Buffalo range NEW OWNER

[feldspar]

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Praying for someone's soul is a good thing, from a Christian perspective. It's akin to "I'll keep you in my thoughts," or "I wish the best to you and your family," or something you would do to offer someone encouragement or well wishes. So, how does that translate into them calling you an idiot?

It is more reflective of YOUR perspective in the sense that what they are offering has no value to YOU. So essentially, they are offering you well wishes, and you are calling yourself an idiot on their behalf.

Now how does this supposed imposition of belief affect your life? Did you roll over an Easter Egg with your car?

Patti

You are not understanding the context I said that in.

There are many different contexts in which that is said, "I'll pray for your soul." If an atheist and Christian are having a hot-topic conversation, both sides sees the other side as ignorant, no matter how nice they try to be. It's the nature of the thing, and there is no way around it. When it comes to that major point of contention, telling me that they'll pray for my soul BECAUSE I don't share their beliefs amounts to me telling them that I hope they snap out it and wake up...I can say THAT with the same level of benevolent well-meaning too, without any meanness to it. "I want to help you stop living a lie." Uh-huh. Works both ways, and I don't think either side exactly likes it.

Not that anyone around here did, but if somebody wants to look me in the eye and tell me that I'm going to burn in Hell for eternity for not accepting the Lord Jesus Christ as my personal savior, then it's really hard to turn around and talk about the weather.

It's this type of reason that I don't generally discuss religion with people, especially if I know they have beliefs that I don't share. If they want to pray for my soul for not sharing their beliefs, great. Fine. In turn, I hope they stop believing in a fairy tale. Are they offended by that then? If so, then why? It's just the other side of the coin.

Imposition of beliefs is a different topic.

[feldspar]

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the essence is, people's beliefs are their own. Respect for those beliefs is the only thing that separates our society from the animals.

It sickens me to see how our culture has devolved, with each subsequent generation having less and less respect for anything. I honestly think the future is going to look and awful lot like A Clockwork Orange. That's the road we're on.

Good post.

Animals mostly just believe they are hungry or something. They don't have the capacity to understand the concept of a belief, can't generally think very abstractly, and aren't capable of understanding that they are going to die. There is that, so I agree.

But those that WANT respect, GIVE respect. That's the thing.

As the example here, if somebody wants to tell me that I have no business celebrating Christmas because I'm not a Christian, and I'm a hypocrite for doing so, and they'll pray for my soul as a result...well, in real-life, I'd say "OK," and go eat a taco or something, celebrating Christmas anyway. That doesn't really bother me, but there is a basic lack of understanding or respect that is coming from that person. While that type of thing slides off my back, there really is a bone to pick. Since this is a message board, that's what I did.

Nobody can really know very much about the meaning behind existence.

[WagonCircler]

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Nobody can really know very much about the meaning behind existence.

And yet, so many claim to.

[feldspar]

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And yet, so many claim to.

Well, I'm sure that's all very comforting for them, and I actually envy them for it in that respect.

[WagonCircler]

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Well, I'm sure that's all very comforting for them, and I actually envy them for it in that respect.

Sort of runs contra to your feelings on Santa, no?

Just saying. :)

[feldspar]

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Sort of runs contra to your feelings on Santa, no?

Just saying. :)

I hated Santa ever since he gave me that lump of coal one year.

[swiper]

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He admitted he is to me.

I knew it was him as he is arguing QBs in an Andy Dalton thread with nyjunc. As soon as he said "fantasy numbers don't matter to me" I knew it was him. That is the drum that Lit beat.

[swiper]

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I don't know why some of you guys still are on the fence. Dude proved it beyond a shadow of a doubt in post 400-something.

I missed that and couldn't find it when I went back to look.

[IlluminatusUIUC]

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I knew it was him as he is arguing QBs in an Andy Dalton thread with nyjunc. As soon as he said "fantasy numbers don't matter to me" I knew it was him. That is the drum that Lit beat.

That's nyjuncs catch phrase, not Lit's

[feldspar]

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I missed that and couldn't find it when I went back to look.

I'm pretty sure it happened in this post:

http://www.billszone.com/fanzone/showthread.php/223462-Buffalo-range-NEW-OWNER?p=3934829&viewfull=1#post3934829

[Dude]

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You still can't use the word "billszone" there.

Watch this:

BuffaloRange
Range
www.buffalorange.com

[pmoon6]

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Wait, he did? When?

Well, I could tell you, but I'd have to kill you.

He said he was in a PM. I believe he did on the open Range board somewhere as well. He was already outed here, so no point trying to lie about it.

[MidnightVoice]

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You still can't use the word "billszone" there.

Watch this:

BuffaloRange
Range
www.buffalorange.com

I can't - my password does not work any more

[Dude]

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I can't - my password does not work any more

You were banned already? I thought it was a new era over there.

Guess not.

[Dude]

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Well, I could tell you, but I'd have to kill you.

He said he was in a PM. I believe he did on the open Range board somewhere as well. He was already outed here, so no point trying to lie about it.

Yes, and then the site was "hacked" and whatever thread he started about it disappeared.