Main Discussion Zone > Why Won't God Heal Amputees?
What is SPAG
Tinyal:
SPAG = Self Projection As God.
Means that person's god ends up being just what they want it to be :) Term invented here on the forum, as far as I can tell (I may be wrong).
screwtape:
--- Quote from: commie_atheist on March 30, 2011, 01:32:00 PM ---i am new here so i going to ask an easy question. what is a SPAG?
--- End quote ---
Tinyal is correct. As far as anyone I know can tell, the term was coined by an old timey member, DTE. Here is his second post ever, in the old forum:
--- Quote ---Hello. I'm a deconverted theologian. I stumbled onto the YouTube videos and enjoyed them very much. (They weren't the source of my deconversion.)
I believe that all religion is self-projection as God, which is why no Christian takes seriously the Bible applies what he likes and only what he likes to himself and to others.
I hope my background allows me to be of some use and interst and I look forward to participating, as I'm sort of an internet forum junkie.
--- End quote ---
god dammit, he was brilliant. He elaborates more on it in later posts like this entire thread. I suggest you peruse his posts there.
commie_atheist:
--- Quote from: screwtape on March 30, 2011, 03:57:32 PM ---
--- Quote from: commie_atheist on March 30, 2011, 01:32:00 PM ---i am new here so i going to ask an easy question. what is a SPAG?
--- End quote ---
Tinyal is correct. As far as anyone I know can tell, the term was coined by an old timey member, DTE. Here is his second post ever, in the old forum:
--- Quote ---Hello. I'm a deconverted theologian. I stumbled onto the YouTube videos and enjoyed them very much. (They weren't the source of my deconversion.)
I believe that all religion is self-projection as God, which is why no Christian takes seriously the Bible applies what he likes and only what he likes to himself and to others.
I hope my background allows me to be of some use and interst and I look forward to participating, as I'm sort of an internet forum junkie.
--- End quote ---
god dammit, he was brilliant. He elaborates more on it in later posts like this entire thread. I suggest you peruse his posts there.
--- End quote ---
damm that guy is smart.
Gnu Ordure:
Screwtape:
--- Quote ---As far as anyone I know can tell, the term was coined by an old timey member, DTE.
--- End quote ---
Interesting - the RationalWiki article on SPAG credits a Vince Skolny with the origin of the term.
But the article cited as proof of that dates to 2009 - whereas DTE's post is Feb 2007.
Does DTE claim authorship of the phrase? Or is he Skolny?
I'm going to ask RationalWiki about it...
xphobe:
--- Quote from: Gnu Ordure on March 30, 2011, 05:37:04 PM ---Screwtape:
--- Quote ---As far as anyone I know can tell, the term was coined by an old timey member, DTE.
--- End quote ---
Interesting - the RationalWiki article on SPAG credits a Vince Skolny with the origin of the term.
But the article cited as proof of that dates to 2009 - whereas DTE's post is Feb 2007.
Does DTE claim authorship of the phrase? Or is he Skolny?
I'm going to ask RationalWiki about it...
--- End quote ---
Skolny's article says only "that we call...". He doesn't make a claim to have come up with the term. Maybe he got it from one of us.
And/or you could ask Vince Skony about it.
http://www.squidoo.com/vince-skolny
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version