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Talk:Essay: PZ Myers, is your wife an atheist? (view source)
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Mad Max, thank you for confirming that [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLkjbB99HTU&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL598E39244DF6542F Atheism is madness] :) [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 19:22, 29 November 2011 (EST)
Mad Max, thank you for confirming that [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLkjbB99HTU&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL598E39244DF6542F Atheism is madness] :) [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 19:22, 29 November 2011 (EST)
:Back to accusing me of being an atheist again? Ho hum. [[User:MaxFletcher|MaxFletcher]] 19:32, 29 November 2011 (EST)
:Back to accusing me of being an atheist again? Ho hum. [[User:MaxFletcher|MaxFletcher]] 19:32, 29 November 2011 (EST)
::::::Conservative, you said in this very essay:
:::::::::'' "Atheists purport to love science and last time I checked nutritional science, exercise science and medical science have many effective ways to prevent and solve the problem of being overweight. By the way Mr. Myers, why did 3 out of 5 the founders of the New Atheism movement have a problem with obesity (see: New Atheism leadership's problem with excess weight)? Is their purported love of science merely atheist window dressing?" ''
::::::That suggests you attribute their weight problems to a lack of understanding of nutritional, exercise and medical science, which in turn suggests they don't really appreciate science. as for dancing (taken from your essay on "Penn Jillete's Walrus slide"):
:::::::::'' "When is the last time you heard an atheist dance song? Never. That is because atheism is such a bleak worldview filled with depressed atheists...The closest thing to Western atheist "culture" is atheist Ron Reagan Jr. dancing ballet which is very sad. Of course, the reason why Ron Reagan Jr. loves to engage in ballet dancing so much is because like all atheist men he lacks machismo...at least Penn Jillette knows that real men don't do ballet" ''.
::::::Though I'm tempted to go off on a tangent about the philistine views on male ballet, I'll just let those quotes speak for themselves.
::::::As for David Silverman, nowhere is it suggested that he was trying to convert his wife in the first place. Though I'm sure many atheists would like to see fewer religious people in the world, most of them will only go so far as to discuss the merits of atheism over religion, rather than actually looking to proselytise. Evidently, Mrs Silverman's beliefs matter little to Mr. Silverman (and vice versa), otherwise they would have probably never married. [[User:Maninahat|Maninahat]] 20:47, 29 November 2011 (EST)
== Join the dots...? ==
== Join the dots...? ==
Conservative, much though I like the things you say (as in our previous Talk page discussions), I do sometimes find a bit hard to follow your logic sometimes. How do you get from atheism to not liking ponies? I don't quite follow all the connections. You gave me a great explanation last time I was puzzled by one of your articles so I'd really appreciate it if you could take the time to set out the steps in your argument here. Anyway, keep the good stuff coming! [[User:HollyS|HollyS]] 19:48, 29 November 2011 (EST)
Conservative, much though I like the things you say (as in our previous Talk page discussions), I do sometimes find a bit hard to follow your logic sometimes. How do you get from atheism to not liking ponies? I don't quite follow all the connections. You gave me a great explanation last time I was puzzled by one of your articles so I'd really appreciate it if you could take the time to set out the steps in your argument here. Anyway, keep the good stuff coming! [[User:HollyS|HollyS]] 19:48, 29 November 2011 (EST)