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mr blur

(7,753 posts)

21. How dare he enjoy himself?

Reply to Lordquinton (Original post)

Sat Dec 27, 2014, 09:11 AM

Dec 2014

Surely the antichrist has more important things to do than mark an old pagan celebration by putting up an evergreen tree in his living room?

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Merry Christmas, from Dr. Richard Dawkins [View all] Lordquinton Dec 2014 OP

He's recycling his christmas greetings from previous years? Same card for 6 years? cbayer Dec 2014 #1

Shame on you. bvf Dec 2014 #3

Surely one can be happy phil89 Dec 2014 #4

Oh, c'mon. It was a joke. cbayer Dec 2014 #5

Mmpff! bvf Dec 2014 #7

Well, the direct frontal lighting okasha Dec 2014 #16

'Sin' is a religious construct, so by all means, detail them for us. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #18

The story behind this picture is that it's Christmas Lordquinton Dec 2014 #42

He looks like he is holding it hostage.. cbayer Dec 2014 #45

I know you're being snarky, but that's what an actual tree looks like. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #19

Oh no! Say it ain't so! Starboard Tack Dec 2014 #2

Oh, you think the dust has settled and it's safe in here after that sexist shit you posted? AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #20

Merry Christmas to you too AC Starboard Tack Dec 2014 #24

None of us are going to forget. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #25

And what exactly are °NONE OF YOU° going to forget? Starboard Tack Dec 2014 #31

Twisted what you said? AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #32

Nice to see you tripling down AC Starboard Tack Dec 2014 #33

Let me refresh your fucking memory. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #36

Here's you spouting right wing anti-SSM talking points verbatim. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #37

So your defense is "billy did it too"? Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #43

That's sweet. Here's Gregor Mendel with his pea plants. rug Dec 2014 #6

Sleepin' heavenly peas eom PDittie Dec 2014 #14

! rug Dec 2014 #15

mendel's christmas card doesn't even have a tree on it Lordquinton Dec 2014 #17

Technically he was a friar. rug Dec 2014 #22

Mendel, of course, was exposed for data fakery after his death. Jackpine Radical Dec 2014 #26

Ronald Aylmer Fisher, the eugenicist, whom Dawkins called "the greatest biologist since Darwin"? rug Dec 2014 #27

Thanks for that. Jackpine Radical Dec 2014 #28

I hope you had better luck wading through that than I did. rug Dec 2014 #29

I've taught it. Also social science research design, etc. Jackpine Radical Dec 2014 #30

Nice. Curmudgeoness Dec 2014 #8

Still not a fan but interesting tree. hrmjustin Dec 2014 #9

Daniel Dennett cbayer Dec 2014 #10

Sam Harris cbayer Dec 2014 #11

I have no Ink Man Dec 2014 #12

Feliz Navidad, Ink Man. cbayer Dec 2014 #23

He made sure to get a tree much smaller than himself. rug Dec 2014 #13

Do you ever have anything nice to say? Curmudgeoness Dec 2014 #34

He has a nice candlestick. rug Dec 2014 #35

He can't help it. He's all in a kerfuffle about the topless woman in cbayer Dec 2014 #38

Well, Curmudgeoness Dec 2014 #39

I am so glad. And I feel most assured that you have a lovely laugh and cbayer Dec 2014 #40

Hey, I found the video. rug Dec 2014 #41

That is so hilarious it deserves it's own thread, I think. cbayer Dec 2014 #44

How dare he enjoy himself? mr blur Dec 2014 #21