Brother Mack prays for IdrA - Page 10

On January 16 2011 15:13 echO [W] wrote:
Lets not veer off the topic of discussion now. The title of the thread is Brother Mack, not being offended and the definition of satire.

On January 17 2011 17:03 Voros wrote:


You must be new to the Internet. Welcome!

On January 16 2011 18:14 levelping wrote:


You should realise that your comment, in asking him to be more tolerant of good humor, is also being rather intolerant of his sensibilities by trying to tell him what he should or should not be upset about. If you have really gone to church for 19 years, you would at least see how it would be possible that someone with serious religious convictions would be offended by someone comparing God to a 4GB memory stick.

And I wanted to point this out especially since serA made his point a really a personal observation. He's not calling on us to not watch the video, or saying it stinks, just that he was personally offended. He isn't telling us to do anything, but you are. Imho serA there's nothing wrong sticking to your religious convictions, and this comes from someone who is pretty much areligious.

More on topic, awesome vid. I wonder if day9/idra knows about this guy.

On January 17 2011 17:15 IdrA wrote:

making a public point about how you're personally offended invites critique
only way this should be offensive to a christian is if they see the elements hes mocking in their religion and are embarrassed of them, in which case they have bigger problems to worry about anyway.

On January 17 2011 18:41 IdrA wrote:
when people try to mock me for playing a macro style i find it hilarious because i know thats the best way to play the game so the fact that they try to mock it is just silly.

if people mocking your religion bothers you its because you know on some level how ridiculous your beliefs are.

On January 17 2011 19:09 MrProb wrote:
Its just sad that sometimes, ppl blindly/truly/actually believe in something that really has no prove like religions.

On January 17 2011 19:12 Piledriver wrote:


You fail to understand the fact that different people have different sensibilities.

If someone says really bad things about you and your family you get really pissed off about it, even if they are totally untrue. Its the same thing with religious beliefs, if someone does something to belittle your faith, some people get offended by it, others don't. It does not have anything to do with the basis/ validity of your religious belief.

On January 17 2011 19:09 MrProb wrote:
Its just sad that sometimes, ppl blindly/truly/actually believe in something that really has no prove like religions.

On January 17 2011 19:16 Piledriver wrote:


The only thing "sad", is that there are people who claim intellectual superiority over others who hold a different value system from their own. I consider myself an agnostic, but I don't go around bashing, feeling "sad" for people who have faith in a greater power. Having an open mind is the basic virtue of a truly intellectual person.

On January 17 2011 19:24 IdrA wrote:

having an open mind doesnt mean not passing judgment on ideas and opinions, it just means you do so for good reason. if something is absurd you can call it absurd and still be open minded.

On January 17 2011 19:22 echO [W] wrote:


Not to derail the OP, but the great Dr. Carl Sagan once said "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence."

On January 17 2011 19:16 Piledriver wrote:


The only thing "sad", is that there are people who claim intellectual superiority over others who hold a different value system from their own. I consider myself an agnostic, but I don't go around bashing, feeling "sad" for people who have faith in a greater power. Having an open mind is the basic virtue of a truly intellectual person.