Recent content by DepricatedZero

Igtheism. See, I guess I'm just more of an asshole than you are. As far as I see it, if they attach misinformation to "atheist" that's a them problem, not a me problem. I don't really care if they want to display their ignorance - I'm not going to pander to and justify their misinformation by...

Re: Long time, guys, what's new? I'm debating Matt Dillahunt That's a valid reaction for any organization whatsoever. Jokes about football being a religion aside, if someone presents themselves as a member of the NFL and is here to talk about football but the only thing you get is that their...

Re: Long time, guys, what's new? I'm debating Matt Dillahunt The Church of Satan yes, the Satanic Temple no. CoS: "He's not a Satanist" TST: "We don't know who that is, can you not use our name since we don't know if he's actually a member?" CoS was doing the No True Scotsman. TST was only...

So it looks like I was wrong to say "a lot of people here." It sounds like you all (who have responded anywya) have pretty much the same perception. I guess it's more broadly that I see this done, rather than here. Honestly, that's the realization that made me kind of drop off the map the last...

Re: Long time, guys, what's new? I'm debating Matt Dillahunt Yea. I still need to watch the second video. I did watch some of it. The political BS was basically this (and this actually ties into the second point about my preparedness): I found out via Reddit that he was going to be in town...

terminology: I'm going to use the terms positive and negative. I am not using them emotively, but quantitatively. When I say negative I do not mean it as a synonym for "bad" but rather in measurement, such as -1. So a lot of people here are happy to describe themselves as atheists. One of the...

Re: Long time, guys, what's new? I'm debating Matt Dillahunt Yep, that's me. Matt had kind words about me. That made me happy. Also, he's genuinely one of the nicest people I've ever met.

Re: Long time, guys, what's new? I'm debating Matt Dillahunt Thanks :) Well, one thing to consider is that I'm also an anarchist. At my core, I disagree with those rules. More practically, I'm a minarchist, with a lean towards Capitalism (not Corporatism, which is what we enjoy here in the...

Re: Long time, guys, what's new? I'm debating Matt Dillahunt Ready for the bombshell? It doesn't matter that it can't happen. As you said, something is always consumed in a transition. That's not really relevant to the ideal of personal freedom though. The more useful observation here is that...

Re: Long time, guys, what's new? I'm debating Matt Dillahunt I think you introduced me to that before, maybe actually when I was really first considering TST. Either way, I'm familiar with it and I want to say because of you. Missed you all!

Re: Long time, guys, what's new? I'm debating Matt Dillahunt From your post - yes, it sounds as if we share a lot of the same views. So I'll expound on what you note. Just like "faith" I don't see a need to not use "belief" to describe something I believe. Belief can be swayed by fact. I believe...

Re: Long time, guys, what's new? I'm debating Matt Dillahunt Yea. I knew full well what I was getting into when I said I'd do it. Ok now that I have more than 15 minutes at a computer: GNUG HI! The Satanic Temple is an atheistic religious organization. You've probably heard of our...

Re: Long time, guys, what's new? I'm debating Matt Dillahunt That was fun as hell. I'm gonna go pass out now. I'll recount it tomorrow. It should be on his patreon soon I think - I have no clue what the turnaround time is on it. I lost the debate - but I went in for a dialectic anyway...

He guys! I wanted to drop in and say hi, see how everyone is doing. It's been a long time! Lots and lots new with me. I'll share later. I think last I was here I had been kicking around the idea of joining the Satanic Temple. That happened. It's exactly what I expected to find and I'm glad for...

Dude that is cool as fuck. Got anything you want to show off? I've been thinking of projects for an arduino or pi, and my (new) roommate and I discussed going in on a 3D printer and starting up a 3D printing business. We have a really solid idea, just need the capital to get it off the ground...