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[windjc]

Debate on issues. Leave personal attack out.

I think that one should be ready for personal attacks, if one visits an religious forum and challenges it's dogmas.
I agree that debating the issues is the rational thing to do, but rationality isn't held in high regard among the religious. Devotion to 'The One Truth' is the measure that is used when judging people.

People think, that religion has to include a narrative about omnipotent deities who created the world. Religion has diversified a lot in the modern age..

The one truth of mathematics?
There are no "issues". There are facts and non-facts.

Hmm, interesting... this sub-forum is about mathematics then. I see.

cryptography is mathematics, so bitcoin is about mathematics, and so our religion is mathematics.

P.S. vehemently believing that 2+2 equals 4 since the age of 3.

LOL at this whole tired discussion of Bitcoin being a religion. First of all, the crypto landscape would not exist today if it weren't for fanatics and true loyal believers. Its the greatest power at the core of bitcoin and the entire industry - people that believed when there was little obvious reason to.

I can't take credit for that in any way. Personally, I have never advised a single soul that I know to invest in bitcoin or altcoins, although I have dramatically myself.  I have never preached the virtues of bitcoin - the farthest I have gone is outlining my interest in it when asked repeatedly. As I have had financial success in a variety of businesses, people want to know what I am doing now/next. That is the only time I talk about it.

Not very "religious" myself.

But THANK GOD for the fanatics that paved the way for enough people to stop and look at the technology and see what promise it might really hold for the future of the planet.

At any rate, the die have been cast by now, so all the pseudo-intelligent blabbering to sound like healthy debate that "atheists" like Mervin spout all over the forum like so many loaves of day old bread, - its all just a waste of time.

[Mervyn_Pumpkinhead]

Debate on issues. Leave personal attack out.

I think that one should be ready for personal attacks, if one visits an religious forum and challenges it's dogmas.
I agree that debating the issues is the rational thing to do, but rationality isn't held in high regard among the religious. Devotion to 'The One Truth' is the measure that is used when judging people.

People think, that religion has to include a narrative about omnipotent deities who created the world. Religion has diversified a lot in the modern age..

The one truth of mathematics?
There are no "issues". There are facts and non-facts.

Hmm, interesting... this sub-forum is about mathematics then. I see.

cryptography is mathematics, so bitcoin is about mathematics, and so our religion is mathematics.

P.S. vehemently believing that 2+2 equals 4 since the age of 3.

That must be the reason then, why I see A LOT of mathematics in this thread and in the entire forum.
I would even go as far, as telling that your religion is about particle physics, because *insert something here* is made of particles.

That must be the reason why the majority sounds very scientific here, and the main goal for everyone here is to solve mathematical problems.
This thread has thought me a lot.

[windjc]

Debate on issues. Leave personal attack out.

I think that one should be ready for personal attacks, if one visits an religious forum and challenges it's dogmas.
I agree that debating the issues is the rational thing to do, but rationality isn't held in high regard among the religious. Devotion to 'The One Truth' is the measure that is used when judging people.

People think, that religion has to include a narrative about omnipotent deities who created the world. Religion has diversified a lot in the modern age..

The one truth of mathematics?
There are no "issues". There are facts and non-facts.

Hmm, interesting... this sub-forum is about mathematics then. I see.

cryptography is mathematics, so bitcoin is about mathematics, and so our religion is mathematics.

P.S. vehemently believing that 2+2 equals 4 since the age of 3.

That must be the reason then, why I see A LOT of mathematics in this thread and in the entire forum.
I would even go as far, as telling that your religion is about particle physics, because *insert something here* is made of particles.

That must be the reason why the majority sounds very scientific here, and the main goal for everyone here is to solve mathematical problems.
This thread has thought me a lot.

Lol. I love how you keep ending all your posts in this thread with sarcasm, as if to suggest there is some great knowledge you could impart on this thread that, if only we were able to hear it, would enlighten us and bring us a greater knowledge of ourselves and the world.

When really you have nothing of the sort. smh. 

[Mervyn_Pumpkinhead]

Lol. I love how you keep ending all your posts in this thread with sarcasm, as if to suggest there is some great knowledge you could impart on this thread that, if only we were able to hear it, would enlighten us and bring us a greater knowledge of ourselves and the world.

When really you have nothing of the sort. smh.  

When I read things that seem funny, then I think that it's appropriate to go along with the joke.

[windjc]

Lol. I love how you keep ending all your posts in this thread with sarcasm, as if to suggest there is some great knowledge you could impart on this thread that, if only we were able to hear it, would enlighten us and bring us a greater knowledge of ourselves and the world.

When really you have nothing of the sort. smh.  

When I read things that seems funny, then I think that it's appropriate to go along with the joke.

Good. At least you have a sense of humor (unless that was just more sarcasm), which I have never detected from any of your history of posts that I scanned.

However you are a socialist. And socialists are not the funniest people in the world. Partly because they suffer greatly over the injustice and greed that they believe they see in the world, and partly because humor is born from pain and/or desire. Socialist try to avoid both of these at the core of their philosophy.

So, just getting you talking about humor - I'd say this is a glorious start!

[Mervyn_Pumpkinhead]

Good. At least you have a sense of humor (unless that was just more sarcasm), which I have never detected from any of your history of posts that I scanned.

However you are a socialist. And socialists are not the funniest people in the world. Partly because they suffer greatly over the injustice and greed that they believe they see in the world, and partly because humor is born from pain and/or desire. Socialist try to avoid both of these at the core of their philosophy.

So, just getting you talking about humor - I'd say this is a glorious start!

I'd like to consider my sense of humor as subtle.
No one has ever called me a socialist before, but please, tell me a little more about my socialist agenda.

[windjc]

Good. At least you have a sense of humor (unless that was just more sarcasm), which I have never detected from any of your history of posts that I scanned.

However you are a socialist. And socialists are not the funniest people in the world. Partly because they suffer greatly over the injustice and greed that they believe they see in the world, and partly because humor is born from pain and/or desire. Socialist try to avoid both of these at the core of their philosophy.

So, just getting you talking about humor - I'd say this is a glorious start!

I'd like to consider my sense of humor as subtle.
No one has ever called me a socialist before, but please, tell me a little more about my socialist agenda.

Subtle is an interesting word. I guess quarks and sub-atomic particles are subtle.  

You hate speculation. You see it as pure greed. You hate the idea of new wealth taking over old wealth. You hate the idea of people getting wealthy without "working hard" or "providing value" to society. You think that people should develop skills to acquire wealth through the creation of traditional businesses. The list goes on...but, hell, I'm telling you what you already know.

Funny, huh?

[Mervyn_Pumpkinhead]

You hate speculation. You see it as pure greed. You hate the idea of new wealth taking over old wealth. You hate the idea of people getting wealthy without "working hard" or "providing value" to society. You think that people should develop skills to acquire wealth through the creation of traditional businesses. The list goes on...but, hell, I'm telling you what you already know.

That's socialism? 

Funny, huh?

Yes.

[windjc]

You hate speculation. You see it as pure greed. You hate the idea of new wealth taking over old wealth. You hate the idea of people getting wealthy without "working hard" or "providing value" to society. You think that people should develop skills to acquire wealth through the creation of traditional businesses. The list goes on...but, hell, I'm telling you what you already know.

That's socialism? :O

Funny, huh?

Yes.

Sure, its socialism. Socialist don't believe in people not creating businesses - maybe you are thinking of communists, where the state owns everything. Socialism wants a society where wealth is more equally distributed than capitalism, where money flows generously from the top down and where people look out for each other instead of themselves.  This is very much in line with points you argue, without coming out and defining it specifically.

[Mervyn_Pumpkinhead]

Sure, its socialism. Socialist don't believe in people not creating businesses - maybe you are thinking of communists, where the state owns everything. Socialism wants a society where wealth is more equally distributed than capitalism, where money flows generously from the top down and where people look out for each other instead of themselves.  This is very much in line with points you argue, without coming out and defining it specifically.

And all this time I thought that socialism is about social ownership.
Another lesson learned..

[windjc]

Sure, its socialism. Socialist don't believe in people not creating businesses - maybe you are thinking of communists, where the state owns everything. Socialism wants a society where wealth is more equally distributed than capitalism, where money flows generously from the top down and where people look out for each other instead of themselves.  This is very much in line with points you argue, without coming out and defining it specifically.

And all this time I thought that socialism is about social ownership.
Another lesson learned..

Ha. You are like that guy who comes to America from Germany. He's learned english in a german classroom and knows it well. Except the english language is constantly evolving and so when he speaks it is seems as though it is stiff and outdated. You might have read in a textbook about social ownership, but socialism in today's world is much more diverse than that one issue.

PS My parents are socialists. They don't really subscribe to a lot of social ownership though. You remind me of them.

[Mervyn_Pumpkinhead]

Ha. You are like that guy who comes to America from Germany. He's learned english in a german classroom and knows it well. Except the english language is constantly evolving and so when he speaks it is seems as though it is stiff and outdated. You might have read in a textbook about social ownership, but socialism in today's world is much more diverse than that one issue.

PS My parents are socialists. They don't really subscribe to a lot of social ownership though. You remind me of them.

I'm not the educated expert here, but maybe socialism is a clearly defined ideology with a specific stance on economics. And maybe socialism and social democracy are two different ideologies?

[windjc]

Ha. You are like that guy who comes to America from Germany. He's learned english in a german classroom and knows it well. Except the english language is constantly evolving and so when he speaks it is seems as though it is stiff and outdated. You might have read in a textbook about social ownership, but socialism in today's world is much more diverse than that one issue.

PS My parents are socialists. They don't really subscribe to a lot of social ownership though. You remind me of them.

I'm not the educated expert here, but maybe socialism is a clearly defined ideology with a specific stance on economics. And maybe socialism and social democracy are two different ideologies?

See, in your mind "socialism" is a clearly defined ideology. But its not. There are different degrees. And we can talk about social democracy and other varients, but it just gets tedious. My point still stands about why you lack a less subtle sense of humor. 

[Mervyn_Pumpkinhead]

See, in your mind "socialism" is a clearly defined ideology. But its not. There are different degrees. And we can talk about social democracy and other varients, but it just gets tedious. My point still stands about why you lack a less subtle sense of humor. 

Thank you for that lesson that socialism isn't a clearly defined ideology and how there are different degrees.

[windjc]

See, in your mind "socialism" is a clearly defined ideology. But its not. There are different degrees. And we can talk about social democracy and other varients, but it just gets tedious. My point still stands about why you lack a less subtle sense of humor. 

Thank you for that lesson that socialism isn't a clearly defined ideology and how there are different degrees.

Don't be so rigid. Its an encumbrance.

(if you're <26 years old, then you are excused and will probably outgrow this).

[piramida]

Debate on issues. Leave personal attack out.

I think that one should be ready for personal attacks, if one visits an religious forum and challenges it's dogmas.
I agree that debating the issues is the rational thing to do, but rationality isn't held in high regard among the religious. Devotion to 'The One Truth' is the measure that is used when judging people.

People think, that religion has to include a narrative about omnipotent deities who created the world. Religion has diversified a lot in the modern age..

The one truth of mathematics?
There are no "issues". There are facts and non-facts.

Hmm, interesting... this sub-forum is about mathematics then. I see.

cryptography is mathematics, so bitcoin is about mathematics, and so our religion is mathematics.

P.S. vehemently believing that 2+2 equals 4 since the age of 3.

That must be the reason then, why I see A LOT of mathematics in this thread and in the entire forum.
I would even go as far, as telling that your religion is about particle physics, because *insert something here* is made of particles.

That must be the reason why the majority sounds very scientific here, and the main goal for everyone here is to solve mathematical problems.
This thread has thought me a lot.

No, you got it wrong. Just like bitcoin's proof of work, it is hard to come up with a solution but infinitely easier to verify that it is correct. You don't have to be a scientist to see the beauty of bitcoin or use it's benefits. We don't solve mathematical problems - computers do, that is their main purpose. We just serve them by generating power and cleaning ventilation slots; for this they give us rewards.

[lay785]

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