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29. What is the "atheist position"?

Reply to ND-Dem (Reply #21)

Sat Jan 17, 2015, 06:06 AM

Jan 2015

The only thing atheists have in common is non-belief in gods.

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Pat Robertson Would Be Gone Tomorrow If Christians Would Just... [View all] lame54 Jan 2015 OP

Bush packed the government with people who may still be there and we ask why all the applications jwirr Jan 2015 #1

Even interdenominational Christians I know think that he is an idiot. Initech Jan 2015 #2

there's reason to wonder. ND-Dem Jan 2015 #3

people like my grandmother corkhead Jan 2015 #5

If words are weapons, then can't words be weaponized, making hate speech a form of terrorism? Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #4

And yet the OP is saying someone should be 'gone' for espousing religious views Bluenorthwest Jan 2015 #6

Pat robertson should be gone for his crimes against humanity and his thieving, not for ND-Dem Jan 2015 #7

His buttery words and a private media empire were the weapons he used to get his riches, riding the Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #9

another guy who was born on third base, too. I actually suspect he's some kind of ND-Dem Jan 2015 #15

I do not take the same meaning from the OP that Robertson "would be gone tomorrow". From Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #8

not what I meant at all... lame54 Jan 2015 #14

I don't think it's only 'christians' financing him. I suspect robertson is financed by ND-Dem Jan 2015 #16

because of his following that will vote the way he wants lame54 Jan 2015 #18

the way his funders want, you mean. robertson is the cats paw of other interests. ND-Dem Jan 2015 #22

Yep. Same thing with that homophobic AZ pastor - he stands up there to closeupready Jan 2015 #10

K&R.... daleanime Jan 2015 #11

they can't turn the channel.... TimeToEvolve Jan 2015 #12

I always like it when the Christians deny their spokes persons ChosenUnWisely Jan 2015 #13

but jeffrey dahmer was. an atheist, i mean. was he 'one of yours'? ND-Dem Jan 2015 #17

didn't we kill him for the horrible things he did... lame54 Jan 2015 #20

but doesn't he represent the atheist position? ND-Dem Jan 2015 #21

If you think that go right ahead it is you right to be wrong JD never held ChosenUnWisely Jan 2015 #23

pat robertson is a 1%er and a political operative. he plays a minister on tv, like reagan ND-Dem Jan 2015 #27

Pat is an Ordained Christian Minister and Christian Spokesperson ChosenUnWisely Jan 2015 #36

he's a political operative. just cause he got a card saying he's a minister doesn't mean ND-Dem Jan 2015 #38

What is the "atheist position"? beam me up scottie Jan 2015 #29

jeff dahmers position. obviously. stalin was an atheist too. as was pol pot. are you starting to ND-Dem Jan 2015 #30

What position? beam me up scottie Jan 2015 #31

oh, can't take a joke? don't get the humor? i thought you guys were all about mockery ND-Dem Jan 2015 #33

What are you on about? beam me up scottie Jan 2015 #35

"Just because someone is an atheist doesn't mean they represent all atheists." oh really? ND-Dem Jan 2015 #37

Who said otherwise? beam me up scottie Jan 2015 #43

The state did not kill him he was killed in prison by other inmates. ChosenUnWisely Jan 2015 #25

that's right... lame54 Jan 2015 #57

I actually don't believe that: I think Robertson is a political operative Wella Jan 2015 #19

So you deny Pat is a Christian and is a leader, spokesperson, and ordained minister ChosenUnWisely Jan 2015 #24

are political operatives leaders of the faith? ND-Dem Jan 2015 #26

Some political operatives are leaders of thier faith too ChosenUnWisely Jan 2015 #34

or maybe they don't have any faith and they're just operatives. robertson was the son of ND-Dem Jan 2015 #39

Pat Robertson is an fucking ordained christian minister deny it all you want but it wont ChosenUnWisely Jan 2015 #41

he's also the son of a powerful politician who's been in politics and a political operative all ND-Dem Jan 2015 #42

Sigh, you just dont get it. I am done with you ChosenUnWisely Jan 2015 #46

be done with me then, i couldn't care. cause it's you who just doesn't get it, and my ND-Dem Jan 2015 #47

Don't waste your time on that one. beam me up scottie Jan 2015 #48

Well the poster is easily proving that religion makes one less reality based ChosenUnWisely Jan 2015 #49

*snort* beam me up scottie Jan 2015 #51

I did thanks for the tip! ChosenUnWisely Jan 2015 #55

Don't mention it. beam me up scottie Jan 2015 #56

Some Democrats think they are better than others and try to disown our bad ones Wella Jan 2015 #64

That's nice. beam me up scottie Jan 2015 #65

That's true: and it gives the proper analogy Wella Jan 2015 #67

I'm not defined by other atheists. beam me up scottie Jan 2015 #69

And I'm not defined by other Christians. Wella Jan 2015 #70

Bully for you. beam me up scottie Jan 2015 #71

The point's been made. Wella Jan 2015 #73

No, it hasn't. beam me up scottie Jan 2015 #75

George Wallace was typical of the Democrats back in his day, why deny the truth? ChosenUnWisely Jan 2015 #83

Hmmmmm....... politicman Jan 2015 #76

Fun with logical fallacies. beam me up scottie Jan 2015 #77

you said the following: politicman Jan 2015 #78

Yes, indeed I did. beam me up scottie Jan 2015 #79

Ill example one more time... politicman Jan 2015 #80

The logical fallacies weren't written by me, I just use them to make my points. beam me up scottie Jan 2015 #81

we sort of agree. politicman Jan 2015 #82

I don't think that you can label people whatever you want. beam me up scottie Jan 2015 #84

Where did this come from? Wella Jan 2015 #66

I dunno, maybe people are sick of christians claiming their bad guys are really atheists? beam me up scottie Jan 2015 #68

We are all sinners, my dear, but if you are truly living by Christian precepts, Wella Jan 2015 #72

Except you don't get to redefine christianity in order to exclude bad people. beam me up scottie Jan 2015 #74

And I'm not a "sinner". beam me up scottie Jan 2015 #85

I have been appalled since the Bush Jr. administration over the quality of the hires in DOJ. Shrike47 Jan 2015 #28

i remember reading he was hiring people out of some christian law school run by someone ND-Dem Jan 2015 #32

Regent University is an malaise Jan 2015 #40

'Schools' like Regents or BJU or Liberty U are nothing more then radical Christian Madrasas ChosenUnWisely Jan 2015 #44

Precisely malaise Jan 2015 #50

that's the one! and it IS pat robertson's university!!! or rather, he founded it. and ND-Dem Jan 2015 #45

"Robertson got into religion to take the territory from actually religious people" beam me up scottie Jan 2015 #52

I know that there's political operatives in religion, because i've met some of them, and they're ND-Dem Jan 2015 #53

So you can read minds? beam me up scottie Jan 2015 #54

I've met some. They're political operatives. Think what you like, the only reason they ND-Dem Jan 2015 #60

Regent and Liberty malaise Jan 2015 #58

And may all their friends wind up in the same place. ND-Dem Jan 2015 #59

Gonzo et al should have been there for malaise Jan 2015 #62

A la carte cable TV is needed. NT Trillo Jan 2015 #61

If we had that it would be harder to overcharge us. ND-Dem Jan 2015 #63