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Posted by Damien [24.159.250.195 - 24-159-250-195.jvl.wi.charter.com] on 22 June 2003 at 04.57.03 ZuluTime:
In Reply to: Re: Good question.... posted by Stoner on 22 June 2003 at 04.07.34 ZuluTime:
It's completely unnecessary, though. Attacking your opponent in such a way only stains the reputation of other Athiests
> Unfortunately, not all atheists are smart atheists, or likeable atheists, or even rational atheists. What we're dealing with here are the atheist equivalant of scotsmanmatt. Of course the best thing to do in these situations is simply debunk them as if they were christians, that way they get happy that they've been fed and hopefully leave, and any lurkers who had actually believed they were christians, will think twice about joining a religion that has such idiots within it.
Yes, any reasonable person would realize they aren't really christian, but these trolls' targets aren't reasonable people. If the end result is still positive, what's the harm of entertaining and debunking the dipshits?