Dude, Marokai, even Hockeydude can tell this guy's a chode.
This is really not the hill you want to die on.
When did I deny that he's a chode? Depicting me as furiously running defense for him and "dying on this hill" is a fairly disingenuous depiction of my posts in this thread; though this has never stopped you before. Dude's a dick, I just enjoy his show.
He's the only atheist that certain posters can think of so they keep running posts about him (but 'omgjesuswonderful'), thinking anyone really gives a sh-t. Terry Pratchett died and wrote some of the most eloquent statements of humanism or non-belief you can find, but you'll never find anyone ever put him and his ethical system to a vote. No; you'll get TheAmazingAtheist, Harris, Hitchens and Dawkins on a perpetual loop.
Then you put one up to discuss them, what's stopping you?
Or you could take the fact that they (Practchett's ethics) haven't been put up to a vote as a widespread token of respect for his beliefs and/or character.
Or more cynically the great luck you have that there isn't anyone here ready to take the name in vain for their own purposes.
People accentuate the negative and controversial of any belief systems, or they twist the positive to their own ends.
The fact that no one's put up a Hipster!Sagan vs Hamm or TrippyFREAKINGAWESOMEMUSTACHE! Tyson vs Bushie and they are left as they are while we've had two INSERTLABELHERE! Jesus vs Lucifer polls...does that have no significance at all?
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