An apology for what? That we're sorry you can't see someone else's POV because you're afraid you'll be "convinced" differently or taken astray? That's bull man.
You started out by saying that disorders of the mind are due to demonic influence or possession, and implied that scientists aren't researching something to cure it, but simply labeling a behavior so someone with ADHD, ADD, or Bi-Polar have an excuse. You basically stated that scientists were just doing whatever they wanted and not trying to find a solution to it. Implied that science was an unholy way to fight a disorder.
Allow me to explain something that everyone else got that you simply did NOT get when I put it out there--the gravity reference I made. Let's start with your quote on disorders:
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Pac-Man</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> ADHD, Add, Bi- Polar and so on.... years ago you never heard of these did you? We can say 2 things happened here either it took the science department hundreds of years to figure things out or we are just labling behaviors and putting a name on them.</div></div>
Sounded like to me that you were basically calling scientists liars when it came to even naming these disorders when you feel they were demonic influence or possession. So...I retorted:
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: CoeburnCane</div><div class="ubbcode-body">So let's see...do you think gravity is inspired by good or evil? Or is it just some phenomenon that Newton thought up to scientifically explain something God/Devil controlled by scientific means? I mean, think about it--had we ever heard of gravity before the 1680's? </div></div>
The parallel that everyone else got that you didn't was that you say ADHD/ADD/Bi-Polar was basically made up by scientists. Some would say that gravity itself didn't have a name until Sir Isaac Newton put a name to it. He could have just made it up though. I mean--who is he to go around labeling something he observed that's a natural force driven by God/Devil influences? And remember, you said:
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Pac-Man</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I believe all things are inspired by good or evil... </div></div>
So who was I to think I should just keep it to your examples and not expand the discussion outward a little bit? I followed what your thought process was, and tried to discuss it on that plane by giving an alternative POV. You said "all things". I didn't know I was held to only what you had mentioned, or that anything was different...but oh yeah, it was off limits because it didn't fit in with your argument.
To sum this up--you say you're not playing the victim card--well, if you're demanding an apology, then that means you're announcing that you feel you've been wronged, and those who feel are wronged by someone else are...guess what...victims!!! You're demanding justice in the form of an apology because you feel I wronged you because I took your arguments apart, piece by piece. Sorry Charlie--no go on the apology, and if you're not going to bring a complete and cohesive discussion point to the table, then either don't bring it at all, or if you do bring it--expect me to show no mercy in pointing out the flaws of it and making you look stupid when you won't give other people's arguments/talking points one simple shred of credence or respect. If you can't fully explain yourself and don't have a true point, it's not my fault nor anyone else's for pointing out the obvious flaws and holes in your theories and you looking like the dummy in the meantime.
I'm done here.





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