Religion
In reply to the discussion: How Oxford and Peter Singer drove me from atheism to Jesus [View all]MineralMan
(147,578 posts)Guillaumeb studiously avoids commenting about anything if those comments will reveal anything about his own beliefs. Anyone who reads here will recognize that. He prefers to post other people's statements from internet sources, without remark, since those other people are not here to answer questions about what they have said. Generally, he posts only fragmentary excerpts from his sources and insists that others go to the links if they want to actually understand what has been posted.
Many people have asked what guillaumeb believes about things and what opinions he holds. They ask in vain, however. In almost all cases, their questions will not be answered in any meaningful way. When asked how he defines his own religious beliefs or what creed he follows, he responds by saying he believes in "The Creator." He refuses to supply any sort of definition of what that vague term means to him, though.
Perhaps he has no opinions about things. I don't know. If he does, though, he will not share them. Others who describe their religious beliefs are accepted at their word and not questioned. Everyone here, I'm sure, thinks that people are entitled to believe what they believe, and on their own terms. Or to disbelieve, if that's their philosophy or understanding.
Guillaumeb is unique, at least at this time, here. He will insist that you define your belief or disbelief. If you do not, he will define it for you, and will argue that his definition is the correct one. But he will not define his own beliefs. Nope. And so, we end up with lengthy threads that are all about guillaumeb here. If another member posts an opinion or relates a personal anecdote, guillaumeb will interject something and attempt to shift the discussion in another direction, with a focus on guillaumeb. He uses whataboutisms freely to attempt to alter what someone has said or to distract from a point that has been made.
And that is the tone in this group. Perhaps that is intentional. I do not know. There used to be another person who behaved in much the same way, but that person no longer posts here.