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To: Solon who wrote (62450)	11/11/2014 4:53:43 AM
From: Solon	Respond to of 69300

Q. Repression. Denial of one's own feelings on some sensitive subject. Q01 (93). "Perseveration" This is the fundamental Christian version of perseverance. It's when they keep doing the same thing, over and over, even if it's not working, and appears completely idiotic to everyone else. Q02 (99). "Memory Loss". The fundamental Christian will be provided with absolute proof that he is mistaken about some fact, and moments later he will be once again making the same discredited claim as if he never heard the refutation before. He will also deny that the refutation has ever even been given. He may even develop hysterical amnesia about having made any posts at all. Q03 (103). "I never said anything about..." This is one of the more pathetic fundamental Christian games. When someone does a copy and paste to back quote the words of a fundamental Christian which he does not want to acknowledge he made, the fundamental Christian will say something like: "You're spreading false statements! I never said anything about..." All that is necessary is to back up the thread to find exactly where he said what he is now denying he ever said. Apparently he assumes all other posters must be as ignorant as he is with respect to knowing how to step back up a thread in a discussion. Q04 (182). "Don't air your dirty linen in public". In this fundamental Christian game, there is some "secret" that the fundamental Christian doesn't want to become known. In 3-D life, this might be child abuse, for example. Or it might be the use of physical torture to "convert" or "save" someone. They will try their best to indoctrinate their victims into the idea that it is wrong to let anyone else know what is going on.

To: Solon who wrote (62450)	11/11/2014 9:11:43 AM
From: 2MAR$	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

" There are four kinds of people in this world: cretins, fools, morons, and lunatics…Cretins don’t even talk; they sort of slobber and stumble…Fools are in great demand, especially on social occasions. They embarrass everyone but provide material for conversation…Fools don’t claim that cats bark, but they talk about cats when everyone else is talking about dogs. They offend all the rules of conversation, and when they really offend, they’re magnificent. Morons never do the wrong thing. They get their reasoning wrong. Like the fellow who says that all dogs are pets and all dogs bark, and cats are pets, too, therefore cats bark. Morons will occasionally say something that’s right, but they say it for the wrong reason…A lunatic is easily recognized. He is a moron who doesn’t know the ropes. The moron proves his thesis; he has logic, however twisted it may be. The lunatic on the other hand, doesn’t concern himself at all with logic; he works by short circuits. For him, everything proves everything else. The lunatic is all idée fixe, and whatever he comes across confirms his lunacy. You can tell him by the liberties he takes with common sense, by his flashes of inspiration, and by the fact that sooner or later he brings up the Templars.There are lunatics who don’t bring up the Templars, but those who do are the most insidious. At first they seem normal, then all of a sudden…“ — Umberto Eco, Foucault’s Pendulum