Strange as it seems

[Cartoonist]

religion has its usage

[byronius]

1. 'Short of wadding'. I like that phrase.

[guillaumeb]

2. Do you confuse the concept of religion with a hymnal?

That explains much.

[trotsky]

3. Such an insult is not necessary, gil.

Please do the decent thing and apologize to Cartoonist for your snide remark.

It would be the "Christian" thing to do, wouldn't it?

Unless your religion doesn't actually mean anything to you...

[guillaumeb]

4. A snide remark?

It was an observation about confusing a philosophical concept and an object. Unless the object is meant to stand for all of Christianity.

SO what do you feel was Cartoonist's intent?

[trotsky]

7. His intent was to share an image with a humorous comment.

Just because you didn't find it funny is no reason to imply he's stupid.

You should apologize. If you think that's the "Christian" thing to do, I guess. Perhaps your definition of being a Christian doesn't mean you should be nice to others.

[guillaumeb]

8. Are you the official spokesperson?

I had no idea.

[trotsky]

11. No, but you are the official spokesperson for your version of Christianity.

And you're doing a fantastic job in this "religion-hating" atheist's opinion!

[guillaumeb]

13. Is there a salary assocaited with the job?

[Voltaire2]

19. was there an atheist associated with the badz?

Perhaps you should restart your campaign against me. I was so wrong.

[Cartoonist]

5. WTF

What is a Hymnal? Are you saying a hymnal has nothing to do with religion? What's wrong with you?

[guillaumeb]

6. Is that a snide remark?

[Cartoonist]

9. No more

Dude, I am so done with you.

[trotsky]

10. You made yours first.

I guess he's just responding in kind. Since you say that's why you do the things you do, it must be OK.

Wait... unless it's only OK for *you* to behave like that, but no one else. Is that the case?

[guillaumeb]

12. Who posted what you called the attempt at humor?

It was not I who did it. And given the other such "humorous" posts by the same individual, can one infer a pattern?

[trotsky]

14. I found it funny.

You didn't? Perhaps Cartoonist should be punished for blasphemy - would that please you?

[guillaumeb]

15. If you found it funny, that is good for you.

Why do you insist on always going far beyond what I actually say? Is this an example of projection, or curiosity on your part?

I find this tendency to be interesting.

[trotsky]

16. Since you rarely provide any actual insights into your beliefs, I try to coax them out of you.

I see that you do not deny wanting to punish Cartoonist for blasphemy. I find that quite interesting.

[AtheistCrusader]

17. Checking the dictionary is hard work today huh?

Hymnal

noun
1.
Also called hymnbook [him-boo k] (Show IPA). a book of hymns for use in a religious service.

[Mariana]

18. For some people, checking the dictionary is hard work every day.

Better to just assign random definitions to words, apparently with the intent to deceive.

Or, as I hypothesized on another thread, it's possible that Gil just doesn't understand written English all that well. That would explain why he consistently misunderstands and misrepresents the posts of others, and why his own posts make little or no sense in the context of the discussions taking place. Maybe he would benefit from ESL classes.