UD Announces General Amnesty

_{Barry Arrington
October 21, 2014

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Today UD editors completely deleted both their “banned” list and their “comment moderation” list. Anyone in the world with access to the internet is currently free to comment on the site.

I (i.e., Barry Arrington) am almost certainly going to regret this decision and sooner rather than later. There were hundreds of trolls trapped in the “banned” and “moderation” queues. Frankly, images of this scene from Ghostbusters went through my mind as a pressed the “release” button.

Let’s hope it does not come to that.

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I am happy with the moderators unbanning people, and I am very much looking forward to Diogenes, Nick Matzke and anyone else that believe in macro evolution to showcase their evidence, I am so looking forward to Nick's book, Jerry Coyne's Why evolution is true was such a let down and I might add all his talk always starting with bashing creationists are stale...... But I really want evidence! Especially around how PCD could have evolved in small incremental steps!Andre_{October 21, 2014
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tintinnid, I suspect that you (like Richard Dawkins and other atheists with a personal axe to grind) are looking for revenge because you were abused by Christians as a child? Truly pathetic. Keep this in mind. In spite of your rage, you're still just a rat in a cage. Courtesy, the Smashing Pumpkins. :-D Oh, by the way, how many Christian churches have you desecrated this week?Mapou_{October 21, 2014
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I don't even remember what I said. It was years ago. I think I was in some sort of pissing match with Barry though.tragic mishap_{October 21, 2014
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Louis, it must be nice to be a legend in your own mind. "tintinnid, my board is meant for just a handful of people..." Or just if interest to a handful of people.tintinnid_{October 21, 2014
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tragic mishap @47: Most of us have been banned at one point or another it seems. :) In my case I suspect it was administrative oversight, but who knows? Maybe I said something I shouldn't have?Eric Anderson_{October 21, 2014
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To Bornagain77: Just in case there is something after I die, do you think I should repent/convert ? What if I don't ? What do you think is waiting for me ?Graham2_{October 21, 2014
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tintinnid, my board is meant for just a handful of people who share a very narrow (crackpot) interest. I don't need a crowd. I'd probably kick you out the minute you open your mouth to say anything. LOL.Mapou_{October 21, 2014
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Great, a band of the banned :razz:Joe_{October 21, 2014
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"I'm getting the banned back together" :Prich_{October 21, 2014
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Louis, do you have your own discussion board? If yes, you must be lonely.tintinnid_{October 21, 2014
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In my opinion, a discussion board should be run like a dictatorship with just 1 rule. Board Rule: Anybody can say anything they want but, if the boss does not like you, out the door you go. The internet is a huge free for all field where people compete for the attention of others. If your site sucks, then you will lose your readership. It's simple, really.Mapou_{October 21, 2014
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LoL!@ tintinnid- if I am a mental midget then you are brain dead. Barry's move will just give the readers a way to witness the stupidity of our opponents' arguments without leaving UD.Joe_{October 21, 2014
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"Considering what I was responding to, yes. And by allowing the banned back here the bar has been buried." Joe G., I was getting bored debating mental midgets like you, Louis and Gordon. Barry's brave move could only improve the IQ of the discussion. Barry, if I find out that this decision was just made to increase your hit count to get more ad revenue, I will be disappointed. Not surprised, but disappointed.tintinnid_{October 21, 2014
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Barry- Something to consider- you may want to cut down on the number of new posts per day or week now that there are more people posting. That way new debates don't scroll off of the front page too quickly.Joe_{October 21, 2014
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Anyone who posts on this thread is probably a troll testing to see if they've been unbanned. Except for me. You know why? 'Cuz I had my tray table up and my seat back in the full upright position. *I was actually banned from UD once under the name "tragicmishap" and immediately made a new account, this one. I often wondered why anyone thought that banning usernames would actually work.*tragic mishap_{October 21, 2014
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Seeing how quickly all these previously banned folks have come back to UD makes me wonder why they like it so much here? :)Dionisio_{October 21, 2014
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Quest, A little too late. That information is already available here: https://uncommondescent.com/evolution/a-third-way-of-evolution/#comment-520590 :)Dionisio_{October 21, 2014
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Great move!!! Finally, Diogenes will be able to provide us with his secret scientific evidence for abiogenesis, biochemical evolution and obviously macroevolution... Diogenes claims that the moment he had begun to expose ID fallacious theories and providing scientific evidence for the life origins without the need for ID, he was immediately banned here... which I have no choice but to believe... Now... take it away Diogenes...!Quest_{October 21, 2014
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Oh great, now I have to remember how to multiply...Bob O'H_{October 21, 2014
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Im back! and Im not even going to mention the reference to ghosts.Graham2_{October 21, 2014
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Actually, I question some of the posts of Joe here too. I usually like what he has to say, but his name calling leaves a lot to be desired. Claiming one is justified because of who he is talking to doesn't fly in my book. So far the opposition has been cordial anyway, so his claim makes no sense.tjguy_{October 21, 2014
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Alan Fox:
Rather than trawl through UD archives, I’ll accept that I misinterpreted a comment by you and if you want to assure me that you made no such remark, I’m happy to concede my question was based on a false premise.
Well, now that you're here Alan, trawl away.Mung_{October 21, 2014
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Well, this should be interesting. Up first: Barry, it seems like a lot of people just didn't believe you and had to see for themselves.Mung_{October 21, 2014
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Aleta:
Are Joe’s string of comments acceptable?
Considering what I was responding to, yes. And by allowing the banned back here the bar has been buried. Anything else I can help you with?Joe_{October 21, 2014
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Are Joe’s string of comments acceptable? If so, the bar for other people’s conduct is being set pretty low.
That comment was inevitable.Daniel King_{October 21, 2014
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As to amnesty, being a Christian, I am all for forgiveness. Much in need of it, and very thankful for it, myself. But in an atheistic worldview without a moral law how can sin even exist? much less forgiveness for sin?,,, Especially when it was not asked for? I'm sure the atheists/Darwinists who have been forgiven by Mr. Arrington are happy to be able to comment again, but I personally believe it is not because they regret one iota of what they have done in the past to get themselves banned, but it is instead because they can continue to 'troll' their atheistic nonsense. At least that is my read of the situation so far. Hopefully I'm wrong and a few 'trolls' will finally be honest to the evidence for design and have a change of heart, and humbly, and truly, ask for forgiveness from the only one who is truly qualified to grant it to humans when they ask for it,,, since, in reality, it is against God alone, and God alone, that all men have sinned and must give a final account.
Shroud Of Turin Is Authentic, Italian Study Suggests – December 2011 Excerpt: Last year scientists were able to replicate marks on the cloth using highly advanced ultraviolet techniques that weren’t available 2,000 years ago — nor during the medieval times, for that matter.,,, Since the shroud and “all its facets” still cannot be replicated using today’s top-notch technology, researchers suggest it is impossible that the original image could have been created in either period. http://www.thegopnet.com/shroud-of-turin-is-authentic-italian-study-suggests-87037 Scientists say Turin Shroud is supernatural – December 2011 Excerpt: After years of work trying to replicate the colouring on the shroud, a similar image has been created by the scientists. However, they only managed the effect by scorching equivalent linen material with high-intensity ultra violet lasers, undermining the arguments of other research, they say, which claims the Turin Shroud is a medieval hoax. Such technology, say researchers from the National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (Enea), was far beyond the capability of medieval forgers, whom most experts have credited with making the famous relic. “The results show that a short and intense burst of UV directional radiation can colour a linen cloth so as to reproduce many of the peculiar characteristics of the body image on the Shroud of Turin,” they said. And in case there was any doubt about the preternatural degree of energy needed to make such distinct marks, the Enea report spells it out: “This degree of power cannot be reproduced by any normal UV source built to date.” http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/scientists-say-turin-shroud-is-supernatural-6279512.html Turin Shroud Hologram Reveals The Words ‘The Lamb’ – short video http://www.godtube.com/watch/?v=J21MECNU
Verse and Music:
Psalm 51:4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight; so you are right in your verdict and justified when you judge. Completely - Among The Thirsty http://myktis.com/songs/completely/
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Are Joe's string of comments acceptable? If so, the bar for other people's conduct is being set pretty low.Aleta_{October 21, 2014
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"Rich and Bill. No special reason. I’m curious to see what would happen." Are you regretting it yet?tintinnid_{October 21, 2014
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Rich and Bill. No special reason. I'm curious to see what would happen.Barry Arrington_{October 21, 2014
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I too am testing....DNA_Jock_{October 21, 2014
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