On RDF, a claim was made about the advancement of optics during the Dark Ages. I asked the OP for evidence.
This was the reply I got (from a fellow atheist!):
"I'd give you some references, but since I know you won't even bother to read them I think I'll save myself the effort."
So, I put this quote, verbatim, in my SIG, and added the comments "Where have I heard this before? Ever debated a Fundy?"
I didn't call the OP a Fundy, just pointed out the FACT that this is a well known copout often used by debaters of the
Fundy persuasion, having personally been the recipient of said claim many a time.
Lo and behold, I am PM'd by a MODERATOR warning me that this constitutes a PERSONAL ATTACK on the OP!
Wow. Imagine - quoting someone verbatim is a personal attack against them! I certainly hope none of you have
ever quoted Richard Dawkins.
How hilarious. Oasis of clear thinking? That's when I left. And now I hear the cessp, er, oasis is to be drained.
They should clear out the alligators first.
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Good to see you don't hold grudges 
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Quote away here!
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Water under the bridge, horse bolted, ancient history, Elvis has left the building, and so on and so forth.
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I am pleased to hear this from you, Rum (no sarcasm, by the way)Rum wrote:Quote away here!
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Thank you!AshtonBlack wrote:Well welcome!!!
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Let me put it this way - I'm a bit suspicious of an atheist who claimsFeck wrote:So was the OP a shit or a giggle ?
The Dark Ages never happened
Galileo was the author of his own misfortune
The advancement of science owes much to religion
The Inquisition wasn't really that bad.
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Thanks!Rum wrote:Quote away here!
Welcome!
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Um the dark ages were only dark in some places and looking back
Galileo kind of knew what would happen if he published Copernicus's ideas .
On a global scale the inquisition was as bad as a mild winter flu .
Almost all "scientists " were religious at the time ..
Advocate .. don't get upset with me 
Galileo kind of knew what would happen if he published Copernicus's ideas .
On a global scale the inquisition was as bad as a mild winter flu .
Almost all "scientists " were religious at the time ..
Advocate .. don't get upset with me 
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