You asked a question not previously seen, so I'll respond.
That you are not feeling complimented is obvious. That I intended a slam is your (incorrect) assumption. And your choice to put yourself in the analogy as "the wall" is also incorrect. "Pounding your head against the wall" is simply an expression conveying an action that is a) likely to cause you pain, and b) not likely to produce results. It was intended in only that way. How you took it I leave to you.
I wrote the post partly as an extension of my discussion with JimB, to outline how I see morality playing out in the case of the typical conservative Christian, a group you have claimed membership to. Although I was using you as an example, I was actually thinking of the general conservative Christian community and the same post would apply to pretty much anyone in that community. It was a revelation to me, some months ago, that I was not paying attention to the underlying valuing/cherishing in my discussions with people here about specific moral principles. The result was I was engaging in moral debates/discussions that were doomed to fail before they even started. The discussion that was unfolding with JimL was of the same type, and I sought to convey that experience to him and anyone else chatting here. I continue to find it odd that a description of your moral approach that you deem accurate is somehow perceived as a "slam." Perhaps that says more about your moral approach and/or you than it does about my post?
Just a thought. Again - I'll leave it to you unless you ask a further question not previously answered. As I noted before, I'm done going in circles with you, only to have most of the arguments ignored as you repeat the same questions over and over again. I don't find that to be productive discussion/debate. It's more like trolling, if I'm going to be honest about it
(yes, that last sentence was a bit of a slam. I have come to see your engagements with many nonchristians as more like trolling than honest, inquisitive, discussion/debate)
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Just a thought. Again - I'll leave it to you unless you ask a further question not previously answered. As I noted before, I'm done going in circles with you, only to have most of the arguments ignored as you repeat the same questions over and over again. I don't find that to be productive discussion/debate. It's more like trolling, if I'm going to be honest about it
(yes, that last sentence was a bit of a slam. I have come to see your engagements with many nonchristians as more like trolling than honest, inquisitive, discussion/debate)
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