Dear Dogma

Top atheist;

Top theist;

*Only rule is you can't draft yourself

just curious if you were aware of it is all.

I worked with a guy once who said he could only listen to old-school Mellencamp, because (as he put it) "he had the "Cougar" but then he dropped it" so he lost all respect for him as an artist.

BQ; What do you think of people that have a hyphenated last name and use it, then drop it later in life?

Someone just asked for recommended reads... fair enough. I would expect to see a vast variety of recommendations given the variety of ideologies that chime in around here. But out comes a thumbs down crusader that leaves his mark down the line with abandon. Now I suppose there is the possibility that this individual has actually read all of these books and is therefore an enlightened judge of the quality of the material, but I just get the feeling that the titles suggest the book wouldn't appeal to their closed mind. Now of course this is a meaningless Q&A, not something to gt worked up about. But even if you don't care to read books that oppose your ideology... is thumbing them down far off from burning them?

In a recent Q I just answered, another respondent condemned a Catholic teaching by saying "All these are Man-made traditions and Dogma." Now I of course agree with the statement, I just can't understand how they could reasonably offer a link to www.jw.org afterwards. The same applies to any church congregation though. If you condemn "Man-made traditions and Dogma." doesn't the Bible itself fit such a criteria? It certainly wasn't dropped from the sky or penned by the hand of God, it is in fact a "man-made tradition" it was written and edited by men.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGk53Tu1-zU

Warning; This video is disturbing, but Christians need to address how their message can be so distorted as to allow for justification of murder and cannibalism. What would you say to your fellow Christian "Mad Dog"?

Spirituality and Mythology....Get your mind out of the gutter!

I'm not sure why... perhaps it's the final step to recognizing narcissistic tendencies, but I can not muster the strength to choose a best answer that has a compliment like "great Q (((Dogma)))" or something to that effect.

You?

For example; When you first came here, were you firmly opposed to Christianity, but one particular user has argued it in a way you hadn't considered before... or you started off here strongly against atheism, but one person here has managed to make you think of it in a new light.

There is of course another option... You came here set in your ways and no one is ever going to change your mind.

I'm not suggesting you've necessarily abandoned your initial position, just that a particular user has argued the position you came in opposed to in a way you hadn't considered.

Do you like to..

- Fold your sheep.

- Trip your goats.

or murder your crows?

other examples encouraged.

that use portmanteaus.