Rose C,
Things that leave a bad taste in our mouth, is related to the things we like. Our opinions are being challenged, and we are not able to defend them. I thought that is what OLO was about. What is one man's poison is another man's medicine. If you don’t like the taste then eat elsewhere; but then we would be missing out on your taste of cuisine.

The real issue is the Gay lobby want to deny Bill Mulenberg any media coverage. The same article could have been written by any of us, unknown, and it would not have been noticed. But because Bill writes for concervative family values those that oppose his views in the Advertising industry want him silenced.

olo should not be sanctioned for allowing both sides of a debate on a controversial topic.

Lexi,

From your posts in here I thought it a safe assumption that you are not a Christian Fundy. Given that Suzy holds you in such high regard I suspected that you might be an atheist. As you are held out to be such a fine debator I thought you might be interested in a discussion that I believe is unusually meaty for an olo thread on the prospect of a theistic presence in the Universe (or somewhere) and you might spice it up for my opponent who is an atheist convert from Christianity.

http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discussion=3814&page=47

In spite of the title it is currently a debate as to whether or not theism is rational. My opponent sets a very low threshold. He believes that there is neither any reasoning nor any evidence for theism and quoted with approval someone who pejoratively likened theistic belief to reading chicken entrails and has likened any suggestion that there is an alternative to atheism as being like a belief in unicorns. (However he gets very offended if I call him an extremist) He is currently waiting for me to finish my current posting. I got cut off from the thread for 23 hours due to doing 8 successive posts in there. The consequence will probably be that I can't post until tomorrow as I need to leave soon and probably in any case I'll probably leave without trying.

Your comment history seems to contradict my assumption in that you consider it obvious that there is some type of higher power. Nevertheless, even though my original guess is incorrect, I am inviting you anyway as your skills could spice things up in there and I expect that this post will also attract the interest of anti-theists who will bulk up the other side in any case. The thread is an old one that many would have forgotten as it has dragged on very slowly in recent months. Thus I'd like to make it more visible via this post.

mjpb:

I'm a Catholic. I'm extremely flattered though by your comments as I have always thought your debating skills far superior to mine. I'm not sure that I'll be able to convince someone whose mind seems to be already made up. However, I'll give it a go - as you said - to "spice" things up a bit.

Rose C:>> I've posted a few articles over the 11 year lifespan of Onlineopinion but not really paid much attention to the forums elsewhere...I've had a good look at various posts lately and it seems most posters are wowsers, rabble-rousers, religious reactionaries and there's even a rather odd poet in there<<

Hi Rose I read you bio, Helen Reddy type eh?

Rose C Forrest has given you the stamp of approval, considering his words and yours, even if you include me in the sin bin I do too.
This thread and a few others seem to have been invaded by a few I would rather not talk with.
We, all of us get it wrong now and again.
It may well be both threads on the subject did more good than harm.I am pleased so many made contributions as GY reported in his news letter ,and sad that fools, yes,,sorry, want to find wrong that does not exist here.
So maybe Rose C I share more of your views than I first thought.

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