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13. Prey on the weak.

Fri Sep 25, 2015, 10:58 PM

Sep 2015

Do you imagine your religion's financial success is due to anything else?

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This Catholic anti-abortion organization wants you to suffer � and actually says so! [View all] AtheistCrusader Sep 2015 OP

The obsession with suffering, promoting it as a virtue... trotsky Sep 2015 #1

The RCC is a sick institution. Dawson Leery Sep 2015 #2

"That is the plan." rug Sep 2015 #3

These guys get funnier every day. Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #7

Whatever it is, it's not the product of reason. rug Sep 2015 #8

That's for damn sure. Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #9

Because the RCC is the real victim. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #5

And the cavalry rides in to the rescue! Warren Stupidity Sep 2015 #10

Right? I almost feel sorry for the apologists. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #11

I don't - they're even dumber and more selfish than Blank Frank. mr blur Sep 2015 #16

Not as many as those who object to hyperbolic bullshit. rug Sep 2015 #6

Prey on the weak. AtheistCrusader Sep 2015 #13

I know it's not. rug Sep 2015 #14

Nice dodge. Addressing a strained interpretation of one part of my post AtheistCrusader Sep 2015 #19

It's a dismissal. rug Sep 2015 #20

150+Bn per year in the us isn't a legacy horde, sat upon as if by Smaug AtheistCrusader Sep 2015 #21

The church's activities in attempting to deny access to care is well known AtheistCrusader Sep 2015 #23

You've disarmed me with Smaug. Carry on. rug Sep 2015 #24

Feeble deflection. AtheistCrusader Sep 2015 #25

Lame riposte. rug Sep 2015 #27

Oh noes, you've resorted to smilies. I am undone, sir. AtheistCrusader Sep 2015 #29

Its called "Redemptive Suffering" an irredeemably evil belief... Humanist_Activist Sep 2015 #12

I reject the notion of "redemptive suffering" skepticscott Sep 2015 #18

Word. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #28