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To: Greg or e who wrote (62461)11/11/2014 11:57:13 AM
From: 2MAR$  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 69300
 
Acting Out. the "hate game". Overreacting to issues by emotional outbursts rather than rational & temperate thought.

This is a rather common tactic for immature fundamental Christians. Throwing emotional sewage at others rather than using reason apparently makes them feel good about themselves. Therefore there are a LOT of fundamental Christian games in this category. If you think one belongs elsewhere, or that I have missed one, please let me know.
A01 (10). Sinscreaming. The "You horrible sinners are going to HELL!" argument. Apparently fundamental Christians think this can make up for a lack of a rational response. This is also known as the "Volume and repetition are always a substitute for facts and logic." game. The fundamental Christian blithely ignores all the facts presented and just continues sinscreaming.

A02 (13). The "imploding fundamental Christian" gambit involves nonstop insult and obscenity laced messages, used to show that he is at the end of his rope and is completely irrational and unable to defend his opinions.

A03 (17). The "HOC maneuver." It's going ballistic prematurely, aggressively, and seemingly without reason, against a new poster with the intention of chasing the other person away. Usually the other guy never gets a chance to talk before he's hounded out of the space.

A04 (37). "The Tourette syndrome." Maybe if I use a bunch of foul language to describe what Jesus said, and spew a bit more hate and raw bigotry, no one will notice that I don't have a valid response.

A05 (51). The "he who yells the loudest, is the rightest" ploy. This normally involves putting their entire post in caps, perhaps with artificially enlarged text.

A06 (91). "Snapping". In this game, the fundamental Christian will send post after mindless post after post to someone who has blown him away in debate saying: "Why don't you respond?" What he hopes no one notices is that the poster has ALREADY answered numerous times, and that the fundamental Christian has changed the recipient of the posts to be "all" or himself, so the original poster may never see what he says.

A07 (105). "I don't have to apologize for standing up against depravity." This fundamental Christian game is being so abusive against another poster that even some of the other fundamental Christians think he has crossed the line. When this is pointed out, the fundamental Christian merely becomes even more incensed that anyone should think that he should diminish the viciousness of his posts.

A08 (136). "You are a liberal and hate America!" In this rather mindless game, the fundamental Christian starts foaming at the mouth about "liberals" as if that suddenly made nonexistent facts come to his aid. It is really merely another attempt to detract attention from his inability to support his opinions.

A09 (142). "Shoot the Messenger". In this game a fundamental Christian's favorite reasons for hating people are thoroughly refuted by actual in-context quotes from the Bible. Rather than address the actual scriptures he doesn't like, the fundamental Christian will do his best to slander the person who proved that he was wrong.

A10 (149). "Bury the facts in excrement" In this fundamental Christian game, after a fundamental Christian has received a rebuttal of his position that is so compelling that even he knows he is wrong, the fundamental Christian will start a flurry of one-line meaningless messages composed entirely of fluff and/or insults. The purpose of THIS game is to bury the rebuttal so deep in the thread that no one will be able to find it in the midst of all the garbage.

A11 (162). "If you can't do, teach. If you can't teach either, then just criticize" The fast majority of fundamental Christians are incapable of either doing anything rational or teaching, so mindless criticism is all they have to fall back on.

A12 (204). "Gang bang time!" When confronted by proof that their hate-filled messages are not supported by the Scriptures they claim to follow, fundamental Christians will start a rational discussion to determine the truth -- NOT! <g> Instead they work in mass to engage in an unrelenting personal assault, spewing venom and ridicule at the person who has proven them wrong. They hope they can drive him away since clearly they can't match wits with him.