Dolly Parton is a national treasure. I love her quote to people acting the martyr....

"Get off the cross, someone needs the wood"

You can lead a horse to logic, but you can not make it think.

I have some mad respect for you right now. Well done.

I used to do that for my own amusement, but then I realized how futile the time spent was, so I stopped trying. Deprogramming the brainwashed requires time and dedication, none of which I have, to be absolutely truthful.

So if you sinfully "cast thy seed upon the ground", must you cut off your member and chuck it in the bin? Bet that would go down a treat with all those righteous, evangelical, Christian boys!

Keep up the good fight

I think you did very well. Keep it up.

Thank you so much for this entertaining recount of your experience on FB. Your erudition made you my hero. For I also come across my share of lame brains on FB and I just loved reading about how you handled this one.

I second the idea Dolly is a national treasure. I am not even a country music fan. But aside from her creativity, wit, and work ethic, she seems to be a genuinely really nice person, aka "not judgmental."
I agree with her detractors about one thing....she is way too good a person to be "a real Christian."

As for the back and forth debate, it can be satisfying confronting Xtian "warriors" on their errors and fabricated morality, just so long as we remember they likely will never actually listen to reason.

I would like more knowledge my self, to show where "Bogus translations twisting original scripture" occur
Good Job prometheus !

You are correct but you are dealing with faith, not reason. It is fun to do something like this now and then, but mostly a waste of time.

Is it not written that "music hath charms to soothe those savage beasts"?

Ive met Dolly several times over the years...a kinder heart you will not find....screw her ignorant detractors...

Engaging with the religious, you are always going to be wrong and they will always be right. It’s futile, but I understand wanting to try. Good luck!

There's the great twitter post by Dolly of a YT vid of two black teens reacting to "Jolene" and how much they dug it. She tweeted, cheekily, "It's too late with these two - Jolene already got 'em!"

I was grinning ear-to-ear at that. And had Jolene stuck in my head for a solid two days.

Nicely done, though it's anyone's guess as to whether or not any of that will be able to creep into her consciousness.

Yes, this is one of the many reasons people like Martin Luther preached against education (for anybody but priests, I guess). Too much knowledge is bad for faith. Probably why I never really developed any, not for lack of trying at one time. Then again, if you have to try to have faith, you can see where that's going from the start, right?

Why waste time arguing with deniers, just get on with life. As Cipolla said "there are more stupid people around than an intelligent person can expect and they sre more dangerous".
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She has a kind heart, caring about others they can't stand that in their racist hearts

Thanks to everyone for your comments, I never imagined this would be so popular. Unfortunately after saying "goodbye" I didn't hear anything back. Although not blocked I imagine I've been ignored which actually I take as a small victory. Or maybe she was just trying to avoid influence from my sinful lifestyle. I'm unsure if that summation of me was ascertained by looking at my Twitter activity or she just assumed it - after all to some denying the holy spirit is the ultimate unforgivable sin.

Anyway I'll keep at it and report back if there are further noteworthy interactions.

A note of appreciation...thanks

You really just can't win arguing with the brainwashed religious people, damned if you do and damned if you don't.

Don't bother tangling with those hopeless haters. It doesn't benefit anybody.

I have tried in the past to get such people to use what few grey cells they possess, and I was permanently banned from Twitter as a result.