Have I offended anyone?

just use alot of emoticons

Dean wrote: You are a person with very strong convictions, however, you do give the surface impression of someone who reads a book and swallows the content whole, then takes that as a new crusade that will be the general panacea for all. I have an enquiring and sceptical mind that doesn't accept one account of something as being the general proof so my replies and posts in response to this are my attempt to probe your understanding and knowledge for my own benefit - to test the veracity of your claims if you like, but not to question your convictions or understanding - your posts are just another source of information to my own knowledge pool. In most things I tend to agree with the gist of what you say, but not perhaps the methods you use, the conclusions you draw or the belief that everyone should adopt your new "faith". (I don't really think that you want everyone to follow or agree with you, but that is the impression you give in your replies to peoples replies). Offended? No, not me.

Well, in that case I guess I should work on my phrasing ... indeed I don't want to convince people or simply get them to agree with me. Especially with that dieting thread I was really hoping to get a discussion going about the theories that I endorse. I wouldn't call them "faith" in this particular case ... the theories are sound, and much of the details have been in medical textbooks for years. But of course the decision to make a major change in your diet although the "Conventional Wisdom" (as Mark Sisson refers to it in Primal Blueprint) disagrees ... I guess you could say that it requires a leap of faith at least to some extent.

Mr. ProgFreak wrote:   As to ProgFreak ... it's a great site and one you should be proud of (it's not for me since I don't like rating and reviewing - for me music is just for listening to) - I have returned to it recently for Crossover evaluations as Olav is a "fan" (and the volume of suggestions is too much for any other tracking system).

Indeed, Olaf is a heavy contributor. You say that you don't like rating and reviewing ... you could still use the playlist service though, and once or twice let us know about an album that you listened to. Throughout the last year I've been working hard to remove dependencies at PF ... you can use the playlist without rating, you can rate without assigning tags, you can assign tags but not rate an album etc..

But if you choose not to: It's no big deal for me. I'll just try to improve the system so that more people might start to use it by themselves.

^ I've met a few people over the years who say that they categorically won't tell others what they listen to ... I don't understand that mind set, but I accept that it exists.

^ that's one of the reasons why I don't maintain my Last.fm profile any more ... it still logs what I play, but I much prefer the PF way (naturally) by which I simply add an interesting album that I listened to to my playlist. The advantage compared to a forum thread is that the information is stored structurally. For example, when you add an album and tag it "Eclectic Prog Rock", it will automatically add the artist as a suggestion for the appropriate team. It also only takes a few moments to do that, so it's not like you have to decide whether you use PF or any other method.

offended? no, not really. but certainly annoyed at times. this only refers to threads in which the existence of God was discussed, and some of your remarks in that regard were a bit down the nose, in the vein of  "well, you are a nice woman Jean, but a bit daft when it comes to the existence of God". I did not really feel offended though

Mike!

You're an intelligent person, great orator and great contributor...and I'm not talking about the website of yours, which is an entire galaxy that deserves credit...I'm talking about you as a person..it's always great to have you around (and I have to admit, even if I sometimes disagree with you, most of the time I like your 'train of thoughts').

Thanks for all the support (and/or criticism)!

BTW: Of course I'll continue to irritate people ...

I kind of think if you're not offending someone you're not doing something right. 

stonebeard wrote: First thing is you shouldn't worry about offending people sometimes. Chances are, you'd be a very boring person if you did. I personally joke about almost everything on here, and If people get offended at "f**k" and occasional crudeness then they've got a bushel of sticks up their ass. Anyway, I should say that it's almost impossible to have a discussion on religion without offending anyone. It's even impossibler to take the position of of a hardcore, unflinching science guy. You're bound to irritate some people.

I have said  it a thousand times, and I will repeat it a thousand times if necessary: there is no contradiction at all in being a "hardcore, unflinching science guy" and believing in God. on the contrary, my belief in and understanding of, in essence my "concept" of God is a very scientific one


Edited by BaldJean - April 01 2010 at 14:16

Oh no, no, no, not another thread about religion! You stop it now!

Let's rather talk about the need for fat and sugar in a honest diet.