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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:07 PM Original message |
Doesn't an atheist's very existence insult Christians? |
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Cuban_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. It doesn't insult me. |
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ElectroPrincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 10:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
88. I agree, some of the worst knock down drag out verbal |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 01:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
217. Really? Judging from what you've said in the past... |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. your very existence is an insult |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. tongue in cheek |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. My real-world nickname is Dr. Sarcasm |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Whew. |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 01:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
218. New Smilie |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. There is a difference in how it is presented |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. LMAO, Az! |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. you need a serious spanking!! |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. but you see....they do believe in an |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Presentation is everything |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:47 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. If someone distorts my opinion on religion as an ad hominem attack |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
33. But that's not true, and you needn't frame your disbelief so dismissively. |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:51 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. And you needn't take everything so personally |
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A Simple Game (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 09:39 PM Response to Reply #39 |
70. I like how you worded your post. |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 10:01 PM Response to Reply #70 |
81. Thank you |
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A Simple Game (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 10:16 PM Response to Reply #81 |
86. your welcome. |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 10:35 PM Response to Reply #86 |
94. Snort. Snicker. Me either. n/t |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 10:45 PM Response to Reply #86 |
99. Exactly.. |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 09:50 PM Response to Reply #39 |
77. Dismissive again. |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 10:04 PM Response to Reply #77 |
83. I may be mistaken |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 10:28 PM Response to Reply #83 |
91. And yet, dismissive again. Let's just get past that for a second. |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 01:56 AM Response to Reply #91 |
134. I suspect you're the one who can't keep away from this topic |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 07:19 AM Response to Reply #134 |
148. I suspect you read all the posts. Why not address the topic? |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 09:27 AM Response to Reply #148 |
171. I have addressed the topic |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 09:55 AM Response to Reply #171 |
181. Another song in the key of dismissive. |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 01:37 PM Response to Reply #181 |
229. Thanks Inland, I'd be happy to to take my last shot |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 06:32 PM Response to Reply #181 |
280. Are you saying that if we don't agree with you, we're dismissive? |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 01:46 PM Response to Reply #171 |
234. disinfo anyone? |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 01:50 PM Response to Reply #234 |
237. Care to clarify that? |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 01:53 PM Response to Reply #237 |
238. i've been following too much |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 01:59 PM Response to Reply #238 |
241. Gotcha |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 02:01 PM Response to Reply #241 |
243. i thank god for people like you |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 03:19 PM Response to Reply #243 |
252. Right back atcha! |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 06:10 PM Response to Reply #148 |
274. They need to get a life. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 06:43 PM Response to Reply #274 |
282. Because our conscience torments us? |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 09:28 AM Response to Reply #39 |
173. Good point, Susang. |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 01:35 PM Response to Reply #173 |
227. Thanks Bouncy! |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 09:35 PM Response to Reply #33 |
68. Don't xians call the stories of older faiths |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 09:58 PM Response to Reply #68 |
80. Not to their faces of the adherents, if they have an ounce of civility. |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 10:06 PM Response to Reply #80 |
84. Why is the word "myth" offensive? |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 10:15 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. It's the assumption that the issue is decided. Or must be, right there. |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 05:51 AM Response to Reply #85 |
141. Beliefs |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 08:26 AM Response to Reply #141 |
160. It's the humpty dumpty concept. |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 08:38 AM Response to Reply #160 |
164. Yes |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 09:04 AM Response to Reply #164 |
167. I don't get that at all. |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 10:02 AM Response to Reply #167 |
182. And using the word Myth |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:40 AM Response to Reply #182 |
190. It's the popular meaning of the word. |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 12:04 PM Response to Reply #190 |
202. I'm not talking about conversion |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 12:26 PM Response to Reply #202 |
209. Sure it is. |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 01:00 PM Response to Reply #209 |
215. I didn't address the SS thing |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 07:13 PM Response to Reply #190 |
291. Lookit... |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:48 AM Response to Reply #33 |
197. atheists are not an insult to faith |
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info being (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 01:33 PM Response to Reply #33 |
226. Proove your fairy tale isn't a fairy tale. |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 09:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
75. you don't seem to be allowing that the other opinion is a valid as yours |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 06:33 AM Response to Reply #75 |
143. That basically says the same thing in a nicer way. |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 08:56 AM Response to Reply #143 |
166. which just also happens to be the difficulty in |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 06:09 PM Response to Reply #166 |
273. True. I certainly don't think *I* have all the answers! |
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kliljedahl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 09:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
54. How about? |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:37 AM Response to Reply #54 |
189. I say: "I have no supernatural beliefs." |
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kliljedahl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 03:14 PM Response to Reply #189 |
251. That's a good one |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 10:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
93. The correct term is "imaginary sky people", not faires. Faries have magic |
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MaraJade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 11:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
110. This is precisely the issue. . . |
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info being (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 01:36 PM Response to Reply #110 |
228. To cling to such beliefs is to reject nature itself |
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Alpharetta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. communication |
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cally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. I think you didn't get the point of recent posts |
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info being (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 01:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
230. To the extent that what you're saying is true... |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
8. No. |
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Malva Zebrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. I think that people need to respect other persons |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 11:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
107. When I say "respect each others' views" |
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Tux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
9. Er |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
10. It doesn't insult me. |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
11. I'm not insulted |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:33 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. I am always (ALWAYS) impacted by that portrait of Kerry. |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:43 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Here are the particulars |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:47 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Thanks. |
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kliljedahl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 09:12 PM Response to Reply #21 |
57. Right click, save as |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
44. I agree with most of what you said except |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 09:14 PM Response to Reply #44 |
60. Indeed, the black anology might have been reaching a bit |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 09:17 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. You made the point very well actually. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 06:42 AM Response to Reply #44 |
144. Let's also remember that religion is chosen, while ethnicity is not. |
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Dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 08:35 AM Response to Reply #144 |
163. Well, I can't choose not to believe in God... |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 06:14 PM Response to Reply #163 |
275. Oh, I don't think it's misguided. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 09:37 AM Response to Reply #144 |
175. Dang! |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 06:16 PM Original message |
Yes. I try to be civil, even when I'm compared to Klansmen and Nazis. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
292. What took you so long? |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
14. Yes. |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
17. Well, by telling Christians their beliefs are fairy tales, YOU are GUILTY |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. Exactly! |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 07:26 PM Response to Reply #32 |
294. Well... |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 01:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
235. Indeed. Many atheists are just as bigoted as the fundies. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 06:23 PM Response to Reply #235 |
278. You gat it! |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
18. The magic word here is TOLERANCE |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
19. Who sees your beliefs as an insult? |
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Gimley13 (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:35 PM Original message |
Do non Christians go to hell when they die? |
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daydreamer (503 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
41. Hell and heaven are on Earth |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
51. Do human beings know who "goes to hell" *LOL*. NOT!!! eom |
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megatherium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
73. not all Christians believe that. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
79. Romans 2:12-16 says that non-believers who |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
95. Everyone knows that if there is a truly just god, there can't possibly |
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ExCiber (47 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
96. IMHO NO |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 05:57 AM Response to Reply #96 |
315. My Dad was a devout Catholic with a Catholic mother , |
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MaraJade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
113. Sheesh! |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
158. I don't believe anyone goes to hell |
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Merope215 (574 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
204. Of course not. |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
296. Hell is reserved only for people who believe in the concept. |
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Gimley13 (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:35 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Do non Christians go to hell when they die? |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:41 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Certainly not in my belief structure...I don't believe in a literal "hell" |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 10:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
306. I think it all depends on what she did with her crotch parts |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 10:32 PM Response to Reply #306 |
308. MAN, I had no idea where you were going with that! |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 06:44 PM Response to Reply #19 |
283. Thank you. Some sense at last. |
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bonito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
20. I'm not insulted |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
22. because i dont take it personally and i dont have to prove |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
25. What if... |
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Princess Turandot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
26. I think there's far too much hubris in assuming that .. |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 11:04 PM Response to Reply #26 |
106. Actually if some "Christians" could refrain from trying to convert people |
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Princess Turandot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 12:27 PM Response to Reply #106 |
210. Were you responding to me? |
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bush_is_wacko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
28. Actually, I have the highest regard for someone that doesn't believe in |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:43 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Some of the most moral people I've ever known have been atheists.... |
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bush_is_wacko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:47 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Even if the Bible is a fairy tale it is comforting to believe in fairy |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 09:13 PM Response to Reply #34 |
59. Much of the Bible is allegorical..... If you choose to denigrate allegory |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 07:04 PM Response to Reply #59 |
288. Many fairy tales are also allegories n/t |
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bush_is_wacko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:18 PM Response to Reply #59 |
311. RowdyBoy |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:47 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. I don't see how any atheist could adhere to the first commandment, or... |
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journalist3072 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
38. My response...from a Christian's perspective |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:59 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. See, that is exactly the type of condescending response |
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journalist3072 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 09:06 PM Response to Reply #43 |
53. Sorry; my point was not to be condescending |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 10:44 PM Response to Reply #53 |
98. Right, and we atheists feel sad for delusional people. But we don't |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 09:39 PM Response to Reply #43 |
72. Who's this "we" that didn't ask for the response? |
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Pied Piper (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 11:44 PM Response to Reply #43 |
114. Absolutely! |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 07:07 PM Response to Reply #114 |
290. Hear! Hear! |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 09:00 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. That is your way of showing compassion. |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 09:27 PM Response to Reply #46 |
65. "feeling sorry or sad for all non Christians" |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 11:59 PM Response to Reply #38 |
118. It is rare that I will allow myself to be lured into the mess that |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 06:13 AM Response to Reply #38 |
317. I am offended by your post. In fact, it pisses me off! |
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banana republican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
40. The fact that God tolerates atheists means that I should also |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 09:00 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. I don't need you to "tolerate" me |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 09:03 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. gee, isn't it nice to be... |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 09:03 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. I call that post "bait",...BIG TIME!!! eom |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 09:12 PM Response to Reply #40 |
58. And you want us to respect your belief? |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 10:48 PM Response to Reply #40 |
102. God doesn't tolerate atheists because there is no god. No go run |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 07:57 AM Response to Reply #40 |
157. Are you saying that you are God? |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
42. There are other beliefs that prevent the mere fact as a personal insult. |
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Kinkistyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
45. Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists etc.. do too, don't they? |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 04:03 PM Response to Reply #45 |
258. All of those people have beliefs that differ from one another. |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
50. I don't |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
52. I think some Christians think so, others not |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
55. Atheists are threatening |
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dogonarug (170 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 10:03 PM Response to Reply #55 |
82. Thanks, your post reminds me |
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Marnieworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 08:32 AM Response to Reply #82 |
162. "I am just the big biped with the treats." |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 06:07 AM Response to Reply #162 |
316. You can be a magical dog if you want. I myself am a gorgeous magical cat! |
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MaraJade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 11:23 PM Response to Reply #55 |
112. I am a Christian, and I don't believe we are in any way special. . . |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
56. I love how so many people say "no" and then attack |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 09:24 PM Response to Reply #56 |
64. Maybe it's because "fairy tale" is being used in a pejorative sense. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 09:28 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. It's absolutely not being used in a pejorative sense. |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 09:36 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. What a load of crap. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 09:51 PM Response to Reply #69 |
78. The crap is all yours. And you've made the case again. |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 10:43 PM Response to Reply #67 |
97. It's being used in a *complimentary* sense? |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 10:48 PM Response to Reply #97 |
104. It is what it is. |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 01:03 AM Response to Reply #104 |
129. Why would I be "enraged" by what atheists believe? |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 12:19 PM Response to Reply #129 |
206. You avoided the question at hand. |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 01:56 PM Response to Reply #206 |
240. Get off it!! |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 05:15 PM Response to Reply #240 |
265. You're nothing but pot shots. |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 08:13 PM Response to Reply #265 |
300. Puff and sputter. Puff and sputter. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 08:52 PM Response to Reply #300 |
303. You can't. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 06:42 PM Response to Reply #129 |
281. The funny things is, |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 08:01 PM Response to Reply #281 |
298. Is KCabotDullesMarxIII your married name? |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 12:22 PM Response to Reply #281 |
320. Can't wait for you to tell me what I believe. |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
62. Oh, don't flatter yourself. |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
63. How about , "I don't care" ... |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
66. Actually who the heck cares? |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 06:47 PM Response to Reply #66 |
285. Don't spoil it now. |
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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
71. Nope. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 06:55 PM Response to Reply #71 |
286. Steady there! Youre' shining a very bright beam of light |
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chunkylover55 (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
74. To the vast majority of Christians, it is not insulting to say you are |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 10:27 PM Response to Reply #74 |
90. Um, I realize you're trying to be diplomatic, |
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GiovanniC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 09:20 AM Response to Reply #74 |
170. What If Someone Thinks Christianity IS a Fairy Tale? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
76. In answer to your question, no |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
87. Athiesm is a necessary step in spiritual development. |
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dxstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 10:46 PM Response to Reply #87 |
100. Leave it to bvar! |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 11:21 PM Response to Reply #87 |
111. Very beautiful words |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 11:47 PM Response to Reply #111 |
115. Who ARE you so mad at? |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 12:07 AM Response to Reply #115 |
122. Okay. I get it. You reference your own hatred and intolerance |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 12:16 AM Response to Reply #122 |
123. What need is filled... |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 12:26 AM Response to Reply #123 |
125. Are we adolescents supposed to be impressed by |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 12:43 AM Response to Reply #125 |
127. Maybe ... |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 12:50 AM Response to Reply #127 |
128. Oh holy Father, please teach us more. |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 12:04 AM Response to Reply #87 |
119. God is Santa Claus for adults. BTW, what comes after atheism? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 07:21 AM Response to Reply #87 |
149. I have a perfectly satisfactory answer to your question |
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dxstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
89. I think you have a point, Hamlette... |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 06:20 AM Response to Reply #89 |
318. Great post! |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
92. Speaking as an agnostic Catholic |
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shelley806 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
101. IMHO, people who truly believe, believe that God is Reality; that is, |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 11:00 PM Response to Reply #101 |
105. If you really want an examination of faith |
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shelley806 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 11:56 PM Response to Reply #105 |
116. IMO personal experience IS proof, but only to the individual... |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
103. No more insulting than saying you follow a non-Christian religion |
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imenja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
108. tolerance |
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salib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
109. Pie in the Sky When You Die! |
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checks-n-balances (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
117. What exactly is the purpose of such a thread as this? |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 01:37 AM Response to Reply #117 |
133. It's to give entertainment to lurking freepers. |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
120. For me, not at all |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
121. What if "fairy tale" and "sky fairy" are not insults but tests? |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 07:26 AM Response to Reply #121 |
150. No, I think most fundies are stuck in second grade vis-a-vis religion. |
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Discord (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
124. One thing a Christian need to remember when talking |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
126. I doesn't insult me. |
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dxstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
130. I posed a simple question; what's the problem, good christians? |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 01:56 AM Response to Reply #130 |
135. Alright. |
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Discord (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 09:38 AM Response to Reply #135 |
176. SO... why not speak to your pastor/priest |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:04 PM Response to Reply #176 |
309. The United Church in Canada's official position is to support... |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 03:06 AM Response to Reply #130 |
137. your question deserves an answer, odd that you haven't gotten one |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:41 AM Response to Reply #137 |
192. Ouch. |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:51 AM Response to Reply #130 |
199. I had addresed it. |
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Merope215 (574 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 12:58 PM Response to Reply #130 |
214. I think your analysis is a little simplistic |
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dxstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 02:00 PM Response to Reply #214 |
242. Excellent arguments, but I find your conclusion simplistic! |
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Merope215 (574 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 02:28 PM Response to Reply #242 |
246. Maybe you're right |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
131. Your belief is that you must tell others their beliefs are a fairy tale?! |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 03:12 AM Response to Reply #131 |
138. I don't get in people's faces...I'm in the closet |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 03:38 AM Response to Reply #138 |
139. So.......... |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 04:28 AM Response to Reply #138 |
140. You say Will says it, then you say it, then you say you don't say it, but. |
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Discord (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 09:49 AM Response to Reply #140 |
178. one thing... |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:44 AM Response to Reply #178 |
196. You cannot make a post "one thing" by labelling it as one thing. |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:11 AM Response to Reply #140 |
185. there you go again. |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:17 AM Response to Reply #185 |
186. You may not be self-loathing or uncomfortable... |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 12:12 PM Response to Reply #185 |
205. Well;, I guess that works for you... Again??? |
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Discord (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 09:42 AM Response to Reply #131 |
177. No. Its what WE believe. |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 12:33 PM Response to Reply #177 |
211. When expressed without respect, yes, you are wrong. |
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Placebo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
132. So does a Christian's very existence insult you? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 07:32 AM Response to Reply #132 |
152. No, but Christians who need government to promote their beliefs do. |
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Discord (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 09:51 AM Response to Reply #132 |
179. The second it leaves the home or church. |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 02:49 AM Response to Original message |
136. Just Christians? God as a fairy tale covers more then that. |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:01 AM Response to Reply #136 |
184. No, it isn't just a matter of one kind of faith against another |
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TWiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 06:11 AM Response to Original message |
142. Xtians need deviance. |
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Higans (819 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
145. The Christian Fundamentalist offend me. I am Wiccan. |
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Discord (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 09:53 AM Response to Reply #145 |
180. Before long... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
146. Yes. I've seen it time and again. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 08:29 AM Response to Reply #146 |
161. Addendum: |
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Fifth of Five (241 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:56 AM Response to Reply #161 |
200. Thank you....impeachdubya wrote |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
147. No. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
151. No. But your attitude might be. |
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info being (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 02:24 PM Response to Reply #151 |
245. But when people willingly proclaim loyalty to a movement... |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 05:50 AM Response to Reply #245 |
314. Distinguish among individual persons |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
153. Not this one. |
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booley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
154. let's say there is a God. lets say God does have a plan |
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jmcon007 (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
155. I'm a Christian and it doesn't bother me... |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
156. No insult to me |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 08:05 AM Response to Reply #156 |
159. A couple questions, then... |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 09:05 AM Response to Reply #159 |
168. Truly, they are a very loud and very obnoxious minority |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:17 AM Response to Reply #168 |
187. That was the sanest thing |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 05:58 PM Response to Reply #168 |
272. I agree. Personally I completely concur with most of what I consider |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 08:22 PM Response to Reply #272 |
301. The really interesting thing to me |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
165. I'm not trying to convince them anything, so it's no problem for me |
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Guitarman (174 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
169. Not an insult to me |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
172. I'm a Christian and the existence of atheists doesn't insult me at all. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:41 AM Response to Reply #172 |
191. The thing is, Bouncy Ball |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:42 AM Response to Reply #191 |
194. P.S. |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 01:04 PM Response to Reply #194 |
219. Who said you had to shut up and take it? |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 04:20 PM Response to Reply #219 |
261. Hey BB, |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:15 PM Response to Reply #191 |
310. I think Bush believes in a higher power, is a Christian of |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 05:11 AM Response to Reply #310 |
313. Well, he's not a 12 stepper, if that's what you're implying. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 11:40 AM Response to Reply #313 |
319. "pretzel choke" LOL, LOL |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 06:31 PM Response to Reply #319 |
321. That's not by accident, either. |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 01:43 PM Response to Reply #172 |
233. Now that's someone who's confident in her beliefs |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
174. No |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
183. So why go around saying "I'm an atheist?" Who gives a fuck? |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:35 AM Response to Reply #183 |
188. Okay, all you atheists |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:43 AM Response to Reply #188 |
195. It works two ways, scottie. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 12:02 PM Response to Reply #195 |
201. If you want to announce that you're a christian, |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 12:24 PM Response to Reply #201 |
208. I spent part of my growing up years... |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 12:50 PM Response to Reply #208 |
213. If you're a christian, |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 05:29 PM Response to Reply #195 |
268. Edit: Sorry, Wrong Post. |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 12:21 PM Response to Reply #188 |
207. exactly! SILENCE all non Christians |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 02:10 PM Response to Reply #207 |
244. And your message is the same, shut up about your religion. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
193. Last time I checked Christians weren't the only ones who believe in "God." |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 12:34 PM Response to Reply #193 |
212. Ghandi was a Hindu. Hinduism doesn't posit a Christian idea of "God" |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 01:01 PM Response to Reply #212 |
216. I'm aware of that Ghandi was a Hindu. However, it doesn't change the |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
198. atheism is not an insult to faith... |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 01:05 PM Response to Reply #198 |
220. Here we go again. |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 02:49 PM Response to Reply #220 |
248. i would beg to differ... |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 03:25 PM Response to Reply #248 |
253. I do not believe in santa claus. |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 03:46 PM Response to Reply #253 |
255. maybe belief SYSTEM is too strong |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 04:15 PM Response to Reply #255 |
260. I apologize, I tend to get snarky |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
203. Becoming intolerant of intolerance. |
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dxstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 01:11 PM Response to Reply #203 |
221. Well said, msmcghee! |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 01:26 PM Response to Reply #203 |
223. Outstanding post! |
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FULL_METAL_HAT (673 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
222. Deeper insights: On the origin of "Secular" |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
224. quote locator! |
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info being (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
225. That's exactly it. Atheists are only allowed to exist... |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 06:15 PM Response to Reply #225 |
276. What about Hindu's or Muslims or Jews? |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
231. Your existence doesn't bother me. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 02:37 PM Response to Reply #231 |
247. Disbelief is NOT a belief system!!! |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 04:01 PM Response to Reply #247 |
257. I don't like people who go around saying they hate God, etc, etc. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 04:32 PM Response to Reply #257 |
262. You have every right to hate whoever you want. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 07:00 PM Response to Reply #257 |
287. ? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 09:51 PM Response to Reply #257 |
304. Someone who "hates God" isn't an Atheist. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 04:56 PM Response to Reply #247 |
264. The passive lack of beliefs(agnosticism) is not a belief. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 05:17 PM Response to Reply #264 |
266. I take it you're not done insulting us yet? |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 05:23 PM Response to Reply #266 |
267. Last time I checked, it wasn't established fact whether God existed or not |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 05:35 PM Response to Reply #267 |
269. I realize that now but |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 09:58 PM Response to Reply #267 |
305. I agree- however, this idea that *all* belief systems are inherently equal |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 10:22 PM Response to Reply #305 |
307. Thanks, Perfesser! |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
232. i've noted the same thing here a number of times |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 03:13 PM Response to Reply #232 |
250. Words fail me. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 05:36 PM Response to Reply #232 |
270. Yeah, you nailed it, pal. |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
236. I think it does, for some. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
239. Insult, No. Challenge - Yes |
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spunky (469 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
249. Apparently, Christians don't believe we (atheists) exist. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 04:45 PM Response to Reply #249 |
263. Well maybe they can explain why I |
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PaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
254. I'm not at all insulted......... |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 03:54 PM Response to Reply #254 |
256. Thank you, we're trying. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 04:08 PM Response to Reply #254 |
259. Here here! *ditto* |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
271. It doesn't insult me, either. |
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Donailin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
277. Doesn't bother me |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
279. The existence of homosexuals should be just as much an insult. |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 06:45 PM Response to Reply #279 |
284. To many, it seems to be |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 07:23 PM Response to Reply #284 |
293. Boy are you ever in the wrong place. |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 07:27 PM Response to Reply #293 |
295. I am prepared to take my lumps |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 08:06 PM Response to Reply #295 |
299. Jeez, here I am trying to pick a fight |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 08:29 PM Response to Reply #299 |
302. Sorry, I'll try harder next time |
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Democrat Dragon (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
289. I'm not insulted |
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DemocracyInaction (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
297. No, why should it? I'm straight - does my eixtence offend gays??? |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
312. If anybody's still reading this, pay ATTENTION: |
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