ArmsMerchant will now be serving as co-mod for MGCBTSOOYG. As most of you know, he's been a valuable contributor here over the years and has continually graced us with his viewpoints and insights regarding spirituality.

Warm welcome is in order! :)

*warms welcome*

Huh, I already thought he was a mod. Ah well. Congrats!!

Amen to that!

Arms Merchant, although your beliefs might seem slightly.... controversial, with some of the "regz" you're a fascinating guy, and I reckon you'll provide a good contrast between the two spiritual "sides" which tend to form....

Best of luck, i'm sure you'll do a good job..

As for the trolls.... well, if you can shoot a Grizzly, why not set your sights a little.... higher?

Wow, awesome. I think the addition of ArmsMerchant will somewhat balance out this forum. ;)

He was, but not of 'My God...' . He modded Science of the Damned.

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Anyways, congrats Arms!

Just don't do that thing where you delete posts simply because you do not like them.

Awesome, excellent choice.
I foresee this forum becoming more interesting.

But no pressure, Arms ;)

You're such a dork. ;)

I think I have largely transcended that behavior--I can't remember the last time I deleted anything other than something I wrote myself.

I think I have largely transcended that behavior--I can't remember the last time I deleted anything other than something I wrote myself.

I can remember the time you banned someone for jovially calling you a pedo. It happened this month in fact.

Congrats, ArmsMerchant!

Congrats!

Hooray!

I can remember the time you banned someone for jovially calling you a pedo. It happened this month in fact.

Excuse me, but I see nothing "jovial" about libel, particularly when it involves a false and malicious allegation of heinous and egregious criminal behavior. And you may recall, at least one member actually believed the libellous statement.

As I have said before, I put up with a lot of verbal abuse--I simply ignored the guy who said he'd like to skull-fuck my dead mother, as I ignore the people who call me arrogant, pompous, delusional, senile, dirty, or an outright liar. However--to quote the poet-- "there is some shit i will not eat".

Thank you for affording me the opportunity to address that base canard.

Excuse me, but I see nothing "jovial" about libel, particularly when it involves a false and malicious allegation of heinous and egregious criminal behavior. And you may recall, at least one member actually believed the libellous statement.

As I have said before, I put up with a lot of verbal abuse--I simply ignored the guy who said he'd like to skull-fuck my dead mother, as I ignore the people who call me arrogant, pompous, delusional, senile, dirty, or an outright liar. However--to quote the poet-- "there is some shit i will not eat".

Thank you for affording me the opportunity to address that base canard.

Lol. Uh...


EDIT: If you can't handle some insults and verbal abuse, you should get off of Totse. Yeah...I can understand that there is some "shit you won't eat", but flipping out because of one insult is pretty ridiculous. If it was being spammed, that's a different story, but otherwise...that type of uptightness belongs on another website.

Hip hip!

Excuse me, but I see nothing "jovial" about libel, particularly when it involves a false and malicious allegation of heinous and egregious criminal behavior. And you may recall, at least one member actually believed the libellous statement.

As I have said before, I put up with a lot of verbal abuse--I simply ignored the guy who said he'd like to skull-fuck my dead mother, as I ignore the people who call me arrogant, pompous, delusional, senile, dirty, or an outright liar. However--to quote the poet-- "there is some shit i will not eat".

Thank you for affording me the opportunity to address that base canard.
You banned him because he had an opinion that you couldn't relate to?
Thats too bad. Did he actually skull fuck your mother? If he didn't I don't think you should make such a big deal about it. Its only the internet.

ArmsMerchant, I'll stop calling you a paedophile if you apologise to me for acting like the kids you molest. (Well not in those exact words, and kids have a more realistic outlook on life than you do; but a simple apology will suffice.)

Otherwise, I see no reason to stop.

Mercy, folks.

This is a welcome thread - remember?

Could we maybe possibly take this dated argument back to the forum it originated in? I'm sure Arms wouldn't mind responding to any of you, but is a "Welcome" thread really the best place to hash it all out again?



!wtf?

Otherwise, I see no reason to stop.

Dear *Master*:

Stopping or not is your imperative. But I kindly ask that you not bring it into the MyGod forum, if at all possible. Thanks in advance for considering the forum and the regulars who aren't at all involved in the pre-existing squabble.

Most sincerely,

-AF

Dear *Master*:

Stopping or not is your imperative. But I kindly ask that you not bring it into the MyGod forum, if at all possible. Thanks in advance for considering the forum and the regulars who aren't at all involved in the pre-existing squabble.

Most sincerely,

-AF

Seeing as you asked politely, no problem. :)

Thank you.

I think one last word on the subject is in order. Master Q, in case you were not paying attention, I did in fact, issue numerous apologies, and acknowledged that the infractions were inappropriate and presumptuous.

However, I still contend that making false allegations of what is arguably the most heinous and egregious criminal behavior constitutes libel (which is a criminal offense), goes way beyond the accepted norms for flaming and potty-mouthing in general, and should be grounds for being banned.
It astounds me that otherwise intelligent people would be incapable of grasping this distinction.

It astounds me that otherwise intelligent people would be incapable of grasping this distinction.

Appeals to intelligence laced with insults? There is a reason that I am unhappy with you moderating My God: childish beliefs, childish attitude. It is like having Obbe as a moderater, so don't expect to see me posting in here for a long time.

If you can't tell the difference between an observation and an insult, I feel sorry for you. I was expressing my feelings ; no insult was expressed or implied.

Appeals to intelligence laced with insults? There is a reason that I am unhappy with you moderating My God: childish beliefs, childish attitude. It is like having Obbe as a moderater, so don't expect to see me posting in here for a long time.

Your hatred for me is undying, isn't it?

That can't be too healthy. Especially for you.

Well, this thread went over like a ton of bricks, didn't it?

I wonder if this would be a first - moving your OWN thread in the forum you moderate in to Bitch and Moan... :o

Hare, I hope you reconsider your decision to not post in here just because there are a few posters you don't like. I know my posting activity would be seriously reduced if I used that strategy on Totse. You know good and well that moderators are just unpaid janitorial workers anyway, and that regardless if Arms moderated in this forum or not, he'd still be privileged to post in here right alongside you. Both of you have posted in here in the past, I don't see what's so different about now.

If you suspect that this forum is going to bleed over into Science of the Damned, I assure you it is not. ArmsMerchant and I have already discussed this, at length.

If you suspect that this forum is going to bleed over into Science of the Damned, I assure you it is not. ArmsMerchant and I have already discussed this, at length.

Considering that ArmsMerchant's entire personality is based around his pseudo-intellectual beliefs and self-centred perspective, I don't share your optimism.

Edit: Ah bloody hell. Sorry AngryFemme. :(

Good heaven, folks--could we PLEASE pay less attention to the messenger, and more attention to the message?

By the way--my sweety told me the other day that Mercury is retrograde again, so this brouhaha no longer surprises me.

One day I'm gonna do a thorough study of astrology and decide whether it's real. I'm biased against it, but I only have a very common conception of it. I doubt you'd accept without a good amount of evidence, but I've noticed flaws in you that make it's fallibility a reasonable possibility.

Welcome Arms, I hope to one day surpass you.

Hare, I hope you reconsider your decision to not post in here just because there are a few posters you don't like.

I did reconsider it, and I believe I have made the right decision. I already see both a rise in sophistry and a fall in what (I consider) decent discussion. I do not fancy spending my time on totse being irritated by fools like Obbe.

If you suspect that this forum is going to bleed over into Science of the Damned, I assure you it is not.

I think you're wrong.

We wouldn't dare ask that you suffer fools or be subjected to an uncomfortable level of sophistry. Though I am surprised you manage to fool-repellent yourself enough to even post on Totse, as a whole.

]I think you're wrong.

Since you won't be around, I won't bother refuting that.

Considering that ArmsMerchant's entire personality is based around his pseudo-intellectual beliefs and self-centred perspective, I don't share your optimism.

Edit: Ah bloody hell. Sorry AngryFemme. :(

S'alright. But I think you have my optimism misplaced, for it lies not in that ArmsMerchant will separate his belief principles from his persona, but rather that it he is intelligent enough to place the right content in the right forum.

I don't understand the negativity displayed over this, as Arms has been posting in MGCBTSOOYG for about as long as I have, and he's carried his personal beliefs about his concept of God quite brazenly on his sleeve, like most of us do. He's put his beliefs about what God is in the right forum, for what other forum would be more suitable for posting opinions about that kind of material?

Due to the fact that the God concept is universally disagreed upon, it's somewhat of a fuzzy concept, in that there are many abstract interpretations to be considered. It can't be said that his (or Obbe's, or Vanhalla's, or any panentheistic-like, "all-encompassing" unified source of everything) God concept has any less merit than Christianity, Judaism or the many other religions out there that attempt to describe what God is. It doesn't have the tenure or popular antiquity of the others, but that's really all it is - just another interpretation of God.

My optimism lies in that I've never seen ArmsMerchant deliberately place a thread about psychic readings, communicating with ghosts, investigating the paranormal or alien sightings in this forum. Why would he start now? I managed to be a mod of Science of the Damned without getting the two forums confused. It's not that difficult to ascertain what goes where.

Peace bwithu AM! May you be doubly blessed with wisdom and patience!

Cheers:)

he is intelligent enough to place the right content in the right forum.


http://www.totse.com/community/showthread.php?t=2096565

Check his HB post history.
Spiritualist crap belongs in SOTD or this forum, not HB.

^Well, piss all over my optimism, why dontcha!

(That's my way of saying: Point taken.)

But his latest thread in HB was him stating that he was no longer going to post in that forum. So him posting what you consider spiritualist crap in there is now a non-issue.

I fling your pee off of my optimism! :P

I'll continue to assume that he can differentiate SOTD material from God material while he's here. I've no doubt the optimism will fade if it works out to be otherwise, but until then, let's give him a chance.

but until then, let's give him a chance.

That's what they said about AeroDynamic.

I take it that it's not working out with AeroDynamic?

And here I thought all you P:LRC'ers were a close, tight-knit family that rarely had a squabble.

;)

I take it that it's not working out with AeroDynamic?
Recently it's been fine, but there were several times shortly after the start of his tenure when he moved some PLRC threads into Conspiracy! and NOTW. There was a pretty big ruckus made in retaliation, but nothing happened.

And here I thought all you P:LRC'ers were a close, tight-knit family that rarely had a squabble.

;)

Actually you'd be surprised that most PLRC conversations don't get angry, nor does name calling get thrown in at the drop of a hat like in some forums (we won't point fingers). I recall the only sign of rage or insult I displayed the last time I had a 2-page discourse on economics was because of the char. limit.

Actually you'd be surprised that most PLRC conversations don't get angry, nor does name calling get thrown in at the drop of a hat like in some forums (we won't point fingers).

*chants*
BRING ... BACK ... BUTTTHRAX

*chants*
BRING ... BACK ... BUTTTHRAX

Those were the days. :)

An oil shortage could catalyze new energy research.

It could also catalyze my foot up your ass.

It's too bad we can't catalyze the neuroproteins in your brain to come up with a tangible response to my argument.
:D

But his latest thread in HB was him stating that he was no longer going to post in that forum. So him posting what you consider spiritualist crap in there is now a non-issue.


And if you look at that thread now, you will see has posted his shit again, he even claims to be a "teacher"; when I asked for proof he spouted some shit about shamanism.
He seems to have the mental age of a four year old, so you can see why I find his posts annoying, he is too far stuck up his own ass - even though he has no proper reason to be - to post anything decent on totse. No matter what forum he posts in, the subject matter will always be twisted into spiritual bullshit or his life story.

He is either an extremely good troll or an extremely delusional narcissist.

Everything you post is twisted into your misanthropic, loathsome view of reality. Everything I post has elements of my view of reality, same with everyone else on some level.
So stop acting like a whiny four year old bitch and grow the fuck up will you?

Judging by a recent hate thread, Q has managed to annoy quite a few members of the community with his shrill negativism and mindlessly contentious attitude. Perhaps he is seeking validaiton of a sort.

Whatever, he has little credibility, and I am done with him, unless he can come up with an intelligent question or even half-way valid observation.

My attitude is not "mindlessly contentious", I simply disagree with your unrealistic views and your petty childish attitude.
I have heard many good arguments against my "misanthropic, loathsome view of reality" as Vanhalla has put it, and hardly any of those people resorted to infantile behaviour.

You however, are completely juvenile in the way you react to criticism. Had you not banned me for jokingly calling you a pedo in Half Baked, I wouldn't be so resentful of you.

You claiming I have little credibility is just hilarious considering the fantasist mindset you have.

Go and chase aliens and ghosts all you want if it adds meaning and comfort to your existence, I am going to stick with reality, no matter how unpleasant it is.

But his latest thread in HB was him stating that he was no longer going to post in that forum.


http://www.totse.com/community/showthread.php?t=2098849

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Very recent. Him inserting pointless facts again in another effort to appear intelligent. It is obviously a joke thread but he just can't resist trying to be clever.

Seeing as he is posting crap in HB again, after saying he wouldn't, you can see his word means nothing.

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You however, are completely juvenile in the way you react to criticism. Had you not banned me for jokingly calling you a pedo in Half Baked, I wouldn't be so resentful of you.

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You committed a crime--if you don't believe me, look up the word "libel."

You were punished, and very lightly at that.

Now fer crissake, grow up, get over it, and stop sounding like a petulant child.

But resent me all you like--resentment is when you take poison and hope the other guy dies. You are only hurting yourself. I repeat--get over it. But if you can't, please just go to your room and sulk in silence, or tear the head off a teddy bear or something..

Now fer crissake, grow up, get over it, and stop sounding like a petulant child.

LMFAO! Look who's talking!