How to Destroy an Athiests in a argument! (Updated with poll)

[DaRev]

Alara317 said:

DaRev said:

HesAPooka said:

Alara317 said:

HesAPooka said:

Are you that blinde? I'm clearly not debating you on religion. I'm debating you on someones right to beleive what they want, and to do so without having to be ridiculed for it or harassed by others. I made that pretty obvious from the begining. Stop making yourself look bad and just stop now.

You most certainly are allowed to believe what you want, but if what you believe is irrational, then you should be open to criticism.  Not insults or hatred, but fair, rational criticism.  if I believed a Rock gave me invulerability powers, and I was planning on running in traffic with it, wouldn't you want to stop and explain why that's stupid?  

And I didn't even bother reading your first response.  it was long and multiquoted.  I've learned the smartest thing to do when religion is discussed is to not bother reading anything more than a paragraph or two.  It's either a hate-rant or carefully selected nonsense, as per the OP video.  Either way you were wasting your time.  you shouldn't need to make your claim, it should just be a given.  

Right ;) 

And there you were going along thinking you were having a meaningful discussion,...turns out the dude didn't even read your first response lol. Classic. I'm sure he/she applies the same 'tatics' to their views on religion, i.e. by not reading anything but having a purported informed opinion. Classic lol

Quite the opposite.  I'm really quite an interested party when it comes to debating theism.  I've been researching it for 20 years now, and I've come to realize 2 things: 

1 - the chances of anyone giving me an argument that I haven't already considered and factored into my conclusion is practically zero (the last time anyone suggested an argument that I hadn't considered already was when I was 16 years old.  since then, I just keep seeing a lot of the same fauly arguments I've thoroughly debunked dozens of time in the past. 

2 - I would never, ever, ever find an intelligent debate point on a messageboard.  This is the internet, and I've gotten used to being exposed to the limitless depths of stupidity.  I once had someone legitimately try to argue that George bush was the best president of all time becuase he was bringing religion back into the white house.  I just don't expect to find any legitimately good points on a messageboard.  I used to debate on Volconvo, one of the biggest debate forums on the internet, and even then it was full with essay-length nonsense.  

I actually did read it, I just said I didn't becuase I wanted the discussion to end there, becuase I don't enjoy debating religion online.  I just came in to have a laugh.  

yeah whatever, a likely excuse.

So, remind me, or maybe you didn’t mention it, but how much time do you dedicate to studying religion and what sources have you used in coming to your present conclusions? In answer to this question, consider your current PROFESSION (if you have one or a hobby you’re good at) and how much time you dedicate to that profession or hobby – how does that amount of time compare to the time you dedicate to studying religion?