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[Unorthodox]

Okay, also: there's a furry religion?

Oh. My. Fox-tailed. God.

Thought you'd like that. 

[Buster's Uncle]

[shudders]

[Buster's Uncle]

Ugh. Atheists. Theres a religious group that gets old fast.

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von.  We got ourselves a real problem here, sir.

In this context, that's a direct insult to other members. 

I'm no fan of Atheism, but I've come to realize that my problem is with the ones who bad-mouth faith and people of faith (with whom I also rarely agree), not for their beliefs.  Your beliefs, Uno's beliefs, Yitzi's beliefs, Rusty's beliefs, gwilly's beliefs, Green's beliefs - none of them break my leg or pick my pocket, but you keep making yours my problem by expressing them framed in the ugliest, bluntest way.  It's a downer and, it's only saved from being boring by being so offensive.  -Don't get the idea that that's a redeeming quality.

I've been discussing Atheism -I think- respectfully with Atheists, and they've been respectful back, and that's how we roll around here.  They're friends and we're cool, not least because we're all going to a little trouble to be cool to each other.  I don't enjoy quarrelling, don't enjoy seeing others quarrelling, and I don't enjoy calling a member down constantly for constantly posting offensive flame-bait.  When it starts dancing up to actual flames, that's WAY over the line.

Sir, you need to class up your act, bad.  I've been trying to tell you this from the beginning.  If you carefully review all the times I've had to object to this or that you posted, I believe you'll find little or none of it scolding you for praising someone I find irredeemably repugnant - at least you said something positive about anything.

The bottom line is that I'm not seeing signs of progress, and in the absence of any evidence that you're trying to meet me halfway, the day you are Officially Declared a Serially Vexatious Poster is nearly upon us.  Such persons don't get any wiggle room, and neither of us wants that, for all that it would make my job a lot easier...

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[Unorthodox]

Again, if you ever need... 


Back to the Otherkin. 

I pretty sure I made mention of the Halloween in July thing having a bunch?  Several had impressive costumes. 



Many more were dressed..."normally" (slightly emo/goth) but had tails.  They were eating in the pizza parlor with us, and it was a rather interesting conversation about their respective animal sides and the importance of the tails.  Especially if they had a REAL/taxidermied version of their animal. 

(I'm a habitual eavesdropper, and can pinpoint specific conversations across a crowded room with ease.)

[Buster's Uncle]

I need to follow my own rules better when it comes to furries, so I decline comment save to note that diversity makes the world more interesting - and that that's a striking costume.

[Unorthodox]

 

[Buster's Uncle]

Oh, I need to follow my own rules better about a lot of stuff.  It's a pain to always have to watch what you say, and being likeable is not my sole goal here, y'know?  Still working on finding the best balance.

[vonbach]

I'm no fan of Atheism, but I've come to realize that my problem is with the ones who bad-mouth faith and people of faith (with whom I also rarely agree), not for their beliefs. 

I used to be one.
The reason atheists get old fast is they spend all their time going after my religion. You cant put a ten commandments sign up or a manger scene without getting sued. And they don't go after other religions either.

[Buster's Uncle]

This is nothing to do with choosing a symbol for a Shop Item and we're not going to discuss it in this thread anymore, thank you.

[Valka]

This should cheer you up a little, BUncle. I just deposited 1000 whatever-you-call-the-forum-currency.

How many decades before I can afford my own starship? 

[Buster's Uncle]

Should I create a Starship item?

[Valka]

That would be fun, so yes please.

(and it would give me a goal to work toward)

[Buster's Uncle]

...Hmmm...

[Green1]

I'm no fan of Atheism, but I've come to realize that my problem is with the ones who bad-mouth faith and people of faith (with whom I also rarely agree), not for their beliefs. 

I used to be one.
The reason atheists get old fast is they spend all their time going after my religion. You cant put a ten commandments sign up or a manger scene without getting sued. And they don't go after other religions either.

To your credit, vonbach, the "atheist movement" itself can get a bit pretentious.

Case in point. There is a guy down my way called Jerry DeWitt. He was a fiery Pentecostal minister tracing his origin to a revival in the 1980s by Jimmy Swaggart. Jerry ended up working in a small town church in DeRidder, LA later in life. (Don't believe the hype of "preacher shortages". It is a tactic to sell seminary college. Actually having a high autonomy preacher job paid to talk requires travel out of your pocket then MAYBE a position in a small, low paid church in some rural area until someone dies or retires.)

He ended up being "outed" because he was talking to Richard Dawkin's Ex Clergy Project. When outed, he lost his job as preacher AND his day job working for the City of DeRidder as a building inspector connections with the Pentecostal church had gotten for him.

Dawkins and crew came to his rescue with money and he now speaks at atheist conventions and has his own "chapel" for atheists and walks around in priest robes as "the atheist priest". 

Thing about this "chapel", though. It does not seem to have "services" unless some kind of media presence is there.... Hmmmm. Lake Charles Atheists and New Orleans Atheist groups think he is the bomb. Still, this "big media" kind of turns me off even if I have met him personally and he seems OKAY though there is that preacher ego about him. I understand making a living, but New Atheism seems all about high education whales and big money events and can be not very inclusive. Some followers have a lot of anger and go after religions, though DeWitt himself preaches more Universal Life or a very secular Unitarian Universalist message without the inclusiveness.

/off tangent.

Usually if someone becomes an atheist, I never see them go back. But, Christianity DOES have a more working class friendly vibe as long as on pretends to toe the line. 

[Buster's Uncle]

This is nothing to do with choosing a symbol for a Shop Item and we're not going to discuss it in this thread anymore, thank you.

Really - there's a religion thread a few pages back.  Anybody mind if I move a few posts?