hand may be a very dishonest person, since Jews have proven that they do everything for money throughout their history. For example, they danced around the Golden Calf, and Jesus had to drive the money exchangers out of the Temple.
Now go through the atheist quotes and replace them with religions (changing the context if necessary).
What I simply want to know is whether it's ok on this board to slam religions (and with that their members as well) with every personal bias and prejudice there is.
If it is NOT ok - then how come no one says a thing?
If it IS ok, though, well, I think, I can field a lot against religion in general and especially Pentecostalism. Even a thread is possible, like, Why Pentecostalism is silly and sucks.
If you find that cheap - correct, but sometimes cheap is a lot more fun than getting nothing for your money at all.
Oh, and about ignoring - I would be a lot more positive about that, if I wouldn't have to see posts of mine ripped out of context and used as crutches and vehicles to start yet another attack. And while I have done that for a time, ignoring, I mean, it was of no use, because others have easily made up for that, for example bixie and ohfor or Shyranis.
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posted October 09, 2010 07:15 PM |
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Quote: The Moderators stance is that we don't want to have to be babysitters. Everybody should be able to police themselves, and act like grownups. Not cry 'insult' for every little thing. Stick to the facts, have a good DEBATE, but for all that is sanity...if you can't get along with somebody just do not discuss with them. Period. Or talk to them (if you don't think it is debating).
People need to grow up and take responsibility for their actions.
We would prefer a sane, ration, self moderated discussion. However, we can step in if needed. We will step in if people can't stop and think about what they are posting. If we have to ban every religious topic, or penalize for every religious comment..period, we will. We would rather NOT, and would rather trust the community to police themselves. Which, surprise is what we have been TRYING to do. Apparently it is failing. So, if we must, we will do what we will be forced to do. Just penalize anytime religion is mentioned period. Including 'atheism'.
So .. is that what you want, or do you want us to trust the community to police itself?
I vote for the latter
I hope that all posting in this thread will value a Newcomers's opine. I used to be a Quality Auditor (and that means people) in real life before being sent to pasture because of Bone Disease. Not looking for tears,just trying to create a backdrop for my comments.
What I have witnessed here, at times, is a lot of short-fused-jabs (Most-importantly, interpreted so) from all directions and <IMO> a lot of 'Passion' driving the typing.
I am a Christian <egad> and at WC,I have seen 'Devil' as an Avatar or part of a name, some slam against my faith in a signiture or anti-God comment in a post between non-believers. It's just my 2 cents but I'm seeing no uproars about that. Strikes me as; the way it is, take it or leave it. And that is just what I do.
Correct if I'm wrong but did not Elodin (I would say the same if it were the other way around)start that thread? That counts as least a little towards content of the thread. Don't you think?
As far as 'Silence'. I think it is a very mature and valid response. C'mon, is someone in danger here? Should I rant every time I read a Jesus-slam, see Devilish art displayed or read anti-faith stuff that says I am on Drugs? That's the flip-side and I strongly disagree. Anyone can draw, choose, believe, do anything they like. I have to respect the rights of another person whether I agree with the person or not. I do not think that is an option in my own home, let alone a public forum.
I am not taking sides. My faith-paradigm more often than not, is vastly different than those that are supposed/perceived/believed to be on my side. I'm sure athiests and/or whatever perspective/view finds exactly the same thing. Surely I can get agreement with the following statement; "This is a very limited medium to go-deep". Heck, at my Christian forum, folks seem to talk around each other all the time and I have had to moderate. Too often...Passion rulz
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posted October 09, 2010 07:25 PM |
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Quote: Well if talking about suggestions to write in a 'nicer' way. I at least would like to suggest that people don't start writing their post with
"I'm sorry, but your..."
In my view, in stead of simply stating ones observations and logic, as arguments, starting by writing "I'm" and adding "your" makes it somewhat unnecessary personal in my opinion.
At least, it makes it seem like the debate is only for the two person in question, like they've a little private debate in the middle of a congress room, outshouting anyone and everyone who try to let everyone be heard. I dunno, if it's clouding though, it's not that bad again in my opinion.
I think that is a very good point. I posted a lot once upon a time concerning 'Faith' and I learned to not even use 'You, Your etc.' I used 'me,my or this is what I believe'. Not in arrogance, I just tried from the git-go to remove what I knew would be 'perceived as a dagger', even though it was not 'intended' that way at all.
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This is not a democracy, this is Heroes Community, not the USA and certainly not a church.
From the Code of Conduct: "Racism is any remark that associates negativity with a person or group of people based on their nationality, ethnicity, religion, race, place of origin, or skin color." Is calling atheists crazy (because that's what "loony" means) against the rules or not? What if a racist joins the forum tomorrow? No free speech here, thank you.
And it's NOT just about one's beliefs, most of the time it's HOW one presents them. The rules define provocation as "unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment from others. Aggravation is causing, continuing or increasing irritation or trouble. This includes being a detriment to the peacekeeping of the forums." Sounds familiar?
In addition, posting six times the same thing in six pages is also against the rules, call it spamming, trolling or thread-killing.
Finally, "no amount of provocation or aggravation from someone else will justify the action of breaking the rules. Instead of responding to a member who has offended you, alert a moderator."
Coming here has been like coming to your favorite bar. However, recently there's this guy sitting in the corner, doing his thing... At first, it's funny, then you ignore it, but day after day he keeps coming, doing the same thing over and over again. If the manager doesn't react, there's only two things you can do.
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Quote: This is not a democracy, this is Heroes Community, not the USA and certainly not a church.
This was Heroes community years ago. In that time, certainly posters as Elodin would be banned in no time because no purpose in reading that non-sense. But today, 90% of content is spam or off-topic, so I just got used to skip them, Elodin or whatever. If want to revive it, remove VW, ban everybody with "I just post something because I have nothing else to do", and then Elodin case should get along too.
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As always, there are those who take what I say and fail to give the context. Especially JJ.
For example, JJ complained here about me saying,"A fundamentalist atheist on the other hand may be a very dishonest person as he believes there is no such thing as absolute morality."
Here is the context of the statement and the statement to which I was replying.
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Quote: Which would mean, as a boss, never hire a muslim, they may waste precious worktime with praying or other religious stuff - HIRE ATHEISTS!
(Elodin)
Nah, I'd be afraid of hiring a fundamentalist atheist. They would not make good employees. I think a Muslim would be up front with his prospective employer about his need to pray at certain times of the day. An employer who refused to allow him breaks to pray at those times would not hire him. A fundamentalist atheist on the other hand may be a very dishonest person as he believes there is no such thing as absolute morality.
I could go through other examples but what would be the point?
I'm not going to be busy Monday so I could go though and list the direct personal insults that have been launhed at me by JJ and others as well as quite a number of anti-theist statements, but again, I don't see the point.
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