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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 10:32 PM Original message |
Some questions for the atheists here. |
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ccharles000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. I am agnostic. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 10:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Exorcism! |
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EvilAL (357 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 11:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Your mother requested it? |
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ccharles000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 01:23 AM Response to Reply #14 |
27. No my mom was seeking advice from her about my being gay. |
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John Gauger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #27 |
44. Why her? |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:50 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. It is free. n/t |
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EvilAL (357 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. Beats me, |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 10:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Confirmed? Were you Catholic, or Lutheran... one of those? |
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EvilAL (357 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 10:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Catholic |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 11:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. From what I hear, it seems weird from the inside as well. |
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EvilAL (357 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 11:09 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. hahah ya |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
3. Thems a whole lotta questions. |
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MindMatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 10:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. There came a time when I was able to think for muself |
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EvilAL (357 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. So you were atheist, then baptist? |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 10:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I was Baptist, then atheist. |
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EvilAL (357 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 10:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. There ya go. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 10:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I've noticed a huge variation in Babtist churches. |
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onager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-16-09 01:46 AM Response to Reply #9 |
103. Baptists--death or dancing! |
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Birthmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
5. That's a lot of questions! |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 11:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Were you about college age when you went agnostic? |
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Birthmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 05:41 AM Response to Reply #13 |
29. I was sixteen. |
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iris27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-16-09 07:07 PM Response to Reply #29 |
107. Seriously? Me too! |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
17. Sort of just admitted to myself that I didn't believe anymore. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 06:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
49. Thank you, jobycom.... |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. Onward Christian soldiers |
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classof56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
50. Wow--your upbringing sounds almost identifical to mine. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
19. Since the moment of birth, I've been an atheist. |
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EvilAL (357 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 11:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I just let people believe |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 11:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. So do I. Unless I'm in the right forum to argue. |
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EvilAL (357 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 12:02 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. When I went to my |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 12:11 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Ugh. Something similar happened at my cousins funeral. |
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EvilAL (357 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 12:22 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. They said after that |
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John Gauger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 12:35 PM Response to Reply #19 |
43. No, you're absolutely right. |
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uberllama42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
21. I became an atheist when I started thinking critically about the world around me |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
26. my answers.... |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 04:23 AM Response to Original message |
28. Raised with all sorts of religions around. My parents never spoke of it, |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 06:13 AM Response to Original message |
30. My answers |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
31. When I was a child, I went to a Southern Baptist church. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
32. I came to being an apatheist Humanist through reason |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. I like that definition of apatheism! |
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regularguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
33. I don't think that I ever really believed. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
34. Raised and confirmed Episcopalian, outspoken atheist since age 12...converted to FSM last year... |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
36. I grew up without any religion and never felt the need for it... |
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Rob H. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
37. Was raised church- and religion-free |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
38. Long process starting with my leaving the Evangelical Christian Faith |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
39. Short version |
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frogmarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
40. I was brought up in |
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New Dawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:28 AM Response to Original message |
41. I was around 10 years old when I became an atheist |
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John Gauger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
42. My parents were not religious, but I was once a believer. |
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northernsoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
45. Thorough exposure to religious dogma and its adherents |
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Locrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
46. strong athiest |
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Help_I_Live_In_Idaho (432 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
47. Ignorant Nasty Judgmental Religious People Turned me to Science |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
51. Atheist |
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3isamagicnumber (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
52. Raised Catholic... now atheist |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
53. Divinity School made me an atheist |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 04:09 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Damn...and you were doing so well. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. It seems to me that all you are saying is ... |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. If you were merely offering sociological observations... |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Maybe you could point out what is offensive in my post |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Don't be coy (v2!) |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. not being coy |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 07:30 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Do you see how you do not merely express your experiences, but do so... |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #64 |
72. I'm buying futures in the straw market. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 07:46 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. I remember John Boswell |
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frebrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
54. Like everyone else, I was born an Atheist. |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
55. Grew up in a Southern Baptist / Anglican home |
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Feron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
57. My novel LOL |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
63. I was raised hardcore Southern Baptist... |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
65. I had an active mind as a young person. |
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chknltl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
67. A reply from a spiritualists perspective |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 12:27 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. "A plague of younger souls", what a lovely way to put it. nt |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #67 |
109. "plague of younger souls" What a smug, self-righteous, arrogant load of |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
69. Raised catholic, parents very active in church... |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
70. "whether you consider yourself a strong or weak atheist" |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #70 |
76. Dude, where the fuck have you been? |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. I'm sorry, I guess I deserve a |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. Many of your ignorees were probably ts'd. |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 04:09 PM Response to Reply #79 |
83. No, at least two of them are big-shots here. |
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frogmarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
71. I'm a staunch atheist and |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
73. My answers |
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Sandrine for you (635 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
74. I"m from a country where religion is almost death. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Are you from France? |
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Sandrine for you (635 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. lol!! Quebec-City. |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 06:42 PM Response to Reply #74 |
102. Welcome to DU! |
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Sandrine for you (635 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-16-09 10:30 AM Response to Reply #102 |
104. Thanks ! |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
80. I don't believe in life after death for people... |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 03:48 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. Well you're obviously wrong and it's your own fault. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #81 |
84. Strong Atheist never was dead. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 05:20 PM Response to Reply #84 |
97. Well there goes that lucrative book deal... |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
82. okay |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
85. Raised in a Dutch Reformed Church home |
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dcsmart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
86. Atheism is not logical |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. You misunderstand Atheism |
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dcsmart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 04:56 PM Response to Reply #87 |
89. then why not say agnostic |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 04:58 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. Agnostic is "I don't know" |
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dcsmart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #90 |
92. Ok, welll, |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #89 |
94. Theism = belief in god |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #86 |
88. Atheist withhold belief until the evidence is presented and tested |
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dcsmart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #88 |
91. question |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #91 |
93. Why would I want to read that? |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #91 |
95. I haven't read the book... |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #95 |
98. He didn't write the book |
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dcsmart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #98 |
99. That's amazing |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 06:03 PM Response to Reply #99 |
100. Flew's situation reminds me of |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #86 |
96. I'm an atheist and I don't make that claim. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-16-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #86 |
105. That's a factual disagreement, not a logical one. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
101. Some answers. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-16-09 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
106. I was raised southern baptist... |
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iris27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-16-09 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
108. A strong faith eventually led to a strong rejection, for me. |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
110. Raised catholic, altheism came naturally |
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