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| | | (...) In that case, it's even more absurd than spiteful. Did God really think they'd reach Heaven? If so, then why doesn't he smite every satellite we launch? And if not, why didn't he let them try--and fail--since that would be a much more (...) (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: One of my issues with the god of the old testament —Jeremy H. Sproat
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| | | | (...) I dunno -- why not ask Him? ;-) *IF* I were to second-guess the guy, I would imagine that He wasn't fearful of the tower builders actually succeeding. Rather, He was probably aware of the dangers of a prideful-then-disappointed people at such (...) (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: One of my issues with the god of the old testament —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | (...) Yikes--easy there, fireball. Since this is an open forum, I address my comments to any who care to respond. With this in mind, I specifically stated that I don't hold you to the literal standard, but I don't excuse others. If you perceive it (...) (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: One of my issues with the god of the old testament —David Eaton
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| | | | | | | (...) So what's trolling, then? Isn't it trying to sucker someone into debating something? (albeit civilly or not) Was that the point of your sensationalism on Jeremy's point? To get someone *else* to respond who was such a fundamentalist? Not that (...) (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | RE: trolling? (Was all that OT God stuff) —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | | (...) I see your point, but if (hypothetically) I call someone a bonehead, there's nothing wrong with it either, except the connotation. If Jeremy was using "troll" to say "bravo to you for throwing down the rhetorical gauntlet and inviting (...) (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: trolling? (Was all that OT God stuff) —David Eaton
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| | | | | | | | (...) Well, the thing that's wrong with that is the fact that there's nothing *but* connotation there. Being a "bonehead" is sufficiently without good definition, whereas a "troll" post has a definition as well as a connotation. If Jeremy only used (...) (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: trolling? (Was all that OT God stuff) —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Thanks for the tip. Haven't seen it work that way here, though. (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: trolling? (Was all that OT God stuff) —David Eaton
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) No, I don't think you'd ever notice the trend in any sort of public forum, because while it works, the most common reply to a flame is to flame back. I've kind of noticed that in o-t.debate-- a rather alarming number of the regulars quite (...) (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: trolling? (Was all that OT God stuff) —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | | | | | | (...) And that would be incorrect in my understanding of the word "troll." troll (trol) verb 1. To post a message in a newsgroup or other online conference in the hopes that somebody else will consider the original message so outrageous that it (...) (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: trolling? (Was all that OT God stuff) —David Eaton
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) I suppose if one defined it that way, sure. Perhaps it's my inexperience with outside newsgroups other than Lugnet, but I've more just seen it as a general (non-person-specific) goading into debate. Certainly the connotations associated with (...) (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: trolling? (Was all that OT God stuff) —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | | (...) All right then. Stipulating that "troll" can reasonably be used as a neutral term, then I'll agree that I was trolling. Generally I don't accept that definition, however; never have I seen "troll" used with a positive connotation, and it's (...) (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: trolling? (Was all that OT God stuff) —David Eaton
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| | | | | | | | (...) Darn, and I just told Larry I don't usually get heated replies :) DaveE (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: One of my issues with the god of the old testament —Jeremy H. Sproat
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| | | | | | This is a helluva lot more rambling than I'm comfortable with... (...) Ah -- I think I see what happened. You had replied to my message, in a fairly (imho) personal kinda way ("personal" as though one person addressing another, not "personal" as in (...) (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: One of my issues with the god of the old testament —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | (...) 8^) What's your problem, anyway? I was getting set to demonize you and burn you in effigy, and then you turn out to have been reasonable all along! 8^) (...) Ah! My fault. My use of "nonsense" was intended with a note of irony (which, as is (...) (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: One of my issues with the god of the old testament —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) Tried that. No answer. (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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