# What do you REALLY think about David B?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-really-think-about-david-b/20965
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [May 31, 2000, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-really-think-about-david-b/20965 "2000-05-31T02:32:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2000, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-really-think-about-david-b/20965/1 "2000-05-31T02:32:05Z")
Brother D thinks that we need a thread dedicated to our opinions about him.
Who’s first? 🙂
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### Author:  [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2000, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-really-think-about-david-b/20965/2 "2000-05-31T03:07:32Z")
who?
jk. 😉
would like to see more posts though. **DavidB** , your’e either too busy, or have nothing much to say?
and getting **Slythe** to ask for you, that’s just cute.
IMHO that is…
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### Author:  [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2000, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-really-think-about-david-b/20965/3 "2000-05-31T05:38:59Z")
Well, I just love him to pieces.
Okay, maybe I overstated that just a smidge. Seriously, I have no beef with our David. He is a skeptic’s skeptic and I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that – especially on this forum. Remember the Straight Dope motto, after all. A person (like our David) who refuses to suffer fools gladly is always going to rub certain people the wrong way.
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2000, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-really-think-about-david-b/20965/4 "2000-05-31T05:53:58Z")
I think he’s an overreligious zealot. What’s that you say? He’s an atheist? Yes, and atheism is a religion. A skeptic, you say? Prove to me that God does not exist. A true skeptic requires proof on _either_ side of an issue. Yes, yes, I know… “Extraordinary claims call for extraordinary evidence”, but who decides which claims are extraordinary?
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### Author:  [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2000, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-really-think-about-david-b/20965/5 "2000-05-31T12:09:06Z")
Slythe said:
> [@](#):
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> Brother D thinks that we need a thread dedicated to our opinions about him.
No, no, no Slythe – I said this whole FORUM could be used to **praise** me, not say what people _really_ think! There have already been plenty of Pit threads about me for that! 😉
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### Author:  [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2000, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-really-think-about-david-b/20965/6 "2000-05-31T12:22:15Z")
Oops, sorry. Total smeg-up on my part. Never happen again. 🙂
O.K. folks, this thread is for saying _nice_ things about Brother D. Be lovey-dovey and treacly in your responses. Pour on the sugar. Lay it on thick.
Is that better? 😉
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### Author:  [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2000, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-really-think-about-david-b/20965/7 "2000-05-31T13:32:29Z")
In all seriousness, I can’t even begin to explain how much I’ve learned from him both in GD, and from his website. I _read_ GD, I just don’t participate. I’m kind of an idiot, and hate to prove it on a regular basis so I keep my mouth shut. But he’s been an invaluable source of information for me, and has helped clarify a whole lot of things for me.
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### Author:  [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2000, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-really-think-about-david-b/20965/8 "2000-05-31T13:32:45Z")
Slythe, for some reason, your above post made me think of cinnamon toast. Freshly made sugary cinnamon toast, oozing with melted butter.
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### Author:  [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2000, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-really-think-about-david-b/20965/9 "2000-05-31T15:16:58Z")
DavidB is OK in my book. He surely knows what he’s talking about when he posts. I’ve heard that he has no paitence, but on those few occasions when I’ve posted in Great Debates he hasn’t said “boo” to me. And I refuse to believe that I got it all right on the first try.
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### Author:  [@Spiritus\_Mundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiritus_Mundi)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2000, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-really-think-about-david-b/20965/10 "2000-05-31T18:09:25Z")
I have always felt profoundly sorry for DavidB. He seems to be my kind of guy.
They have a 12-step program for that, but my kind of guys don’t go to 12-step programs.
David, you have my sympathies, but I am still happy for the company.
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### Author:  [@Initial\_Entry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Initial_Entry)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2000, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-really-think-about-david-b/20965/11 "2000-05-31T18:35:49Z")
> [@](#):
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> I think he’s an overreligious zealot.[…] Yes, and atheism is a religion.
-Chronos
I suggest that, if you haven’t already, you might want to bring this up over in GD. :rolleyes:
On the subject of David, I like him, he really knows his shit and doesn’t take any bull from anyone.
Of course, I’m also a bit scared of him too…but thats just common sense…
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### Author:  [@coosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coosa)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2000, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-really-think-about-david-b/20965/12 "2000-06-01T09:10:31Z")
DavidB. is to be worshiped, revered, adored, and obeyed! On your knees, O Sinful Ones!
(I . . . I . . . I don’t know what came over me. I just had to say that! I’ve been having these strange interludes ever since being inducted into the Church of DavidB. several months ago. And I keep dreaming of invisible pink unicorns!)
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### Author:  [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2000, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-really-think-about-david-b/20965/13 "2000-06-02T02:20:33Z")
Aw, shucks… :o
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### Author:  [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2000, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-really-think-about-david-b/20965/14 "2000-06-02T02:30:43Z")
I have a shrine to David B in my living room.
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### Author:  [@Threll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Threll)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2000, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-really-think-about-david-b/20965/15 "2000-06-02T03:32:07Z")
From what I can tell he is a good person. He may seem radical at some times but I haven’t yet heard a claim that he can’t back up with logic.
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### Author:  [@Krispy\_Original](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krispy_Original)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2000, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-really-think-about-david-b/20965/16 "2000-06-02T03:54:01Z")
He’s probably a nice enough guy to have as a neighbor or drink a beer with.
He reminds me though of a good friend of mine that is a little too wrapped up in his scientific view of the world.
Science can’t explain everything and not all scientific “facts” will still be valid 50 years from now.
I fear for his sanity though if he should happen to encounter a ghostly being or a 2-mile wide floating triangle…
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### Author:  [@Krispy\_Original](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krispy_Original)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2000, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-really-think-about-david-b/20965/17 "2000-06-02T03:56:11Z")
Shit! I hit enter too soon!
I meant to add that if he did, I envision that he’d spin around like the robot on Lost In Space chanting “Does not compute!” “Does not compute!”
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### Author:  [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2000, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-really-think-about-david-b/20965/18 "2000-06-02T04:35:54Z")
I think David B. is a fine Christian man…
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### Author:  [@2sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2sense)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2000, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-really-think-about-david-b/20965/19 "2000-06-02T04:50:26Z")
I **DENOUNCE** all FALSE PROPHETS of the CHURCH OF DAVID B!
Only I can lead you to the **TRUTH** of his HOLY WISDOM!
Forget the sandal. Follow the **GOURD**!!!
(\* Er… that’s a thumbs up. \*)
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### Author:  [@Holly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Holly)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2000, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-really-think-about-david-b/20965/20 "2000-06-02T06:46:05Z")
I’d like to have a homosexual affair with him. Unfortunately, we’re of opposite sexes, and we’re both straight. ~~sigh~~
One time, I had a toothache, and I wrote something and he replied. At that point I noticed, incredibly, my toothache was _gone !_ What does that tell you??
Oh, and I hate to rip off the person who said this but I can’t remember his name, but: if atheism is a religion, bald is a hair color.
Note to myself: don’t post at 2am.
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