Originally posted by LordSlaytan
You're sooooo full of crap, I can't stand it. How do you know what people really mean? Sheesh, get off your high horse before you get a nose bleed.
Oh, how silly of me to reach conclusions based on his, uh, WORDS.
Simple fact: either he was using language VERY loosely, or he was flat-out wrong. Do I think it was just loose language? Based on my many discussions with Atheists, and the context, I would say NO. That is my opinion, as reflected in this statement:
I don't think it was just poor phrasing
Apparently saying that "don't think" something means I'm ridin' a high horse? Allow me to be blunt: you'd be annoyed as hell if I tried to criticize you as being "sooooo full of crap" if you expressed an opinion on someone else's words.
Besides: even if you acknowledge the possibility of poor phrasing, it's pretty flippin' hard to misinterpret such a simple quote! He says they are "seperate" issues; clearly, however, they are irrevocably related...at BEST, we have to assume a gross exaggeration.
The conclusion I reached is a perfectly realistic, reasonable, plausible conclusion backed by a significant amount of personal experience and context. REGARDLESS, though, it was only a springboard to discuss a faulty mindset that is all too often overlooked by some who expess disbelief in God...which was the real point of the post, obviously.