He does it in a way that's less offensive. Probably because of the fact that on more than one occasion you've verbally berated me for not engaging with you guys in something because my faith prevents me from it. While Arby acknowledges my beliefs and respects them and doesn't intentionally try to get me to compromise them, and then doesn't belittle me if I refuse.
I've never seriously done that in a way to intentionally belittle you, and I am really sorry if I've hurt your feelings.
However, the flip side to that is that you often interject your beliefs into whatever the current subject is with backhanded comments along the lines of "Yeah, that would be cool but the Bible says that's wrong so if it where me I wouldn't do that. But you guys have fun."
I do question you whenever I hear stuff like that.
But seriously, bro I don't mean to demean you. I love you.
Also, I would say that me merely talking about religion and about saying that God > Neitzsche as a foundation to my belief of God being greater than mankind, in no way is a direct insult to you.
It wasn't a direct insult to me but you did call Nietzsche a "Dead crazy guy with an STD." Obviously it was in jest to troll Arby with an ad hominem attack. Silly me to think that I could do the same to thing to you.
While you poking fun at my "imaginary friend" is a far greater slight, and a personal "jab" as you put it, at me. A direct insult.
This 'direct insult' was immediately followed by a Troll Face. I was trolling you in the same way you troll Yoshiman and VTS for being poor losers.
Dude, this is why I don't bring this stuff up with you. You can dish it out but you can't take it.
So don't say I opened the floodgates when I merely retorted with scripture, and you were the one who actually started the cascade of personal slights. I never said nothing about your beliefs until you started in with your rude talk.
Oh come on. You said and I quote
"'As surely as I live,' says the Lord, 'every knee will bow before me; every tongue will confess to God.'" -Romans 14:11
That means you too Seif.
How is that not personal? You told me "Yeah, make jokes now, but you'll have to answer to God about you jokes".
I then responded with a snarky "Yeah, I don't believe in in the Bible, so that doesn't really mean anything."
Which you replied
On the judgement day, when all of mankind is kneeling, just remember who told you so. And then you tell me if it still feels like monopoly.
Which is litearlly saying "God is gonna get you. And then you'll be sorry. You'll think 'O woe is me. I should have listened to Zane. Why oh why did I not see before it was too late.'
Also, if we're playing favorites, you didn't come across as hard on Clay as you did/would on me. So maybe it's a similar thing with you and Arby for me.
I didn't/don't come across as hard on Clay because he doesn't/don't get hyper-defensive and pull the 'You're going to hell" card all the time.