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Taverner
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Sun Sep-18-11 05:46 PM Original message |
Are sane Christians just as damaging and dangerous as the Fundie ones? |
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NMMNG
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Sun Sep-18-11 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. Their attitudes can be |
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Meshuga
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Sun Sep-18-11 06:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. From what you describe... |
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NMMNG
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Sun Sep-18-11 06:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. But you'll see those attitudes right here on DU |
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cleanhippie
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Mon Sep-19-11 08:50 AM Response to Reply #4 |
42. I think you have it! |
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patrice
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Sun Sep-18-11 07:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. Their model, a man named Jesus, did NOT stand back from the truth around anyone. That's what got him |
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NMMNG
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Sun Sep-18-11 11:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Perhaps that's the model |
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patrice
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Mon Sep-19-11 12:55 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Very true. It seems so odd to me that they have forgotten that Jesus was killed by his CHURCH-State. |
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Meshuga
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Sun Sep-18-11 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. What makes "rational followers" so dangerous? n/t |
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LeftishBrit
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Sun Sep-18-11 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. No - in fact neither for Christianity or Islam |
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Meshuga
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Sun Sep-18-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Your last sentence there explains exactly my take |
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patrice
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Sun Sep-18-11 07:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. Yes!! That's a very important distinction. nt |
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patrice
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Sun Sep-18-11 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. By this standard you mustn't think anything that someone else abuses. nt |
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Taverner
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Sun Sep-18-11 06:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Please explain |
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patrice
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Sun Sep-18-11 06:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. I can't think Freud was right, because some people take him tooooo far. |
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Deep13
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Sun Sep-18-11 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. No. No one who does not shoot doctors is as dangerous... |
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Odin2005
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Sun Sep-18-11 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
8. I don't give a damn what people believe as long as they are not ramming it down my throat. |
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Taverner
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Sun Sep-18-11 06:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Amen |
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emilyg
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Sun Sep-18-11 06:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Thank you. |
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patrice
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Sun Sep-18-11 06:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Don't try to force it on me - AND - Don't persecute me/us when we act to prevent you from forcing it |
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tama
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Mon Sep-19-11 01:44 AM Response to Reply #8 |
29. You never |
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LAGC
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Mon Sep-19-11 05:40 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Criticism, even ridicule, is a far cry from oppression. (n/t) |
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tama
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Mon Sep-19-11 06:34 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. "Criticism and ridicule" |
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Odin2005
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Mon Sep-19-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
48. Trying to convince people is different than using government to shove religion... |
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tama
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Mon Sep-19-11 01:47 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. True dat |
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elleng
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Sun Sep-18-11 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
13. No, and I disagree |
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Manifestor_of_Light
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Wed Sep-21-11 04:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
63. Unitarians are not officially christian. Somebody doesn't know their denominations. |
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patrice
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Sun Sep-18-11 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
14. It is said that Atheists can come to manifest ethical principles that are as pure as any. Is it not |
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Taverner
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Sun Sep-18-11 06:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. No, the Xians have the ultimate excuse for their behavior |
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patrice
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Sun Sep-18-11 07:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. That's a bastardization of their own precepts, beginning with the 1st Commandment. |
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tama
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Mon Sep-19-11 01:51 AM Response to Reply #16 |
30. And what is the ultimat excuse for |
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cleanhippie
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Mon Sep-19-11 08:54 AM Response to Reply #30 |
43. Has ANYONE ever used "Big Bang made me do it" as an excuse? |
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tama
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Mon Sep-19-11 10:49 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Don't know |
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cleanhippie
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Mon Sep-19-11 02:35 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. So you just made it up in order to try to rationalize the "god made me do it" nonsense. |
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tama
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Mon Sep-19-11 02:44 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Thanks for asking |
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cleanhippie
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Mon Sep-19-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. But it's not. Not even a little. |
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tama
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Mon Sep-19-11 03:04 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Creator of universe, |
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cleanhippie
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Mon Sep-19-11 03:47 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Ridiculous. |
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tama
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Mon Sep-19-11 04:09 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Then |
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cleanhippie
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Mon Sep-19-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. I have done enough enlightening for you. |
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Mon Sep-19-11 04:32 PM Response to Reply #59 |
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snagglepuss
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Sun Sep-18-11 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
20. The father of Canadian universal healthcare was a Baptist minister though |
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Taverner
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Sun Sep-18-11 08:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Not all (not even most) baptists are fundies nt |
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patrice
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Mon Sep-19-11 01:03 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. One of the finest people I know, a Director of Nursing, is a Baptist, from what I think of as the |
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raccoon
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Mon Sep-19-11 07:58 AM Response to Reply #20 |
39. Canadian Baptists sure must be different from Southern Baptists. nt |
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ButterflyBlood
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Fri Sep-23-11 02:36 AM Response to Reply #39 |
64. Baptists are a diverse bunch, wish people would see more than Southern Baptists |
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dmallind
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Sun Sep-18-11 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
22. No of course not |
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laconicsax
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Sun Sep-18-11 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
24. No, they are not. |
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AlwaysQuestion
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Mon Sep-19-11 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
27. Religion--the pits no matter how you slice it |
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trotsky
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Mon Sep-19-11 06:33 AM Response to Original message |
32. Not in the least. |
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tama
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Mon Sep-19-11 07:19 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Proof theory |
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trotsky
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Mon Sep-19-11 07:23 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. All other things being equal... |
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NMMNG
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Mon Sep-19-11 07:40 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Maybe policy decisions should be made after toking up |
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tama
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Mon Sep-19-11 07:51 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. A friend of me |
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tama
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Mon Sep-19-11 07:43 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. False dichotomy |
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trotsky
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Mon Sep-19-11 08:06 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Nope. |
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tama
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Mon Sep-19-11 08:46 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. You seem desperate |
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trotsky
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Mon Sep-19-11 08:54 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. It's a very simple question with real-world implications. |
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tama
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Mon Sep-19-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. But |
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trotsky
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Mon Sep-19-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Excellent - you don't think all viewpoints are equal. |
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tama
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Mon Sep-19-11 01:44 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Very flattering |
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trotsky
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Mon Sep-19-11 01:54 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Great. |
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tama
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Mon Sep-19-11 02:36 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. OK, |
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trotsky
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Mon Sep-19-11 06:41 PM Response to Reply #53 |
62. What justifies you asserting your worldview over others? |
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tama
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Fri Sep-23-11 06:04 AM Response to Reply #62 |
67. What justifies you asserting your worldview over others? |
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Taverner
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Mon Sep-19-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #37 |
61. "How one feels after praying" |
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tama
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Fri Sep-23-11 05:59 AM Response to Reply #61 |
66. I'm very sceptical |
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ButterflyBlood
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Fri Sep-23-11 02:42 AM Response to Original message |
65. I go to a progressive charismatic church, so even the last bit is broad brushinging |
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