tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35432200.post7460333571620421431..comments2023-08-15T02:44:29.807-06:00Comments on Joeholmanonline.com: The Best Seat in the House?Joe E. Holmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10273702675019012966noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35432200.post-27210686819662769192009-11-05T02:05:24.302-06:002009-11-05T02:05:24.302-06:00Hey Joe such a excellent read your post!, as per u...Hey Joe such a excellent read your post!, as per usual.<br /><br />I agree with Grace.."Very deep, and thought-provoking"<br /><br />Terri is very special,and has special talents none of us would really wish her to be without.<br /><br />Its so very true often of different folks in life.<br /><br />Thanks Joe.Gandolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02624178234332819107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35432200.post-27264057870876518012009-11-01T11:38:39.131-06:002009-11-01T11:38:39.131-06:00Happy "All Saints Day," Joe. :)Happy "All Saints Day," Joe. :)Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17018475588969974790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35432200.post-81840291906604839922009-10-31T05:53:16.018-06:002009-10-31T05:53:16.018-06:00a sociopathic Christian...just what the world need...a sociopathic Christian...just what the world needs!<br /><br />(JH)Joe E. Holmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10273702675019012966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35432200.post-62141670392918875952009-10-31T05:29:47.095-06:002009-10-31T05:29:47.095-06:00Maybe the man has mental health problems. It's...Maybe the man has mental health problems. It's hard to know what's going on with people just posting on these blogs.<br /><br />(Sometimes I wonder if it's the best thing for any of us.) Pros, and cons are there, I guess.<br /><br />Hope that Andrew/Goldstein is not claiming to be a follower of Jesus, though. :(Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17018475588969974790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35432200.post-90952663696320791312009-10-31T04:34:58.949-06:002009-10-31T04:34:58.949-06:00Joe, not only that but Goldstein is Andrew. I don&...Joe, not only that but Goldstein is Andrew. I don't know where he came from but he is so relentless as a stalker I wonder if he has a job and whether he's a fan of Holding.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35432200.post-47988838864547333882009-10-29T18:25:06.021-06:002009-10-29T18:25:06.021-06:00Grace, Andrew is a troll who was banned from John&...Grace, Andrew is a troll who was banned from John's blog because he says stupid things and doesn't even stay around to defend them. He never listens and always vents his hatred for atheists and using any sort of reason. He despises anything sensible. I ought to start doing comment moderation.<br /><br />I already explained what "nothing" meant, but he still doesn't know because he hasn't read the whole article and certainly not any of the comments. He's as good as retarded and worse than uninformed.<br /><br />(JH)Joe E. Holmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10273702675019012966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35432200.post-78850619100734005122009-10-29T17:06:16.589-06:002009-10-29T17:06:16.589-06:00I'm not able to follow your line of reasoning,...I'm not able to follow your line of reasoning, Andrew. Even if someone believes that we eventually cease to exist, the impact we make in life for good or bad still lives on after us.<br /><br />People can existentially choose to assign meaning, and significance for their own lives whether they are theists or not.<br /><br /> Some might even reason that if this life is all we have, it's best to live fully, and richly in the present time, and make a positive difference in the here, and now.<br /><br />Perhaps I'm misunderstanding, but <br />you make it seem that because someone is an atheist, they can have no positive value judgments to share, and life has no meaning.<br /><br />It's not true.Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17018475588969974790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35432200.post-4495798973066886682009-10-29T01:11:21.602-06:002009-10-29T01:11:21.602-06:00With Joe's kind of compliments, who needs frie...With Joe's kind of compliments, who needs friendship?<br /><br />His Straw Man argument about who is "something" and who is "nothing" is predicated on the assumption that, as an atheist, he is in a position to make any value judgments.<br /><br />He, of course, isn't. He has his opinions, others have theirs.<br /><br />You see, that even by his own assumptions, he has not shown, by societies standards, that she is "nothing".<br /><br />If you are going down that track, then to an atheist, we are all nothing.<br /><br />Since, no matter WHAT we accomplish, we will all end up dead and cease to exist.<br /><br />In a 1000 years, or maybe even a 100, or less, it will be as if none of us even ever existed.<br /><br />So, by that view, quite consistent with his atheism, you CAN say we are ALL nothing.<br /><br />You can pretend otherwise, as an atheist, but you know its true.Emanuel Goldsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02653303041185240250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35432200.post-45683747518229993542009-10-28T17:32:29.760-06:002009-10-28T17:32:29.760-06:00Goldstein,
You have definitely misunderstood wha...Goldstein, <br /><br />You have definitely misunderstood what Joe is trying to say. He's actually being affirming, and complimenting this woman. They're friends.<br /><br />Why so harsh? Apology is in order. Don't you think??Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17018475588969974790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35432200.post-11564734178801385792009-10-28T15:57:58.778-06:002009-10-28T15:57:58.778-06:00Goldstein said...
By societies standards she ...Goldstein said...<br /><br /><i> By societies standards she is "nothing"?<br /><br /> Who says?<br /><br /> You. And you are an atheist, who makes up your own standards.<br /><br /> You are an idiot.</i><br /><br />Me...<br /><br />Take out your crayons and draw, baby. <br /><br />She is "nothing" in the sense that she isn't an accomplished mover-and-shaker with an educational background, nor is she white-collar material. <br /><br />A business owner of a successful company who pays federal income tax and gives back would be "something," yes? Got it now?<br /><br />And what does any of this have to do with atheists "making up" standards? <br /><br />If I'm the idiot, I'd hate to find a word to describe your challenged intellect. <br /><br />(JH)Joe E. Holmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10273702675019012966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35432200.post-48845162619426629542009-10-28T15:34:45.034-06:002009-10-28T15:34:45.034-06:00You have a unique perception. Unlike Goldstein, I ...You have a unique perception. Unlike Goldstein, I don't consider you idiotic. I fully understand what you meant about societal standards with regard to people of varying abilities. <br />If these universal, observable standards were atheistic, we wouldn't be living with a religious majority.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35432200.post-69281142696435267682009-10-26T17:34:52.828-06:002009-10-26T17:34:52.828-06:00Very deep, and thought-provoking, Joe.
Terri soun...Very deep, and thought-provoking, Joe.<br /><br />Terri sounds like someone I would like to know.Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17018475588969974790noreply@blogger.com