How can I help?

[cckeiser]

Above, I posted the terms of use that I agreed to abide by when I registered to use this forum.  I do not see anything in there that says something along the lines of "Do not post anything about Jesus or Christianity" or "Do not post anything that cckeiser does not like to read about."

You're over the line, cckeiser.  Stay in your lane, dude.  As long as I am not breaking any of the rules, then you can stay out of policing me, in terms of imposing upon my freedom of expression.   It makes you look like an intolerant hypocrite.  I'm not here to shove any Bible-talk down your throat, so kindly please do not shove any of your anti-theism down mine.  Deal?

Agreed!
Carry on dude.

[Rev. Iconocclesiastes]

Above, I posted the terms of use that I agreed to abide by when I registered to use this forum.  I do not see anything in there that says something along the lines of "Do not post anything about Jesus or Christianity" or "Do not post anything that cckeiser does not like to read about."

You're over the line, cckeiser.  Stay in your lane, dude.  As long as I am not breaking any of the rules, then you can stay out of policing me, in terms of imposing upon my freedom of expression.   It makes you look like an intolerant hypocrite.  I'm not here to shove any Bible-talk down your throat, so kindly please do not shove any of your anti-theism down mine.  Deal?

Agreed!
Carry on dude.

Seriously?  You are agreeing with me that you ought to stay in your lane?

[Shagbeard]

right, ok then, now,

when you go out and see some people out of doors with no land lord; Give them a blanket and some food. There are always some groups like biker and non profits in local area that go out helping by distributing donated goods.

[cckeiser]

You are being very un-dude.  Wow, you are a very intolerant atheist.  Just as intolerant as any fundy Bible-banger I ever met, in fact.

yeah, pretty much so....and it's getting worse all the time. I just know too much and it's all I can do to keep quiet.
But we made a deal, and I will keep to it if you will.
Let us both relax, that it easy and abide.
Do you bowl? We should get ourselves a lane dude.

[cckeiser]

I'm not here to shove any Bible-talk down your throat, so kindly please do not shove any of your anti-theism down mine.  Deal?

That is the deal "dude".
I will abide the deal if you do.

[Rev. Iconocclesiastes]

You are being very un-dude.  Wow, you are a very intolerant atheist.  Just as intolerant as any fundy Bible-banger I ever met, in fact.

yeah, pretty much so....and it's getting worse all the time. I just know too much and it's all I can do to keep quiet.
But we made a deal, and I will keep to it if you will.
Let us both relax, that it easy and abide.
Do you bowl? We should get ourselves a lane dude.

I am pouring myself a glass of jug wine right now.  Salut!

Before we get to bowling, please tell me this: why do you pity Christians so, cckeiser?

[Rev. Iconocclesiastes]

I'm not here to shove any Bible-talk down your throat, so kindly please do not shove any of your anti-theism down mine.  Deal?

That is the deal "dude".
I will abide the deal if you do.

Please spell it out for me, man.  You still have not answered my question:

What is the operational definition of "Bible-thumping" in the context of this forum and how it is run?  Or is that just a vague concept that gets to be subjectively and selectively defined by you, cckeiser?

[cckeiser]

I am pouring myself a glass of jug wine right now.  Salut!

Before we get to bowling, please tell me this: why do you pity Christians so, cckeiser?

No can do dude....part of our deal remember. Besides...I already ranted enough for one lifetime.

[forumdude]

Sorry for the delay in attending to this. I can understand the point of view of both sides. It's more of a style thing than a substance thing. People are free to talk about what they want to talk about here but it's really going to wear the patience of this forum if people argue anything from a metaphysical perspective. Dudeism is not anti-theist per se, rather I think it's non-theist in the same way as it's not-teapotist (cf Bertrand Russell). If someone keeps banging on about a teapot that exists in space then it's going to get irksome really quickly. When it comes to religion Dudeism is not interested in unproveable or untestable ideas about life the universe and everything, or at least not so long as they aren't hypothetical or at least funny. In the religious milieu, we're only interested in the allegorical or psychological or sociological stuff put forward by people like Jesus, the Buddha, etc. You can believe what you like but it will wear the patience of most of us if you use metaphysics to inform your arguments.

Some of us here are more sensitive than others when it comes to talking about Jesus stuff. I personally think it's fine so long as he's regarded as a character rather than a God or a mystical being. But one will not likely win many friends here by talking about how Jesus died for our sins or is the son of God or was resurrected - any more than one will if they go on about resurrection, a literalist interpretation of karma, The Law of Attraction or how crystals can cure cancer. In short, let's keep the superstition out of our nice little beach community. Glad to see you guys worked it out on your own though. This is one of the most civil places on the 'Net. Haven't had a dust up in some time. Which is nice.

[cckeiser]

I'm not here to shove any Bible-talk down your throat, so kindly please do not shove any of your anti-theism down mine.  Deal?

That is the deal "dude".
I will abide the deal if you do.

Please spell it out for me, man.  You still have not answered my question:

What is the operational definition of "Bible-thumping" in the context of this forum and how it is run?  Or is that just a vague concept that gets to be subjectively and selectively defined by you, cckeiser?

You are pushing it again "dude". I am pretty sure you already know, and to pursue this discussion further will be violating our deal.
Let us end it here and let well enough alone.

[Rev. Iconocclesiastes]

I am pouring myself a glass of jug wine right now.  Salut!

Before we get to bowling, please tell me this: why do you pity Christians so, cckeiser?

No can do dude....part of our deal remember. Besides...I already ranted enough for one lifetime.

I mean really "dude"....you haven't been here very long and you are already causing problems and upsetting our nice quiet beach community.

I believe that you owe me an apology, sir, for accusing me of causing problems.  Are you willing to apologize to me for that, and admit to me that I was in fact not here to cause problems?  Can we shake on that?

[cckeiser]

Haven't had a dust up in some time. Which is nice.

yeah, we were over due for one.

[Rev. Iconocclesiastes]

Are you going to apologize to me, cckeiser, for calling me a problem-causer?  Because I am not.  And can we shake on it?

[Shagbeard]

DUDES, TAKE IT EASY MAN!!
Take it easy!

[Shagbeard]

This tread was about helping out in the community, let us take it easy and get back to it.