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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
To be fair, the thread's moving pretty fast, and terrazoids is pretty much defending the faith alone. S/he has to choose between short quippy answers to keep up, or longer answers and let the thread move on to a new subtopic (and be accused of ignoring people).
And, of course, *nobody* expects to actually be convinced of anything they didn't start out believing. At best, they're gathering data for future arguments with people who might be convinced of something.
I certainly don't expect to see anything from terrazoids that I haven't seen in several dozen online religious debates, and my own religious beliefs are pretty much impervious to standard proselytizing methods. I enjoy the back-and-forth, but it's not persuasive. I'm vaguely hoping to see something new, or an old argument presented in a new light, but not expecting it.
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I don't want to convince you. Your own life is going to do that. But I'd be happy if I planted a few seeds.