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trotsky

(49,533 posts)
25. They are strong words indeed.
Wed Dec 5, 2018, 04:22 PM
Dec 2018

They describe what you are doing perfectly.

Using the term "choir" implies that the individuals responding to you aren't acting on their own accord. You are implying they are led by someone like a conductor. As such, you hope to imply their opinions aren't real and therefore can be disregarded because they are mindless repeaters. You're dehumanizing them.

Same thing with your "11th commandment" insanity - you used to fling that around whenever someone expressed a negative opinion about religion. Your reasoning was that those individuals are just mindlessly criticizing religion without any good reason, only following the edict of your fictional commandment. (Which was always perplexing anyway, because why would any non-believer be obsessed with following a "commandment"? Your analogy there was just wrong from the get-go.) But again, you're dehumanizing them by reducing their opinion to a reflex. No actual thought went into it, just following orders.

"Decider" is good example of the demonize part. You shove that one at people to made it seem like they're being unreasonable authoritarians, stomping over all other viewpoints.

I suspect you never will, because I and others have asked you to many times, but how about you try engaging in actual discussion with us fellow human beings instead of using these dismissive and insulting words?

Or perhaps you're just religiously convinced that you're doing the Christian thing by attacking and insulting. Whatever.

As I've said repeatedly, in my opinion, you're doing a GREAT job showing how your religion is useless when it comes to making someone a better or more moral person. You keep on being you.

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Good find! MineralMan Dec 2018 #1
The Civil War probably wouldn't have happened otherwise Major Nikon Dec 2018 #2
Bottom line, the Bible is meaningless Cartoonist Dec 2018 #3
No, you misread it. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #6
neither do you... uriel1972 Dec 2018 #7
But I did not make such a claim. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #12
Let's try this for size.... uriel1972 Dec 2018 #26
It is an opinion. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #29
All it takes is two words... uriel1972 Dec 2018 #35
And I often do just that. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #37
Busted Major Nikon Dec 2018 #32
"You do not have the right to decide what constitutes the acceptable meaning." trotsky Dec 2018 #10
You misread it. eom guillaumeb Dec 2018 #13
Funny how so many people misread your posts. trotsky Dec 2018 #16
Do not confuse "so many people" with the very few in the choir. eom guillaumeb Dec 2018 #17
Ah, the return of the "choir" insult. trotsky Dec 2018 #18
Demonize and dehumanize? guillaumeb Dec 2018 #24
They are strong words indeed. trotsky Dec 2018 #25
No, they represent your own response to some of my posts. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #28
Sure thing, pal. trotsky Dec 2018 #30
So, no substantive response? guillaumeb Dec 2018 #31
If you deserved one, I'd provide it. n/t trotsky Dec 2018 #36
Busted Major Nikon Dec 2018 #33
There is no "choir," Guy. Never was. MineralMan Dec 2018 #23
Please do not attempt to sweep people under the "choir" rug. MineralMan Dec 2018 #27
Of course that poster has the right to decide what is acceptable to him or herself. MineralMan Dec 2018 #14
And if they state it as such I agree. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #15
No, there is no need to state it as such. MineralMan Dec 2018 #19
Not the actual issue. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #21
I think a lot of people's opinions are bullshit, Guy. MineralMan Dec 2018 #22
Bullshit Major Nikon Dec 2018 #34
The unabridged Bible is already the Slave Bible TlalocW Dec 2018 #4
Maybe it would have been better... NeoGreen Dec 2018 #5
You'd have to be a real cynical son-of-a-bitch to take the time to put that together. gtar100 Dec 2018 #8
Yes, it would have taken time to select out the many passages in the Bible Mariana Dec 2018 #9
Instead, he gives instructions on how one should care for one's slaves. trotsky Dec 2018 #11
The thing is, though, as part of the Holy Trinity, MineralMan Dec 2018 #20
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