Atheist "identity"

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How about you make up your own word.

Scarlet A.pngd hominem01:53, 15 December 2011

"Asshole."

It may not mean what "atheist," but it does mean "Brxbrx."

Star of David.png Radioactive afikomen Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.01:56, 15 December 2011

Who's the asshole, me, or the guy who's following me around and flaming me?

User:Brxbrx/sig01:58, 15 December 2011

Out of context, the latter. With context, the former.

Scarlet A.pnggnostic02:05, 15 December 2011
 

It's less me following you around and more me shamelessly spamming myself across every possible conversation :-) And what's the most common entry point in every conversation? You are.

Star of David.png Radioactive afikomen Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.02:06, 15 December 2011

Are you saying that I spam myself across every conversation? Because I don't. There is quite a large number of ongoing conversations on this wiki that I have not made myself a part of, for a number of reasons:

  1. No clue what they're talking about
  2. Don't care about what they're talking about
  3. The conversation involves people I loathe
  4. The conversation is obviously personal (though they probably shouldn't be doing it in public)
  5. I have nothing to add- no jokes, no nods
  6. I'm not there to notice it

Go look at the Saloon Bar, the number one hub for conversation on this wiki. Tell me how often I interject there.

User:Brxbrx/sig02:13, 15 December 2011

A poor choice of words on my part. To rephrase: you're a relatively common entry point for conversations I wouldn't otherwise have legitimate reasons for joining.

Star of David.png Radioactive afikomen Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.02:24, 15 December 2011
 
 
 
 

I was here first, as were many others. Atheism in and of itself means lack of religion, or of gods if you want to be finicky with the roots. Giving it more meaning than that is crapping on people.

User:Brxbrx/sig01:57, 15 December 2011

Point to the part where I say "atheism = ...."

If you actually read and understood, my entire point is to move beyond unproductive labeling, which includes "atheist". Sorry, did I not spell this out in words short enough for you?

Scarlet A.pngd hominem02:03, 15 December 2011

Okay, I'll admit it: I skimmed through your post. But reading through walls of text is pathologically difficult for me. I figured that you making an identity for yourself as an atheist would mean positing atheism as whatever it is you are.

User:Brxbrx/sig02:08, 15 December 2011

The opposite, actually.

Scarlet A.pnggnostic02:10, 15 December 2011

Alrighty then.

User:Brxbrx/sig02:13, 15 December 2011

Again, what the fuck are you on about Brx? "atheism means lack of religion" (well, actually, not at all. most buddhists are atheists), or gods... and anything beyond is BS"

since when do words mean "what I say they mean, so there?" Does aweful really mean "filled with awe" any more? does voir dire really mean "truth saying"? Is a chef really the chief?

Pink mowse.pngGodotI live in the Infinite monkey cage06:01, 15 December 2011