my words only<\/strong>. This is why I try to choose them wisely. Suggesting I am responsible for the unreasonable behaviour of others is in itself unreasonable.<\/p>\nI do not encourage, call for or endorse any abusive behaviour from my followers. I will never retweet any abuse supporting my viewpoint, or call for others to engage with people I converse with in an uncivil manner.<\/p>\n
I always engage in a civil manner partly in the hope of setting an example of reasonable discussion to others.<\/p>\n
I do not tolerate unreasonable behaviour, and I \u00a0have on occasion blocked people that are following me for what I deem to be unreasonable behaviour, i.e racism, threats, abuse.<\/p>\n
I accept the fact that my tweets draw attention to other Twitter accounts and their Tweets\/opinions. I am perfectly comfortable with this. A tweet exists solely for the purpose of inviting response\/being shared. This appears to be the entire point of Twitter. If a person wishes for their opinions to go unnoticed, then perhaps a globally available public forum is not the best place for them. Privatising tweets is also an option.<\/p>\n
8 .Why are you trying to make everyone become an atheist?<\/strong><\/p>\nI have no intention or desire to change anyones beliefs, nor do I think I ever have managed to or will.\u00a0 I will never tell a person they should change their beliefs, or tell them they have no right to the beliefs they hold.\u00a0 Being an opposing opinion to religiously motivated nonsense is worth my time for its own sake.\u00a0 Time spent opposing ignorance, is never time wasted.<\/p>\n
9.What is your aim then?<\/strong><\/p>\nI don’t have a goal in any true sense.\u00a0 The account was created for the purposes of amusing myself.<\/p>\n
I consider it a worthwhile endeavour for the following reasons:<\/p>\n
\n- If others find it amusing too.<\/li>\n
- Interaction with, and learning from, incredibly witty, intelligent and friendly like-minded individuals who are kind enough to engage with my tweets, or follow me.<\/li>\n
- Fostering discussion and debate.<\/li>\n
- Demonstrating to others that it is perfectly ok to question religion, and that it is possible to do so in a reasonable manner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
10 .Shouldn\u2019t you respect the beliefs of others?<\/strong><\/p>\nNo, not by default.\u00a0 I respect everybody’s right to believe what they wish, those beliefs however, are not immune from criticism and argument, especially when made available to the general public.<\/p>\n
11. What the Zeus does “undefstand” mean?<\/strong><\/p>\nI responded to a tweet containing a misspelling of “understand” (undefstand). \u00a0In that response I utilised their own misspelling of the word for the purposes of “comedy”, causing many of my Twitter comrades to lament and equally rejoice in my seemingly hideous spelling error (see 12.<\/strong>). \u00a0Hilarity ensued and #UndefstandGate<\/strong> was born.<\/p>\nIt is now said, if someone lacks logical understanding, \u00a0makes assumptions or can’t grasp sarcasm\/irony\/context, they fail to #Undefstand<\/strong>.<\/p>\nGiven the confusion this caused, all future spelling mistakes shall be unintentional and therefore deleted\/amended without acknowledgement of my error.<\/p>\n
12. What is #ThingsTheGodlySay<\/em> all about?<\/strong><\/p>\nI often tag the most hateful, absurd or just plain baffling tweets from the Godly with #ThingsTheGodlySay<\/strong>.<\/p>\nI do this, not in an attempt to suggest only the Godly are capable of such behaviour, but to demonstrate that being religious is not always conducive to moral behaviour or opinions, as is often assumed\/argued.<\/p>\n
I believe this is important, given the frequency with which non-believers\u00a0are told they cannot possibly be moral, or how society often assumes a person of faith to be morally superior.<\/p>\n
In short, the Godly do not have moral authority, or the monopoly on moral ideas. \u00a0Morality precedes religion.<\/p>\n
13. What qualifications\/credentials do you have to discuss these issues?<\/strong><\/p>\nNone. \u00a0I’m not an authority on any subject, nor will I ever claim to be. \u00a0My Tweets are my views only.<\/p>\n
14 .Ha! You made a grammatical error\/spelling mistake, time to retire?<\/strong><\/p>\nI’m a fallible primate, and thus prone to the occasional mistake. I’d like to think I’m honest enough to acknowledge my errors and learn from them.\u00a0 I may also on occasion destroy all evidence and pretend nothing untoward occurred.<\/p>\n
I never have, and never will claim to be an authority on language\/grammar\/prose. I’m not.\u00a0 My skill set is narrowly targeted around the misspelling of Godless related “A” words.\u00a0 If I ever spell one of those incorrectly, it may be a sign of the coming apocalypse.<\/p>\n
15 Someone made a spelling mistake in a tweet to you and you “missed” it!<\/strong><\/p>\nI specialise in godless related “A” words only and correct them accordingly.\u00a0 Godless Spellchecker.\u00a0 Pleased to meet you.\u00a0 Quoting and replying with a suitably snarky response takes up enough characters without having to correct every spelling mistake\/typo that comes my way too.\u00a0 I do on occasion, if I feel like it, point out the misspelling of other words, however this is extracurricular and incurs a fee.\u00a0 Invoices are in the post.<\/p>\n
16 Ha! I was intentionally saying ignorant things regarding atheists in order to provoke a reaction\/get the attention of atheists!<\/strong><\/p>\nCongratulations, you were convincing in your portrayal of an ignoramus. \u00a0Luckily, the faux anti-atheist comments are so similar to the sincere ones that any rebuttal provided still serves as a helpful example to others. Thank you.<\/p>\n
17 .Do you realise \u201cSpellchecker\u201d shouldn\u2019t all be one word?<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/strong>Yes.\u00a0 But as it is used as a name in this instance, it is perfectly acceptable.\u00a0 Batman must get this all the time.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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