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AtheistCrusader

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36. Ok, fine, I won't ignore it.

Reply to cbayer (Reply #34)

Fri Aug 29, 2014, 03:26 AM

Aug 2014

"This is nothing but nit-picking. What it reads as is an attempt to either prove that Obama made a false statement or that all christians are basically evil. If you mean it to be something other than that, why don't you explain what that is. "

There are more possibilities than the either-or of false statement or basically evil.

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Obama's God [View all] broiles Aug 2014 OP

This One Peacetrain Aug 2014 #1

... Wait Wut Aug 2014 #2

+100 rug Aug 2014 #4

Yes, we can certainly agree those are good items from various holy texts. trotsky Aug 2014 #6

What he said was that no faith teaches people to murder innocents cbayer Aug 2014 #3

Some faiths do. AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #15

I don't think any faith teaches people to kill innocents. cbayer Aug 2014 #19

Then you haven't read the old testament. AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #22

Then you haven't read the old testament. AlbertCat Aug 2014 #23

What about the Aztecs? How does that relate to this statement? cbayer Aug 2014 #39

Again, I think you can find things from the bible to support just about anything cbayer Aug 2014 #28

Really? AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #29

I agree with what Obama said in principle. cbayer Aug 2014 #32

It's not a nitpick, it's the foundation. AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #33

This is your takeaway and while you may share it with some, cbayer Aug 2014 #34

I'm not a christian, and I don't seek to become one. AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #35

I know you are not a christian and I don't expect you to ever be one cbayer Aug 2014 #37

Criticism? Sure. I've got plenty. AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #38

Ok, fine, I won't ignore it. AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #36

Certainly all three abrahamic faiths teach that it is ok to kill people. Warren Stupidity Aug 2014 #20

WWJD rug Aug 2014 #26

What does his outrage have to do with "Before we start killing people..."? Starboard Tack Aug 2014 #5

The desert god of the OT was a war god Warpy Aug 2014 #7

He's a politician, not a priest. mr blur Aug 2014 #8

Are you calling him a liar? He's a christian. Deal with it. cbayer Aug 2014 #10

Hitler claimed to be a Christian... trotsky Aug 2014 #11

And when people claimed he Dorian Gray Aug 2014 #40

Speaking as one of the ones who was jumped on, yeah, would be nice to have some consistency. n/t trotsky Aug 2014 #42

He said 'I doubt' not 'certainly not' AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #12

I know very well what he said, thanks. cbayer Aug 2014 #14

It's a political reality in the United States around electability. AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #16

I don't disagree, but I believe him and think those that call him a liar cbayer Aug 2014 #21

I think his religion is important to him. AlbertCat Aug 2014 #25

Goody, another one who thinks that Obama is lying and has the gall to speak for him. cbayer Aug 2014 #31

everyone has that right. Warren Stupidity Aug 2014 #18

I doubt your sincerity. rug Aug 2014 #27

Who has the right to say that someone is or is not what they say they are? AlbertCat Aug 2014 #24

OMG!! It's mr rolly eyes and the vacant irony statement again! BTW, I guess you cbayer Aug 2014 #30

wtf. Please stop berating people for expressing their opinions on a subject. Warren Stupidity Aug 2014 #17

"There is just no god" AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #9

It would be nice if he called out the Saudis edhopper Aug 2014 #13

I agree Dorian Gray Aug 2014 #41