Skinwalker banning Scifes unacceptable

i just wanted to get this quote of yours stating skinwalker is ignorant of the scientific method.
he might have both eyes on the same pair of tits but that doesn't make him ignorant of the scientific method.

my honest opinion? you should be banned for making such a ridiculous statement.

i feel the mod team made a correct assessment.
i believe asgaurd concurs.

 

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I never mentioned Skinwalker, only moderators. Anyway, at the risk of being banned for quoting a bit from a deleted post, here it is:
"the problem is that too few people truly understand the scientific method (I include moderators here); if you don't properly understand science, you can easily believe that something pseudoscientific is scientific and vice versa."

Scary huh?

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His carefree banning of people who disagree with him doesn't look good; one might be led to believe that he cares much less for testing hypothesis then simply throwing out the ones he disagrees with.

Ah, well, that explains a lot. I can easily imagine that you'd win the Palme D'or of worst moderator if only you were given the chance

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I suppose that settles that then eh?

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I suppose that settles that then eh?

Obviously.

 

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"Boldly stated, but I remain unconvinced"

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No one is trying to convice you, I mean it doesn't matter if you're convinced.

 

Oh dear, another "I hate the evil atheist mod" thread. Bored now.

 

There isn't anything scary about your quote. It is only the truth.

I think a dyed-in-the-wool atheist as moderator of a religion subforum is as fraught with bias as a religious fundie as moderator of an evolution subforum. Well, maybe not quite that bad...

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He made a rather untruthful accusation against me once because I was on the wrong side of an argument on ufos. It isn't such a stretch for me to believe that same person as moderator might be unfairly banning and deleting posts.

 

He's not speaking of religion nor the religious when he says "if you don't properly understand science, you can easily believe that something pseudoscientific is scientific and vice versa."

 

He never applies these standards to atheists. NEVER.

 

gets old after awhile eh?

 

You make a valid point.
However, to think that a topic about religion could and should be restricted to a cold, 3rd person, scientific analysis is a little unreasonable. Further, religion is within the Philosophy section. Philosophy generally dictates to science, not the other way around. While I understand that religion and philosophy are not necessarily the same thing, they overlap so much that to expect a discussion of either to stay within in the confines of "logic" or scientific reasoning (whatever defintion you care to choose) is unrealistic.

And that doesn't change the fact that an atheist moderating discussions about religion can't be trusted to be either fair or scientific.

 

A complete 'whine fest'. Skinwalker gave me an infraction once for an off-topic post where he deleted some posts in a thread and then when I asked in the thread where all the posts were I got an infraction and so bloody what! The moderation here is pretty good considering the variety of nuts in the bag. Too loose they whinge too strict and then there's more whinging about too much restriction. I really think some members take this place way too seriously

 

I properly took the statement at face value without ascribing it to any persons or topics in particular.
You wisely deleted your reference to Scott's "obsession".

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Didn't want to open that bag of worms again

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i used to think the same thing, until i came to the following conclusion:
we are talking about religion as a subset of philosophy on a science board.

 

If enough people find a moderator's actions to be biased and fickle, starting a thread such as this is a good idea.

BTW I personally have no experience with him as a mod, so I have nothing to say on a personal level. I'm just commenting on other persons' remarks.

 

Can of worms it may be. Dunno. I remember discussions of that sort you were referring to.

I personally didn't think it had anything to do with his quote, though.

 

whether you realize it or not the above quote of yours makes everything you've said about skinwalker nothing more than your embellished opinion.