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3. The mind is the devil's playground!

Wed Feb 19, 2014, 05:49 PM

Feb 2014

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Conservative Pastor Writes That Open-Mindedness and Inquiry Are Enemies of Faith [View all] HuckleB Feb 2014 OP

Well, duh. Scuba Feb 2014 #2

The mind is the devil's playground! defacto7 Feb 2014 #3

And it could be dangerous Autumn Feb 2014 #4

+1 HuckleB Feb 2014 #25

religious conservatives rely upon ignorance RainDog Feb 2014 #5

When one person has an imaginary friend, they're delusional. lindysalsagal Feb 2014 #21

It amazes me what people are taught to believe as children RainDog Feb 2014 #24

Truth from the most unlikely places... Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #6

What would he say to someone whose mind was closed Isoldeblue Feb 2014 #7

+1 HuckleB Feb 2014 #10

Brains are for the birds jsr Feb 2014 #8

There was a RedState divorce-rate study StarlightGold Feb 2014 #28

Same thing Martin Luther said a few centuries ago. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2014 #11

Indeed, Ma'am: This Fella Is Just Re-Inventing the Wheel... The Magistrate Feb 2014 #13

So if God didn't want Pastor Norris to think, why did he give him a brain? theHandpuppet Feb 2014 #12

A spine and autonomic functions, like breathing??? Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2014 #14

+1 HuckleB Feb 2014 #27

Tim Minchin's take on faith GoneOffShore Feb 2014 #15

Minchin rocks! HuckleB Feb 2014 #16

GOOD. Keep making more people atheists, pastor! nt alp227 Feb 2014 #17

I hate it when conservative pastors are right. lindysalsagal Feb 2014 #18

Awesome. I love it. Quantess Feb 2014 #19

You know what they say - idle minds are the devil's playthings! Initech Feb 2014 #20

There ARE people who use "freethinker" as a pejorative ck4829 Feb 2014 #22

Of course! They want the opposite close minded acceptance of dogma on point Feb 2014 #26