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AtheistCrusader

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35. In this case, it is apt.

Fri Aug 28, 2015, 12:32 PM

Aug 2015

They are claiming the removal is for aesthetics and safety. Which basically means 'I don't like it'.

Pretty much what HOA's do.
This wasn't in Tibet. This doesn't have anything to do with the occupation of Tibet.
I'll criticize China for this, when I'm done criticizing my neighbors for behaving the same way.

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China arrests Christians who opposed removals of crosses [View all] Eugene Aug 2015 OP

Disgraceful and criminal. hrmjustin Aug 2015 #1

It had nothing to do with his religion. cleanhippie Aug 2015 #2

The problem is "the removal of religious objects the State wanted to remove". rug Aug 2015 #14

Meh. Basically the Chinese Government is behaving like a typical American homeowners association. AtheistCrusader Aug 2015 #25

Yes. I still remember when the HOAs occupied Tibet. rug Aug 2015 #27

Oh hey, look, a deflection. AtheistCrusader Aug 2015 #32

Yeah, it's called an idiotic analagy of the Chinese Government to HOAs. rug Aug 2015 #33

In this case, it is apt. AtheistCrusader Aug 2015 #35

It's as apt as comparing The Great wall of China to your picket fence (HOA approved). rug Aug 2015 #39

Hold on now. AtheistCrusader Aug 2015 #40

Hegel had some thoughts about quantity and quality. rug Aug 2015 #43

The same would happen if my neighbor put one of those crosses on his roof. AtheistCrusader Aug 2015 #46

This point seems so obvious, yet those with a persecution complex NEED to see this as cleanhippie Aug 2015 #67

Of course there's a deflection. cleanhippie Aug 2015 #34

Speaking of addressing topics head on, this is your sixth time - today - rug Aug 2015 #44

And my stalker is back. cleanhippie Aug 2015 #45

This is interesting. A person with an obsession complaining of being stalked by his obsession. rug Aug 2015 #74

My stalker is persistent. cleanhippie Aug 2015 #75

It's clear that the Chinese government dissapproves of the Bejiing House church. LiberalAndProud Aug 2015 #70

You didn't blink twice throwing all the atheists out of interfaith despite the SOP AtheistCrusader Aug 2015 #3

Interfaith. Inter-faith. UrbScotty Aug 2015 #4

Before you pretend you know anything, go read that groups SOP. AtheistCrusader Aug 2015 #5

Read it. UrbScotty Aug 2015 #6

I didn't criticize belief/nonbelief, nor debate higher powers. AtheistCrusader Aug 2015 #7

Protip: Don't disrupt a party and not expect to get kicked out UrbScotty Aug 2015 #8

Several of us didn't. AtheistCrusader Aug 2015 #9

Who are you again? Lordquinton Aug 2015 #12

jury result melm00se Aug 2015 #16

I'm not surprised that post was alerted on. It couldn't have been more honest or accurate AtheistCrusader Aug 2015 #23

Thanks for the report Lordquinton Aug 2015 #62

But your "history" is biased and not totally honest Leontius Aug 2015 #71

Link to initiation, please. AtheistCrusader Aug 2015 #76

Jury calls alerter to the carpet. Warren Stupidity Aug 2015 #17

Aren't you a bit old to be speaking in code all the time? rug Aug 2015 #20

Don't look now, warren, but you've got a cleanhippie Aug 2015 #29

Apparently, I'm the subject of a peeping tom. rug Aug 2015 #30

Gaaa!!!! Now he's on to me too!!!!!!!!! Run, Warren, run!!!! cleanhippie Aug 2015 #31

As I told Joe Biden, I'm not running. Warren Stupidity Aug 2015 #37

LOL Act_of_Reparation Aug 2015 #61

0-7, that's gotta sting Lordquinton Aug 2015 #63

Why don't yop explain yourself, quinton? I'm right here. rug Aug 2015 #18

Since every word he said was true, I'll field this one if you'd like. AtheistCrusader Aug 2015 #24

Good. Explain this: "the likes of Rug, Cbayer and Justin". rug Aug 2015 #28

A remarkably accurate list. AtheistCrusader Aug 2015 #36

A remarkably taciturn answer. Now answer this: accurate as to what? rug Aug 2015 #38

If someone asked me, 'who wore out your paitence and turned you into an asshole?', that list is top AtheistCrusader Aug 2015 #41

Ah, othrs turned "you into an ashole". rug Aug 2015 #42

Well, if you strip away the paitence, then yes. What is left is mostly asshole. AtheistCrusader Aug 2015 #49

Don't you just love the persecution and martyrdom complex? hrmjustin Aug 2015 #53

Oh, you didn't follow me. AtheistCrusader Aug 2015 #55

I thought that christians were all about martyrdom. Warren Stupidity Aug 2015 #66

We know you love it very much. cleanhippie Aug 2015 #68

It's so fun to see one twist in the wind, hoisted by their own petard. cleanhippie Aug 2015 #51

Sorry to use your name in vain Lordquinton Aug 2015 #64

Not at all, don't apologize. You hit the mark. Even the jury saw it. AtheistCrusader Aug 2015 #69

Post removed Post removed Aug 2015 #52

If you want to be taken seriously here, and not as just another Defender of the Faith Warren Stupidity Aug 2015 #15

Is it civil to call some "petulant and foolish"? trotsky Aug 2015 #22

Blaming religion for violence is like blaming Obama for Katrina. AlbertCat Aug 2015 #10

It's called a metaphor. UrbScotty Aug 2015 #11

some metaphors are shit and make no sense and end up embarrassing the author Warren Stupidity Aug 2015 #19

It's called a metaphor. AlbertCat Aug 2015 #21

You liar. AtheistCrusader Aug 2015 #26

I think what they really mean is don't blame religious people for religious violence. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #13

I did not ban all the atheist from the room. hrmjustin Aug 2015 #47

That's true, you had help. Mea culpa. AtheistCrusader Aug 2015 #48

And I stand by our bans. hrmjustin Aug 2015 #50

I don't believe you for a second. AtheistCrusader Aug 2015 #56

Let it go! hrmjustin Aug 2015 #58

A terrible song, really. AtheistCrusader Aug 2015 #59

Is your echo chamber what you want? Leontius Aug 2015 #72

Try again. AtheistCrusader Aug 2015 #73

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt." cleanhippie Aug 2015 #78

Was that Mark Twain also? rug Aug 2015 #80

I was not referring to the SOP I was referring to attitudes and actions of the mods but Leontius Aug 2015 #79

"I stand by OUR BANS". cleanhippie Aug 2015 #54

Yep, subtle tells. AtheistCrusader Aug 2015 #57

Didn't matter why, they wanted another echo chamber. Which they got. cleanhippie Aug 2015 #60

There was even talk of setting up a third one Rob H. Aug 2015 #77

Tammy Wynette Heddi Aug 2015 #65