"Is Atheism a Belief or a Lack of Belief?"

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You leave my penis out of this.

Originally posted by avalanchethecat
I don't think this means what you think it means.

Yes - good point - I also wondered what that quote was intended to convery. Can we be told?

Originally posted by finnegan
Yes - good point - I also wondered what that quote was intended to convery. Can we be told?

What I can't figure out is how Coleridge had GB in mind.

Originally posted by FreakyKBH
You leave my penis out of this.

You are the one who is dragging your penis into all of this.

We are the ones trying to get you to put it away again.

Originally posted by avalanchethecat
I don't think this means what you think it means.

Your sense of its meaning?

Originally posted by ThinkOfOne
What I can't figure out is how Coleridge had GB in mind.

It's an observation that allies universally to mankind.

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
It's an observation that allies universally to mankind.

I'd have thought that it only applies to people like you "who [began] by loving Christianity better than truth, [and proceeded] by loving his own sect or church
better than Christianity and in loving himself better than all."

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Bruh: have you seen my penis?

Originally posted by googlefudge
You are the one who is dragging your penis into all of this.

We are the ones trying to get you to put it away again.

Dragging it.

Great imagery from such a distance.

Truly epic.

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
It's an observation that allies universally to [humanity].

Really.

Do explain how it applies to atheists, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, all other non-Christians,
and to Christians that don't "begin by loving Christianity better than truth" and don't "proceed
by loving their own sect or church better than Christianity" or "love themselves better than all."

And I end by noting that I had to edit the quote and your post to make it possible to apply to ~50%
of the worlds population.

http://io9.gizmodo.com/5962243/think-twice-before-using-mankind-to-mean-all-humanity-say-scholars

Originally posted by ThinkOfOne
I'd have thought that it only applies to people like you "who [began] by loving Christianity better than truth, [and proceeded] by loving his own sect or church
better than Christianity and in loving himself better than all."

Au contraire: a search for absolute truth was my starting point.

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Au contraire: a search for absolute truth was my starting point.

First, nobody is going to believe you on that.

Second, you have failed utterly.

Originally posted by googlefudge
First, nobody is going to believe you on that.

Second, you have failed utterly.

"... failed" in what ways?

Originally posted by ThinkOfOne
What I can't figure out is how Coleridge had GB in mind.

GB wasn't the first poster that sprang to my mind. My first thought was that he was taking a pot-shot at Freaky!