Show 61 with Matt Slick [now on youtube]

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Show 61 with Matt Slick [now on youtube]

'Jesus Christ'.  I just listened to both Show 61 with Matt Slick (carm.org) and Show 60 with Greg Cooper (Christian Intervention).

Those are the worst guests I've ever heard Sticking out tongue.  Matt Slick is a complete moron.  Someone would ask a question and then someone else would clarify or just add their 2 cents and he would go on for like 10 minutes about how he can't respond to multiple people, or that someone is interrupting.  Or my favorite:  He would say that you guys were having a "Scholar War" and then someone would explain for several minutes why you weren't and when he spoke again he would say that you guys are having a "Scholar War".  Again and Again.  

Greg Cooper didn't understand circular reasoning or any other logical fallacies and just tried to witness the whole time.

Those shows made me angry.  People are so fucking stupid. 

 


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Yes people are stupid! That is why I don't really bother trying to debate anyone anymore unless they agree to come to some sort of conclusion. Most of the time they run away to apologetics and other excuses.

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I agree that Matt Slick was

I agree that Matt Slick was definitely the worst guest ever - even worse than the wacko (this was a very early show) from MySpace who thinks he is Jesus. Matt Slick refused to answer questions and just cried like a bitch the whole time. What a loser.



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I mean... it's a little

I mean... it's a little suspicious that you guys aren't even trying to contest this very prominently written rebuttal.

Are his arguments, perhaps, stronger than you would like to admit?

Q: Why didn't you address (post x) that I made in response to you nine minutes ago???

A: Because I have (a) a job, (b) familial obligations, (c) social obligations, and (d) probably a lot of other atheists responded to the same post you did, since I am practically the token Christian on this site now. Be patient, please.


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I listened to that show. He

I listened to that show. He was a crybaby. He made no valid arguments and all he did was whine that the squad didn't debate the way he wanted. Worst. Guest. Ever.

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MattShizzle wrote:I listened

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I listened to that show. He was a crybaby. He made no valid arguments and all he did was whine that the squad didn't debate the way he wanted. Worst. Guest. Ever.

Are you writing this BEFORE or AFTER reading his side of the story?

Here you go: http://www.carm.org/atheism/rrsquad.htm

Q: Why didn't you address (post x) that I made in response to you nine minutes ago???

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I read it. AND I listened to

I read it. AND I listened to the actual show. He's full of shit. They catered to that fucktard. They tried everything. As soon as they'd get the better of him (right away) he'd have some butthurt complaint about how the debate was done. It was actually a boring show because he had no way of defending his position no matter what. All he did was bitch.  They were way too easy on him. I would have been playing the sound of a crying baby and talking to him in baby talk "Oh whats the matter. Doesn't baby get catered to by letting him say whatever baby wants without responding?" They were WAY too easy on him I thought. People like him like the style of formal debate because they know how to manipulate it dishonestly.

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MattShizzle wrote:I read it.

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I read it. AND I listened to the actual show. He's full of shit. They catered to that fucktard. They tried everything. As soon as they'd get the better of him (right away) he'd have some butthurt complaint about how the debate was done. It was actually a boring show because he had no way of defending his position no matter what. All he did was bitch.  They were way too easy on him. I would have been playing the sound of a crying baby and talking to him in baby talk "Oh whats the matter. Doesn't baby get catered to by letting him say whatever baby wants without responding?" They were WAY too easy on him I thought. People like him like the style of formal debate because they know how to manipulate it dishonestly.

"Formal debate". As in, debate without getting interrupted every ten seconds? Would that have been too "formal"?

Yes, I suppose people like Matt -people with actual arguments to make- do like "formal debate".

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A: Because I have (a) a job, (b) familial obligations, (c) social obligations, and (d) probably a lot of other atheists responded to the same post you did, since I am practically the token Christian on this site now. Be patient, please.


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Such as?

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...  -people with actual arguments to make- ...

Example please?

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This is bad press for the RRS.

No it's not, it's great press.

If it's such bad press... wtf are you doing here?  Shouldn't you want to leave now?  Surely you wouldn't want to debate us now knowing the shit coming out of slicks ass like we value "method over substance."   Wait, you did say something about debating us!  Why? 

 

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It's posted on one of the most heavily frequented Christian websites in the USA.

Excellent!  Would've never thought that show would help us so much!

 

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Has anyone considered writing an article in rebuttal, in case someone decides to research the claims he makes?

No.  Matt died a slow death in that show, his article is his attempt to save face.  Subscribers and those that have heard it are in the know. 

Here's little snips from the listeners on Matt Slick...

"Matt Slick is a complete moron.  Someone would ask a question and then someone else would clarify or just add their 2 cents and he would go on for like 10 minutes about how he can't respond to multiple people, or that someone is interrupting.  Or my favorite:  He would say that you guys were having a "Scholar War" and then someone would explain for several minutes why you weren't and when he spoke again he would say that you guys are having a "Scholar War".  Again and Again. " - Systemnate

"I agree that Matt Slick was definitely the worst guest ever - even worse than the wacko (this was a very early show) from MySpace who thinks he is Jesus. Matt Slick refused to answer questions and just cried like a bitch the whole time. What a loser." - MattShizzle

 

Another thread with thoughts from the Matt Slick show.

"I thought Matt Slick was immature."  - American Atheist

"I'm sorry to say I didn't hear the Matt Slick show.  However, given the history I've had with Slick I doubt it was very intellectually stimulating.  I debated with Matt when he first started up his website.  He relies heavily on the insults, ad hominems and censorship.  He isn't terribly bright or educated but there's no such requirement to be a bible thumping fundy.  Needless to say I'd love to hear it for the entertainment value." - D-Cubed

"Matt Slick got annoying and rude to the point where you hung up on him. that was pretty funny. all through the shows rook PWNed and once again the Rational Responders have succeeded!" - SAVAGEone

 

"I only heard the Matt not-so-Slick debate. Basically he was a joke, he turned into a parody of himself IMO.

Brian I do hope you dub in wind howling/dog barking/church bell tolling in the background, during the bit's where he was waiting to respond even when you muted the rest of the RRS. That would be hilarious Laughing"   Klarky

 

"The Matt Slick show was damned entertaining, and at the same time incredibly depressing. If every really devout theist is as irrational and as nonsensical as Matt Slick, I really can't see reason ever winning out at least in this generation. And I didn't think Matt was being dishonest. He sounded like he really convinced himself of his own BS. This guy refuses to acknowledge experts or knowledge in any way, calling it opinion. And he's so backwards in his thinking that he only asked if you wanted to hear his evidence or sources rhetorically because he actually believed you wouldn't be interested in that. Rook showed far greater knowledge of scriptural history, and he refused to accept it or even admit that he didn't know everything and agree to look up Rook's facts for himself. He dodged so much I don't think he satisfactorily answered one question. He devoted plenty of time that could have been spent arguing his case, whining about how persecuted he wanted to believe he was. And he bitched that the show wasn't in the format of his liking. I'm embarrassed as a human being that people actually admired this guy enough to insist you interview him. And you said it yourself at the end of the show that even an undisciplined Christian is better at defending Christianity than this douche or Caner for that matter. I know you guys wanted to like Caner but he made just as much sense as this dumbass. They've got their minds so far up their own asses that the can't even see the forest from the trees anymore and are completely incapable of intelligent, rational thought. " - Amodestproposal


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Mr. Slick on the RRS

A prominent apologist by the name of Matt Slick debated the RRS on their radio show last year (June 2, 2007). He was apparently upset by the way he was treated, and wrote an article in response: http://www.carm.org/atheism/rrsquad.htm

This is bad press for the RRS. It's posted on one of the most heavily frequented Christian websites in the USA. Has anyone considered writing an article in rebuttal, in case someone decides to research the claims he makes?

Q: Why didn't you address (post x) that I made in response to you nine minutes ago???

A: Because I have (a) a job, (b) familial obligations, (c) social obligations, and (d) probably a lot of other atheists responded to the same post you did, since I am practically the token Christian on this site now. Be patient, please.


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Matt Slick: Method over Substance

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A prominent apologist by the name of Matt Slick debated the RRS on their radio show last year (June 2, 2007).

Were you replying to me?  I was looking more for one of his "good arguments."  I am sure one of our members can point you to where they have been discussed thoroughly before.  If not, discuss them in a new thread.

I find it odd that his RRS article is titled "RRS: method over substance," but when he was on the show, Matt seemed to complain more about the method than address the substance, more so than most of the theists that the RRS has interviewed.  Being a "prominent apologist," I would have expected that he would have been better able to handle the format of handling four atheists with their own backgrounds better than other RRS show guests.  But this was not the case because it seemed that Matt used methods to avoid addressing the substance.  So it seems more appropriate for an article about the show to be called "Matt Slick: method over substance."

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The best part of that show

The best part of that show was when Matt was trying to address my claims for the late dating of Luke, and he said something like, "I can get a guy on the phone right now, I don't know if he is still alive, but he'll tell you you're wrong." - Poor Matt.  This was right after I exposed his source, William Albright, had been dead for thirty years.  He tried to use Redating the New Testament, which was written decades ago, and which Albright never revised in spite of its ill-received status even upon publication (he was laughed at for it).  Matt could not bring up a single source for his position that the New Testament should be dated before the year 70.  He was truly one of the silliest apologists I've had the pleasure of debating.  Ergun Caner was at least goodly enough to admit he had to fact-check his sources, admitted he didn't know.  Pathetic, Matt, and dishonest. 

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He really was an asshat.

He really was an asshat. That show sucked - it was so bad because even the RRS couldn't help when the guest is that stupid - kind of like when MST3K was on - some movies were so horrible even they couldn't help it.  I would have almost thought listening to that show that Matt Slick was an atheist trying to make Christians look bad. Unfortunately we don't need to do that. He epic failed.

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If I recall correctly, that

If I recall correctly, that was one of THE funniest shows there are.  Constantly accusing the RRS of things he himself was guilty of on a ratio of 4:1!  Everything he accused the RRS of doing he did four times as much as them at LEAST.  You can't possibly get more hypocritical than that.

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Presuppositionalist wrote:A

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A prominent apologist by the name of Matt Slick debated the RRS on their radio show last year (June 2, 2007). He was apparently upset by the way he was treated, and wrote an article in response: http://www.carm.org/atheism/rrsquad.htm

There are prominent apologists and then there is Matt Slick.  Perhaps you ought to find one of those prominent apologists and have them on the show.  Slick is perhaps a "prominent apologist" among those who fancy themselves intelligent but can't argue their way out of a jello mold.

Slick was a guest a few times on an Oregon radio show as an apparent cult expert.  He called himself an expert therefore, in the fundy realm, that's enough of a qualification.  His definition of a cult was anything that didn't match his brand of Christianity.

Tell you what, the moment Matt has a decent argument to make then perhaps he would be worthy of wasting some time for.  Until then, he's about as brilliant as this guy: http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/14590


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I was going to jump in on

I was going to jump in on this but I fugured Presup probably hadn't listened to the show.

Thanks folks for coming in on this.

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thingy wrote:If I recall

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If I recall correctly, that was one of THE funniest shows there are.  Constantly accusing the RRS of things he himself was guilty of on a ratio of 4:1!  Everything he accused the RRS of doing he did four times as much as them at LEAST.  You can't possibly get more hypocritical than that.

5:1?

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JillSwift wrote:thingy

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thingy wrote:

If I recall correctly, that was one of THE funniest shows there are.  Constantly accusing the RRS of things he himself was guilty of on a ratio of 4:1!  Everything he accused the RRS of doing he did four times as much as them at LEAST.  You can't possibly get more hypocritical than that.

5:1?

1. Don't remember if everyone was there.

2. Wasn't there points where Brian shut off the mikes on their end to give Slick uninterrupted time (that he wasted complaining)?

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jcgadfly wrote:2. Wasn't

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2. Wasn't there points where Brian shut off the mikes on their end to give Slick uninterrupted time (that he wasted complaining)?

Yes he was whining about us interrupting (without validity), and so I told him I'd turn all the mikes off, as I did it he took the time to bitch about how we were treating him.  

There was more to that, I'll make the show a free download...

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jcgadfly wrote:

2. Wasn't there points where Brian shut off the mikes on their end to give Slick uninterrupted time (that he wasted complaining)?

Yes he was whining about us interrupting (without validity), and so I told him I'd turn all the mikes off, as I did it he took the time to bitch about how we were treating him.  

There was more to that, I'll make the show a free download...

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CRASH

This whole thing was a trainwreck and yes, there was fault on both sides.

That said, Kelly hit the bull's eye (BOOM! Headshot!) when she pointed out that you cannot insist that varying competing scholarly views cancel each other out and therefore we "stick with the text."

Why? Because the integrity, source and formation of the text is the very point of contention. Classic question-begging, in other words.

Christians - and believers in general, really - just cannot accept this. Even the so-called modern, "reasonable" ones cannot help but put their sacred scrolls (Planet of the Apes reference intended) above and apart from any other kind of historical document.

Because, for them, scriptures are NOT historical documents. They are special, different... divine.

I wish believers would just be up front about that. It would save so much time.

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The asshat should have been

The asshat should have been muted when he was interrupting.

 

BTW it seemed like Slick did at least 75% of the talking. He seemed to think he should have been able to give an hour and a half sermon rather than an actual discussion.

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Sapient wrote:Yes he was

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Yes he was whining about us interrupting (without validity), and so I told him I'd turn all the mikes off, as I did it he took the time to bitch about how we were treating him.

There was more to that, I'll make the show a free download...

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I stopped listening to the MP3 after 26 minutes, when Rook tried to address Matt's claim about the number of available manuscripts suitable for correcting scribal errors and Matt was trying to dodge the question, then proceeding to whine and make accusations of what amounts to aural-gangrape (without validity). He acted like a spoiled child and I couldn't stand anymore of his douchebaggery.

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Did he ever formally invite

Did he ever formally invite Kelly on his show or was he just blowing smoke?


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Visual_Paradox wrote:Sapient

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Sapient wrote:
Yes he was whining about us interrupting (without validity), and so I told him I'd turn all the mikes off, as I did it he took the time to bitch about how we were treating him.

There was more to that, I'll make the show a free download...

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I stopped listening to the MP3 after 26 minutes, when Rook tried to address Matt's claim about the number of available manuscripts suitable for correcting scribal errors and Matt was trying to dodge the question, then proceeding to whine and make accusations of what amounts to aural-gangrape (without validity). He acted like a spoiled child and I couldn't stand anymore of his douchebaggery.

Aw man, you should keep listening!  It gets so much better! 

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After listening again to a

After listening again to a few of the old shows, I can say Matt Slick was easily the most ignorant guest ever on the show. I was going to argue that Laura Ingraham (that retarded cunt) came close, but she was technically never a guest on the show.

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MattShizzle wrote:Did he

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Did he ever formally invite Kelly on his show or was he just blowing smoke?

He did invite her on the show, and she accepted his invitation. I actually had the pleasure of hearing the show the first time around, and a recording of it may still be on Mr. Slick's blog (he saves the particularly funny ones). She really began to lose footing when Slick realized that she was being prompted off-mic by the rest of the team. After he pointed that out, she began losing confidence and her arguments got a lot worse really quickly. (I guess they stopped feeding her script after that?)

Mr. Slick records his account of the show in the article I posted above. I know most of you won't believe the article, because a theist wrote it, so I'm just providing this for the open minds. It seems like a more-or-less accurate rendition of what happened, though he is a little too charitable I think:

On June 15, 2007 I had Kelly, one of the four(?) in the "rational response squad", on my radio show.  I tried to treat her with respect and when she would interrupt, I let her finish her statements.  Of course, the interruptions with both ways but it was obvious that she tried to dominate the conversation -- at least for the first part of the show.

At one point, she was being coached by someone (I think it was Brian Sapient, though I'm not sure).  I responded about her being coached and that I was willing to have him on my radio show anytime in the future to discuss Christianity and atheism.  I don't recall any further interruptions or coaching after that point and he certainly did not take me up on the offer.

http://www.carm.org/atheism/rrsquad.htm

Mr. Slick has also devised a way of reciprocating the allegedly "fair" treatment he was given on the RRS show. He concludes his article with this challenge to Mr. Sapient:

I would like to get Brian Sapient, the apparent head of the squad, to engage myself and three other Christian apologists simultaneously.  This would be the same arrangement, except reversed, that he likes to work in when tackling Christians.  I figure that if it is okay for him to be on the giving end, then he shouldn't have any problem being on the receiving end.  Fair is fair, right?  If he says he doesn't want to waste his time because we don't have anything good to offer, and/or that I (and my fellow apologists) would be easy to refute, then that's all the more reason for him to accept since we would be so easily defeated.  So, why pass up such a great opportunity if believing in God is such an obvious mental delusion?  The challenge is out there. I await his reply.

I wonder if Sapient will take him up on that. Somehow, I suspect that Mr. Sapient will decline, tacitly admitting that FOUR ON ONE is not a fair fight. Somehow, I suspect that Mr. Sapient will be content to let the exchange stop where it is, never engaging Mr. Slick himself. Well actually I can do a good bit more than "suspect", since Matt Slick's article has been out for about a year now and Sapient has failed to respond.

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jcgadfly wrote:Any bets

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Any bets Presup still won't listen to the show?

I listened to it. I'll say two things.

1. I took notes, and Mr. Slick didn't lose anything. Not a single issue. They may have dragged him off certain issues before he was done with them, but he never lost any. The only things that might possibly have been interpreted as "losses" were the many times the RRS interrupted him to change the topic before he was done, so anything you're interpreting as a loss is more likely just evidence of the RRS's rampant interrupting and impoliteness. As evidence, I submit that Mr. Slick had already written lengthy rebuttals to every single point made by the RRS on his website, www.carm.org, before the debate even began. It's insane to suggest that he just forgot all of these articles he wrote. It's much more likely that the RRS interrupted him enough that he couldn't get the information out.

2. By Sapient's own admission, the tape is edited. He comes on the tape near the end of the recording, and admits it's edited. What was cut out? What was put in? Draw your own conclusions, people.

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MattShizzle wrote:The asshat

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The asshat should have been muted when he was interrupting.

 

BTW it seemed like Slick did at least 75% of the talking. He seemed to think he should have been able to give an hour and a half sermon rather than an actual discussion.

Hmm, that's funny. By Sapient's account, Matt got significantly less time than the RRS (listen toward the end of the show where Sapient admits to editing the tape).

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The asshat should have been muted when he was interrupting.

 

BTW it seemed like Slick did at least 75% of the talking. He seemed to think he should have been able to give an hour and a half sermon rather than an actual discussion.

Hmm, that's funny. By Sapient's account, Matt got significantly less time than the RRS (listen toward the end of the show where Sapient admits to editing the tape).

I edit every tape, however I believe the time was counted by a listener.  Someone point out the minute marks, including you presuper.


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no no no, its the delusionals that crack me up. . .

my fav show is still the where ms kels was fooled by the fake thest group. . . i forget their name but ms kels was pissed. . . she didnt know they werent real. . . she got so mad. . . .i was scared for you guys in the room when you revealed that they were like the bible, complete fiction. . .

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That one was funny. I

That one was funny. I realized about the same time she did it was a parody.


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 I'm about halfway through,

I'm about halfway through, and so far all I've heard from Matt was a lot of incompetent hillbilly bumbling, extreme butt-hurt, and logical fallacies.

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Two-thirds through. Does Slick have a learning disability?

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magilum wrote:Two-thirds

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Two-thirds through. Does Slick have a learning disability?

I think he refers to it as some sort of disability interpreting what's being said, an auditory problem.  I forget what he officially refers to it as, but nevertheless he's obviously not the sharpest tool in the shed.  Unless you consider weaving a dishonest con game as sharp.

 


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Sapient wrote:I think he

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I think he refers to it as some sort of disability interpreting what's being said, an auditory problem.  I forget what he officially refers to it as
"Selective Hearing"


 

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I like the part where Kelly

I like the part where Kelly is trying to give him an advice on how to have a "friendly discourse" while sapient says twice "yeah, man the fuck up" at about 5 seconds later when Matt responds Sapient screams "why are you interrupting! Stop interrupting!!!!!!!! CHRIST!!" - Friendly discourse? holy cow

 

Classic RRS


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This is my second time

This is my second time hearing this, but it was a while ago. I noticed that virtually nothing was discussed on that show. Matt was right with his comment about the scholar war. He kept accusing you guys of doing the scholar war thing like 3 times and after EACH one Rook kept talking about scholars refuting, and how the scholars say. Classic.

 


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Pathofreason wrote:Yes

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Yes people are stupid! That is why I don't really bother trying to debate anyone anymore unless they agree to come to some sort of conclusion. Most of the time they run away to apologetics and other excuses.

 

What? Debate only exists among those who have different conclusions! Holy cow, you're the Co-Founder of a site called "the pathofreason" holy smokes.


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johnwave wrote:This is my

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This is my second time hearing this, but it was a while ago. I noticed that virtually nothing was discussed on that show. Matt was right with his comment about the scholar war. He kept accusing you guys of doing the scholar war thing like 3 times and after EACH one Rook kept talking about scholars refuting, and how the scholars say. Classic.

And Matt Slick's knowledge of scholarship seems to be limited to those who died thirty years ago, or those he can get on the phone now (who might be dead).  Seriously, you really think Matt had something?  You cannot read the Bible as a serious student without consulting scholarship.  There is simply no way.  Otherwise, you are reading without the knowledge of modern historical methods and evidence-based research.  Like Matt did in the show, he is arguing with faith-based apologetics.  Imagine if you drive into a gas station, but instead of filling it with Gas you filled the tank with water from a water bottle.  Your excuse for this is "Well water is better than gas, so it should work."  This is a complete disregard for science and the mechanics of chemistry and physics that explain how your car uses gas to run the engine and propel it in a forward motion.  This is no different than Matt just idly waving off modern historical inferences into the Bible.  He is interested in interpreting the Bible as he sees fit, not as the authors intended it to be read.  Do you see a difference, or do I have to spell it out for you monosyllabically?

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about 5 seconds later when Matt responds Sapient screams "why are you interrupting! Stop interrupting!!!!!!!! CHRIST!!" -

I think that part was Rook.  I would never talk to my good friend Matt like that!


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Rook, John-boy doesn't need

Rook, John-boy doesn't need that heathen "scholarship". He's got Matt and his Jesus.


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Did he ever formally invite Kelly on his show or was he just blowing smoke?

He did invite her on the show, and she accepted his invitation. I actually had the pleasure of hearing the show the first time around, and a recording of it may still be on Mr. Slick's blog (he saves the particularly funny ones). She really began to lose footing when Slick realized that she was being prompted off-mic by the rest of the team. After he pointed that out, she began losing confidence and her arguments got a lot worse really quickly. (I guess they stopped feeding her script after that?)...(other bullshit)

I believe I addressed this in the thread entitled Kelly, why do you debate twits like Matt Slick? Oh, and them "feeding me a script" was Brian telling me where I could find evidence for ONE point that I made. That said,


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johnwave wrote:This is my

johnwave wrote:

This is my second time hearing this, but it was a while ago. I noticed that virtually nothing was discussed on that show. Matt was right with his comment about the scholar war. He kept accusing you guys of doing the scholar war thing like 3 times and after EACH one Rook kept talking about scholars refuting, and how the scholars say. Classic. 

If Matt had his way he'd spend an entire show arguing about Lamarkian theory of evolution and how presenting the theory of natural selection is a scholar war.  Or I suppose, if you want to go the biblical route, Matt will still present refuted scholars who think Egyptian pyramids were built with slave labor.

Matt is an intellectual lightweight.  A skidmark in a teenager's underwear could out debate him but Matt would still whine about how the skidmark is beating up on him.


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Damn... this one show is

Damn... this show is golden! One of the best, gotta have him on again.

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zack wrote:Damn... this one

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Damn... this one show is golden! One of the best, gotta have him on again.

"My name is BORG"!@!!!!! YES!

Borg?  Ok, I'll call you Borg. 

 

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Lmfao, this show... I lay in

Lmfao, this show... I lay in my bed with the speakers on listening to your shows sometimes and i was literally rolling that shit was so funny.

Brian: "Please, answer the question."
2 second pause

Matt: "The only way the rubber is going to meet the road is if you quit attacking me."

Jesus titty fucking christ, that was the bomb.

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A few suggestions...

Of all the internet radio shows I've listened to you guys may be the worst hosts. And here's why...

  • 1. You guys were disrespectful toward Matt.
  • 2. You were condescending.
  • 3. You wouldn't let him finish talking - sure, at times he interrupted you guys; but that was nothing compared to what you guys did to him. Matt was much more patient and logical. And unlike some of you, he actually did want to deal with what you guys said.
  • 4. You were way out of your element - might I suggest you get someone who knows what they're really talking about? Rook Hawkins did more spins and dodges than a child at dodgeball. Maybe putting Richard Carrier against Matt Slick would have been useful.
  • 5. You guys were immature - Honestly, you guys were not professional at all.

 

Here's some suggestions I hope you guys can take:

  • 1. Don't use profanity - it makes you guys seem unprofessional.
  • 2. Be patient with your guests - Let him finish speaking. Matt came on your show on good faith, the least you can do is have his full say.
  • 3. Try to ask questions in an orderly fashion - maybe it would be better if only one person hosts the show. Having 4 people against 1 is quite a cowardly action. And when Kelly went on Matt's show it was so much more better and easier to listen to without everybody talking at once.
  • 4. Don't filibuster - Rook maybe you should try listening to Matt for a change instead of trying to talk over him all the time. I can't believe you hesitated to define "redaction." You almost sounded silly when you conceded that the manuscript copies had errors in them.
  • 5. Don't ridicule - You guys did that during the show and you guys are doing that in this forum.

 

If you guys don't follow these suggestions, good luck trying to get more theists on your show.


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Why should they let him

Why should they let him spout bullshit for 90 minutes without responding? And when did he actually answer anything rather than bitching? Even when they muted the microphones all he did was cry. They were not nearly harsh enough on him. Howard Stern and such would be calling him a crybaby and playing recordings of babies crying every time he talked. They were way more patient and respectful to him than he deserved. You want to see disrespectful and not letting somewhat talk, look at what that bitch (retarded cunt) Laura Ingraham did when Brian was on the show - she muted him most of the show, kept changing the question and was otherwise totally dishonest. When Kelly was on that fuckwad's show she was sick.

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walter_asbury wrote:4. You

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4. You were way out of your element - might I suggest you get someone who knows what they're really talking about? Rook Hawkins did more spins and dodges than a child at dodgeball. Maybe putting Richard Carrier against Matt Slick would have been useful.

Would you like to come on the show and see how useful I am?

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4. Don't filibuster - Rook maybe you should try listening to Matt for a change instead of trying to talk over him all the time. I can't believe you hesitated to define "redaction." You almost sounded silly when you conceded that the manuscript copies had errors in them.

What are you talking about?  I wrote a whole blog article about the redaktiongeschichte schule of the early nineteenth and twentieth centuries in my blog.  I'm more familiar with their flaws and usefulness than I'm sure Matt is.  His discussion of the manuscript values was pathetic.  He tried to pull the "5000 manuscripts exist to verify the tradition" line.  Except according to the NA27, the authority, only 6 date from before the third century, and they are badly beaten and poor in quality.  The earliest actual codices we have date to the fourth century CE, at the behest of Constantine's order that, what was it...something like 20 copies of the Christian bible be copied by scribes?  Probably the two codices we have from that period (Sinaiticus and Vaticanus) come from that period.  90+% of the manuscripts we have are miniscules which date the ninth century or later.  Do you really want to go down this road with me?  I am more than willing to discuss this with you on the show live, but I don't think you have the balls.  Offer is on the table.

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walter_asbury wrote:Of all

walter_asbury wrote:

Of all the internet radio shows I've listened to you guys may be the worst hosts. And here's why...

  • 1. You guys were disrespectful toward Matt.
  • 2. You were condescending.

 

When speaking to a child, can a person be faulted for stooping a bit?

walter_asbury wrote:

 

  • 3. You wouldn't let him finish talking - sure, at times he interrupted you guys; but that was nothing compared to what you guys did to him. Matt was much more patient and logical. And unlike some of you, he actually did want to deal with what you guys said.

 

They muted their own mics to accommodate him, and Slick used that time for persecuted hand-wringing.

walter_asbury wrote:

 

  • 4. You were way out of your element - might I suggest you get someone who knows what they're really talking about? Rook Hawkins did more spins and dodges than a child at dodgeball. Maybe putting Richard Carrier against Matt Slick would have been useful.

 

I bow to the king of metaphors.

walter_asbury wrote:

 

  • 5. You guys were immature - Honestly, you guys were not professional at all.

 

You smell like poached catfish.

walter_asbury wrote:

Here's some suggestions I hope you guys can take:

  • 1. Don't use profanity - it makes you guys seem unprofessional.

 

Fuck you, cunt.

walter_asbury wrote:

 

  • 2. Be patient with your guests - Let him finish speaking. Matt came on your show on good faith, the least you can do is have his full say.

 

LOL. I'd call his being slighted your second most powerful delusion I know of.

walter_asbury wrote:

 

  • 3. Try to ask questions in an orderly fashion - maybe it would be better if only one person hosts the show. Having 4 people against 1 is quite a cowardly action. And when Kelly went on Matt's show it was so much more better and easier to listen to without everybody talking at once.

 

The ones that were muted, you mean. Your last sentence made my skin crawl, grammatically.

walter_asbury wrote:

 

  • 4. Don't filibuster - Rook maybe you should try listening to Matt for a change instead of trying to talk over him all the time. I can't believe you hesitated to define "redaction." You almost sounded silly when you conceded that the manuscript copies had errors in them.

 

Oh, when they weren't muted?

walter_asbury wrote:

 

  • 5. Don't ridicule - You guys did that during the show and you guys are doing that in this forum.

 

"Oh, you believe there's a vague supernatural force at work? Tell me more! No, it's not asinine at all! You can't produce any evidence for your wild claims? Marvelous! Good job on thaaaaaaaat."

walter_asbury wrote:

 

If you guys don't follow these suggestions, good luck trying to get more theists on your show.

I know obsessing over divine authority can cause some people to speak in the royal "we," but rest assured you speak for no one.

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