| OoSnap said: <Snip> Long list of quotations </Snip> |
I'm going to be brutally honest here OoSnap, so forgive me. But I think if you want your opinion to be taken more seriously, then you should take this advice.
Whenever I see you post it's always the same thing, a long list of quotations. If you excuse the semi-intentional irony here, the only quotation I have ever thought rings true is...
"A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought" - Dorothy Sayers
A good portion of people who have applied some kind of critical enquiry into something rarely quote; and if they do, they will do it maybe once or twice in a post and they will also explain their interpretation in their own words. This is a common behaviour amongst people who hold all kinds of positions.
You on the other hand post mostly quotes. All that says to me is that you have failed to make any kind of significant enquiry into the debated topic, and have instead just splurged out quotes that agree with your position without ever really understanding the ideas behind them.
I know this sounds mean, but if you seriously want to win people over to your way of thinking, then you actually need to stop throwing quotes at them and start speaking for yourself (assuming you're not actually a poe).
For example, another user, Slimebeast, supports intelligent design. He is also a good debater, he makes a strong effort to understand the topic and explain things his own way. This oozes through in his posts. In an ID/Evolution debate, he is probably 100 times more effective than you because of this.
