on second thought...
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I wish to meet the other half of cellarites that enjoy debate without considering their facts as infallable.
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statements like these make people
want to lend less weight to your opinions - you come off as stuffy and full of yourself. have you ever met someone and walked away thinking "wow, that guy thinks his poo doesn't stink?" that is what you often sound like in your posts.
your opinions are valid here, as are everyone else's. don't treat your ideas as holy writ in an argument and other posters will be more inclined to do the same with theirs.
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However, it is quite natural for people who have similar personalities to try and persecute people who do not share their beliefs. I find it difficult to understand how you and others can call me down on the least inference I may ascribe too.
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Similar personalities? There is a pretty wide assortment of individuals here. Faith-wise we range from atheists, agnostics, pagans, catholics, protestants, and probably just about everything else you can think of. politically - there are republicans, democrats, libertarians, independents, socialists, maybe an anarchist or two. age wise we've got younguns at 16 and those of a certain age as well. i'd say there are a variety of folks in the cellar.
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Maybe if some of the cellarites ascribed to the dialectical method when debating, there possibly would be more skepticism to these "otherwise intellegent people" that you say form about half of the cellearites..........
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and so we return to the idea that those who look at the same input that you do, but arrive at a different output are somehow less intelligent. that isn't a very open minded approach to discussion, IMO.