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Scientific method: noun; a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.
Wayne Dyer
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Why the thumbs down to my response to Joeseph?
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Because as usual it makes no sense
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Oddly enough you reported and me several times yet nothing occurred from your efforts and now you’re whining because Aarong pulled your inane debates because not one person could make head nor tail of them . Stop crying you big girl
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The truth about Joeseph, you use God and Religion to verbally abuse people.
I you because you were being verbally abusive.
So instead of commenting on the below:
(You say ......Neither one of you atheists make sense.
My reply ..... That’s hilarious coming from you who had 4 debates taken down for .....making .......no ...sense)
It's sad , it shows how you apparently like to manipulate debates via behind the scenes by flagging and reporting them because they opposed your stance that again has no footing in modern society, does it?
You've gloated over your handiwork, how many times?
You still continue to show the participants who don't share your stance on this website, how your stance influences your thinking and reasoning, doesn't it?
I bet that you think that you're smarter than the religious parents aren't you Joe?
If you say yes, then prove it?
(You say .....You treat people like toilet paper.)
Look at your response, no sign of "No" from you at all right?
Nope, not a hint of an attempt whatsoever.
But look at your answer..
"My reply .... But yet you worship a god who has commanded the slaughter of men , women and infants and see that as morally perfect behaviour ..... I think you’re confused son."
Nope, still not seeing a denial in your above words?
But just a vague response and you reiterating your same stance that again has no footing in the modern society does it?
Blaming God as you continue to do is the only back bone that your stance has to it, right?
The behavior behind your stance is self evident.)
Your abusive mouth comes back with this??
"Because as usual it makes no sense.
Oddly enough you reported and me several times yet nothing occurred from your efforts and now you’re whining because Aarong pulled your inane debates because not one person could make head nor tail of them . Stop crying you big girl."
Mr abusive, entertaining himself like he does.
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https://twitter.com/Zombieguy19871
Taxation is always theft
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You think I’m going to read that wall of nonsense dream on , funny also the way you lie by claiming I abused you verbally yet I was not sanctioned if this was the case , yet you were 4 times for abusing others and the site you loser
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More examples of your abuse?
"Uneducated American trash, and a hick?
Joeseph uses God and Religion to verbally abuse people don't you?
Joeseph doesn't like to address an individual argument directly.. he says things like the above to let them do his arguing for him, right Joe?
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Still haven’t a clue what you’re on about , I think it’s time to report you again
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Still haven’t a clue what you’re on about , I think it’s time to report you again
Over what, the truth?
More examples of your abuse?
"Uneducated American trash, and a hick?
Joeseph uses God and Religion to verbally abuse people don't you?
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Reported you’re a spammer
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"Reported you’re a spammer"
I'm a spammer?
This garbage coming from a guy who uses sheep memes?
Am I still uneducated American trash and a hick to you?
Defend your stance Joe.
Use God and Religion like you do to verbally abuse me again.
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I see your silent use of your thumbs up emoji again.
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Reported
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And I'm reporting you for being verbally abusive.
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Good for you , you’re reported again for repeated harrasssment
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From Wikipedia:
"Verbal abuse
Verbal abuse (verbal attack or verbal assault) is when a person forcefully criticizes, insults, or denounces someone else.[1] Characterized by underlying anger and hostility, it is a destructive form of communication intended to harm the self-concept of the other person and produce negative emotions.[2] Verbal abuse is a maladaptive mechanism that anyone can display occasionally, such as during times of high stress or physical discomfort. For some people, it is a pattern of behaviors used intentionally to control or manipulate others or to get revenge."
The below have been expressed towards others.
When some want to label others as "uneducated American trash"
Or when some want to label people as "iindoctrinated sheeple"
I implore the participants of the website to determine for yourselves via the definition of verbal abuse, and come to your own conclusions that the above given examples fall under the definition of "verbal abuse."
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Reported again for continuous stalking and harassment
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But @Joeseph arguments make logical sense
https://twitter.com/Zombieguy19871
Taxation is always theft
http://www.atheistrepublic.com/
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Got a problem with that?
https://twitter.com/Zombieguy19871
Taxation is always theft
http://www.atheistrepublic.com/
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Thank you Z ,can you make head nor tail of this guys rants as he make little or no sense to me
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It seems that another thing that annoys him maybe the Bible frowns upon the humble thumbs up
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Care to explain that
https://twitter.com/Zombieguy19871
Taxation is always theft
http://www.atheistrepublic.com/
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What verse cover's that?
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Oh dear did you ever hear of sarcasm ..... It’s tricky as some of it is subtle , but maybe your mum will explain it to you ?
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Don’t worry @zombieguy1987, once you destroy him in a debate a couple of times he stops asking. He mostly starts crying about how all the votes were unfair anyway - but as long as you have a tiny violin, you can deal with that.
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And yes, now you can hit the fallacy button.
Scientific method: noun; a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.
Wayne Dyer
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https://twitter.com/Zombieguy19871
Taxation is always theft
http://www.atheistrepublic.com/
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If the earth were found to be flat, and covered with the firmament, wouldn't that end the debate?
You created this debate for some reason.
Scientific method: noun; a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.
Wayne Dyer
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Conspiracy theories LIKE flat earth AND 9/11 are true
i wasn't only debating flat earth. I was debating about conspiracy theories in general
https://twitter.com/Zombieguy19871
Taxation is always theft
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Glad you asked.
Just off the top of my head:
- No correolis force.
- sun always visible.
- multiple observers and locations would triangulate the sun to be in the same location.
- cavendish experiment would fail.
- sun rising and setting north east / north west at the equator at the equinox.
- sun having a non constant angular speed
- moon having a non constant angular momentum
- tides correlating with a linear distance from the sun/moon.
- objects just get smaller rather than falling over the horizon
- no sunrise or sunset.
- no package holidays to Antarctica purchasable of the internet.
- multiple cities, mountains, and tall objects visible a huge distances from each other.
- difference in flight times for east-west flights in the northern hemisphere vs the southern hemisphere.
- no gyroscopic procession for super accurate gyroscopes.
- you’d weigh the same at the equator as the North Pole.
- Focaults pendulum wouldn’t
- stars travel in the same direction for everyone
- North Star visible for all.
- sextants wouldn’t work
- there’s he no ISS
- we’d all know about it - because clever scientists on the last 2000 years would have figured it pit
- seismic researchers would record earthquake an at times proportional to linear distance on a flat surface, not linear distance on a globe.
- Satellite TV wouldn’t exist
- GPS wouldn’t exist.
- you’d be able to use your model to mathematically calculate eclipses,
- you’d be able to use your model to mathematically calculate the positions of the sun for any observer
... but just off the top of my head.
Thats why you spend all all your time attacking a handful of observations, and no more than a quick cursory hand wave to defend your position. Even your smart enough to realize spending day after day after day trying to come up with excuses as to why almost every observation supports spherical earth and refutes, in its entirety, the flat earth, will end you convincing you that the earth Ian probably a sphere.
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Scientific method: noun; a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.
Wayne Dyer
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@Zombieguy1987
Scientific method: noun; a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.
Wayne Dyer
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Scientific method: noun; a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.
Wayne Dyer
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In practice, this means that “if you think you know a lot about something, even though you don’t, you’re less likely to be curious enough to explore the topic further, and will fail to learn how little you know”, says the study’s lead author Louis Marti.
Scientific method: noun; a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.
Wayne Dyer
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How about posting up your “ scientific findings “ that the earth is covered with a dome ?
Bet you won’t wonder why hmmm mm
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Wow ! Another appeal to authority do you ever have an original thought?
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https://twitter.com/Zombieguy19871
Taxation is always theft
http://www.atheistrepublic.com/
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Bet you the lunatic will will offer no defence of the “ good book “
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Zombieguy1987 knows how to use the internet to bully a book.
Are you to blame the Bible for the drunk drivers who have taken 1.6 in the last 8 plus decades?
Are you going to Blame the Bible for the various crimes that man commits against man, woman, and child alike?
Are you going to blame the Bible, instead of placing the blame on the offender?
Are you going to blame domestic violence on the Bible instead of blaming the offender?
Is this what you are getting at by bullying a book on the internet?
Are you giving the offenders some sort of a pass by bullying a book instead of the offender getting the blame for the offenders actions?
What say you?
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Do you view the religious parents as killers?
Do you have any legitimate evidence to support your view?
Zombieguys response:
"Oh, and there's this
And then Joe's response:
@Zombieguy1987:
"Bet you the lunatic will will offer no defence of the “ good book “
@Joeseph:
Who are you labeling a lunatic?
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"You ask ..... I would think that would be pretty obvious but to a lunatic the obvious is a baffling concept"
Joe, why are you putting yourself down like that for?
How many Good Books by atheist authors have you read?
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As usual you’re making no sense , incidentally I reported you again for , spamming , trolling , stalking and harrasssment
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How am I stalking you when you are directing commentary in my direction Joe?
Where's the spam at?
Where's this evidence of yours to support your spamming claim?
Where's your evidence of trolling at?
Didn't you label me a lunatic?
Because this comment from you, isn't a denial is it?
"And then Joe's response:
@Zombieguy1987:
"Bet you the lunatic will will offer no defence of the “ good book “
@Joeseph:
Who are you labeling a lunatic?"
@TTKDB
"You ask ..... I would think that would be pretty obvious but to a lunatic the obvious is a baffling concept"
Joeseph:
Its not me, that you're addressing with this dialogue?
You addressed me specifically with this dialogue didn't you?
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Reported for stalking , spamming and harassment
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Again, where is the evidence to support your claims?
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Reported
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I say the bible is a huge negative influence on everyone who reads it a lot.
Like I keep saying, people who read it will think there is an afterlife or heaven, and will as such do a lot of dumb things.
So, really I'd blame both.
The Bible because it's false and negative influences and the person for doing the thing
There, you happy?
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Taxation is always theft
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A book only has as much influence as you let it. As Aristotle once said:
"A mark of an educated mind is to be able to entertain an idea without accepting it."
You claim the Bible is false, but you say that "people who read it will think there is an afterlife or heaven, and will as such do a lot of dumb things."
I presume you haven't included yourself with this inane assertion, so how do you know it is false if you haven't read it?
Scientific method: noun; a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.
Wayne Dyer
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