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opihimoimoi

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22. Arthur Keostler was right....Janus...he explains the role of EMOTION in our daily lives

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Tue Jan 17, 2012, 03:33 PM

Jan 2012

Until rendered moot, it is a model of how to engage in confusion and division

for its a recipe for "HATE"..... = Division = us and them = less than whole =

weaker than shit = crappy lives = high misery levels = weak and unable to contend

with catastrophic events = die offs = large famines = choices = up or down =

this is where we are at....up or down?

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This is what 2,000 years of propaganda does. [View all] Archae Jan 2012 OP

Honestly I don't like Atheists Drale Jan 2012 #1

I rest my case. Archae Jan 2012 #4

agreed. the ability of fairy tale believers forcing their quaint fictions on the rest of the world ChairmanAgnostic Jan 2012 #12

And before it gets started... Archae Jan 2012 #17

absolutely ChairmanAgnostic Jan 2012 #28

Honestly I don't like Cubs fans because every single one of them sinkingfeeling Jan 2012 #5

I'm sorry, but you just defined New York Yankee fans because every single one of them... madinmaryland Jan 2012 #29

Every single atheist you have met announces it to you? Quantess Jan 2012 #6

I hear you gratuitous Jan 2012 #8

LOL, I guess I am pig headed with the fact that no "God(s)" exist snooper2 Jan 2012 #13

So which is it? Iggo Jan 2012 #18

I just find them to be as loud and obnoxious as some Christians. Dreamer Tatum Jan 2012 #30

They are disliked because they smell. AngryAmish Jan 2012 #2

lol koolkake Jan 2012 #3

Why? ieoeja Jan 2012 #7

I've met atheists who are more "Christian" than most Christians KansDem Jan 2012 #9

And there is that handy-dandy excuse when a "good Christian" gets caught doing something rotten. Archae Jan 2012 #10

That's too interesting to not explain more. Quantess Jan 2012 #15

Post removed Post removed Jan 2012 #11

Wow! bongbong Jan 2012 #16

sorry to disappoint but many atheists have "some sort of belief structure" nt msongs Jan 2012 #19

Reality is exactly opposite bongbong Jan 2012 #14

+1 sinkingfeeling Jan 2012 #21

I tend to lump the Christian, Muslim, and Rapist together UNLESS TlalocW Jan 2012 #20

Arthur Keostler was right....Janus...he explains the role of EMOTION in our daily lives opihimoimoi Jan 2012 #22

Madness Mr Dixon Jan 2012 #23

It just goes to show you how far some peoples' opinions are from the nearest fact. GliderGuider Jan 2012 #24

A person who accidentally hits a parked car... hunter Jan 2012 #25

All anyone has to do is look at the worst of the worst. Archae Jan 2012 #26

When Christians are their nastiest. izquierdista Jan 2012 #27

This thread violates the SOP, why hasn't it been locked? bananas Jan 2012 #31

A key part of Religious belief is about being "right". JoePhilly Jan 2012 #32

People can't really insult others' intelligence, sanity Union Scribe Jan 2012 #33

I'm locking this as something better suited to Religion. n/t gkhouston Jan 2012 #34