Evolutionist and Other Silly Words I (Try To) Stop At

[Kylyssa]

I've come up with a new point to stop debating with someone. The second the word evolutionist comes out, I can pretty much tell I may as well go talk to a turnip as try to debate with that person.

Some of my other attempted debate stop points are "it takes a lot of faith to be an atheist" or "there are no transitional forms" or even "you can't be 100% sure god doesn't exist so he must!"

So what are the lines that bring you to a point where you may not be able to bring yourself to stop debating but you know you just should?

[Sophus]

I don't know. Sometimes the outcome actually surprises me. Some of these people don't actually believe those sayings as much as they've just been programmed into their brain by the religious community.

[Hitsumei]

"That's just human reason and logic". Anything bigoted. But most commonly when I find myself repeating the same things over and over without having them addressed. That makes me think that continuing is probably a waste of time.

[curiosityandthecat]

"Do you know why I pulled you over?"

That one gets me every time.

(I feel your pain.)

[Whitney]

I see them as annoying opportunities to attempt to teach the person why non-fundamentalists think of the phrases they use.

[4DeepThought2]

In my experience people try to use faith as an "argument" or "reason" for their "proof" of God.  It usually stops when someone says ,"FAITH blah blah FAITH blah blah  blah FAITH."

[Twiddler]

"Something something something burn in hell for all eternity something something" usually does it for me.  I get it.  Hell's really hot, probably not a place I would spend summer vacation in...

[Will]

I cannot stand, "Oh that's just human nature". There's no such thing, please stop oversimplifying.

[Ihateyoumike]

please stop oversimplifying.

Oh, it's just human nature to oversimplify.  

[Tanker]

The one I hate is Darwinist. If I believe Einsteins Special Therory of Relativity I'm not an Einsteinist, or in gravity I'm not a Newtonist. So why would believing in Evolution make me a Darwinist.

[Nulono]

"Evolutionist" as a pejorative is a strictly American thing.

[BadPoison]

Me: "Anyone who says as an absolute that they "know" that there is or isn't a god either has access to data I do not, or they're lying to themselves."
Them: "No, I know because it's what I believe."
[Start string of circular logic]

 

[Bediddle]

Evangelical is a silly word.

It sounds cold and wobbly.