its easy to sumise..that we are annon
but grayham well knows my address/name
my other website reveal more
as revealed at olo many times

so that leaves pericules or other
that davidian barb is aimed at

i like how he gets joan or arched,,[at the stake]
in his own mind..

mate we all agree..religions the problem
the god thing is neither here nor there
[its within..no one can be without]

think david..jesus birth[an angel says call him emmanuel
[god with...[in]..us [all]...somewhere in all that creed is a truth

but till you kill the creed
the peer revieuwed creed
is a faulse god..[its that people reject]..

[if they would but only egsamin
their miss conceptions of what god is/does..]
they could be...as they claim claim to be @thiest..

cause in the end
no one is really willing to risk being a @theo-ist

so the lie [a/thiest]..covers many sins
god knows whats in our hearts[thats his throne]

Don't be so hard on yourself Mr Nicholls.

>>I would have to agree that my article has done irreparable damage to atheism, me, maybe the planet and possible the universe<<

It would take far more than an overly self-congratulatory article like yours to do irreparable damage to anything, bar your own credibility. It certainly won't affect the future of the universe or the planet, or even dent your own sense of righteous self-importance.

So, that's all right then.

>>One life as a know-it-all smartarse in cyber-space, and another as an inadequate individual in real-time<<

Hmmm. I wonder whether that is better or worse than being a know-it-all smartarse in real life, and an ineffectual blowhard on the internet?

Purely hypothetically, of course.

I think I've been very patient waiting a whole month in case there might be an answer to a real world problem unlikely to be remedied by Mr Nicholls' "ocean of accolades": "Does anyone else remember woot's concerns?"

I'm still wondering if the GAC was able to come up with solutions or to help in any way?

The plight of a fellow athiest/conventioneer touched me when woot told us, "Especially in the tourism sector, business would band together to support each other, but being a known non-believer? No one would refer business on your way, you were always made second class within the community, even within the local business groups.

I have seen 2 business running on shoestrings because of this very issue, and one woman so at the end of her tether she has spent evenings in tears speaking to me not knowing what to do because no business in the town (70km from where I lived) referred people on to her. She was even considering pretending to have a 'conversion' just to stay afloat. She ended up selling her accommodation because of it and has literally dropped from sight :("

My ISP doesn't give me enough bandwidth to look at all the videos - being directed to the parts that help woot would be a start.

Or should I assume that 'get a life in the real world' represents a crescendo of intellectual significance?

“It always amazes me that the little band of the ‘get David Nicholls and the AFA’ don’t actually organise themselves into a bigger and better David Nicholls and the AFA. Start your own atheist ‘club’ and show us how it is done.”
Incredible. It really is exactly like arguing with a God Botherer. After 28 pages of suggesting that the simple business of not believing in something shouldn't need, want or logically require a 'Club', he still can't accept it.
OK, you've caught me with my pants down. It's not that -as an 'apatheist'- I don't believe in God; what it's really all about is I need a better God...
… to not, believe in.
Why not start a new club, David?
How about the “I don't believe in the Flat Earth theory” Club?
G'day WmTrevor,
I have not responded to the plight of Woot simply because it is totally beyond my experience. While I would certainly not stoop to calling the good Woot a dissembler, I find his story literally unbelievable. I have lived and worked in many parts of Australia, and I have never encountered this particular form of prejudice.
I can only count myself fortunate to have never experienced this particular part of...
Ah, well, Victoria. I've always wondered...

David,

"What may surprise some of the folk on this forum is that I do know the real identity of many of you..."

I understand exactly where you're coming from. They're all a bunch of cowards, don't you think?

I decided right away to that I would use my real identity. Then everyone would know they're addressing a retired Belgian detective with a mincing gait, an egg-shaped head, a magnificent moustache and a penchant for exercising his little grey cells....

I think it's much more satisfying to picture the person you're addressing : )

AFA:
<What may surprise some of the folk on this forum is that I do know the real identity of many of you>

That is surprising. I wonder how DN comes by this information. Omniscience?