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Mariana

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14. It does seem pretty clear that many Christians

Fri Oct 20, 2017, 04:40 PM

Oct 2017

really get their jollies fantasizing that everyone they don't like will be tortured for eternity, while they get to watch. I have no idea if yallerdawg is one of those. I'll have to wait for a Yes or No answer to my question - although then, if the answer is Yes, I suppose I'd have to ask for yallerdawg's particular interpretation of hell. Sigh. Given how so many Christians just flat refuse to answer simple, straightforward questions about their faith, I'm not optimistic.

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Why millennials are ditching religion for witchcraft and astrology [View all] yallerdawg Oct 2017 OP

The Demon Haunted World exboyfil Oct 2017 #1

Are we better off... yallerdawg Oct 2017 #3

Are we worse off? Act_of_Reparation Oct 2017 #27

So it's not so much believing in fantasy... yallerdawg Oct 2017 #30

I would prefer it if we stopped believing in bullshit altogether. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2017 #97

"Stop believing in bullshit altogether?" yallerdawg Oct 2017 #100

No, I don't believe that. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2017 #102

Doesn't sound like it, does it? whathehell Oct 2017 #77

Sagan went to such lengths In that book... JHan Oct 2017 #26

what is wrong with reality, I wonder? Why always the need for something else? NRaleighLiberal Oct 2017 #2

Years ago on PBS I saw a documentary on legalizing "drugs." yallerdawg Oct 2017 #4

my wife and I have been saying that for many years. We quite love reality - despite it's occasional NRaleighLiberal Oct 2017 #5

Well, what's so wrong with this world and reality that we need to be saved by Jesus? trotsky Oct 2017 #6

If you can document or reference what you just posted... yallerdawg Oct 2017 #7

Would you care to answer my question? trotsky Oct 2017 #8

Again... yallerdawg Oct 2017 #9

OK, I'll grant you your diversion. trotsky Oct 2017 #11

I'm not at all concerned with what you believe - or 'not-believe.' yallerdawg Oct 2017 #13

I do believe you just answered his question Lordquinton Oct 2017 #35

I can think of three reasons tymorial Oct 2017 #82

No side will 'win' this debate in essence. sprinkleeninow Oct 2017 #83

Understanding is necessary for compassion tymorial Oct 2017 #88

All life has 'value', but one must draw the line with regards to sprinkleeninow Oct 2017 #89

Then why not just answer the question? trotsky Oct 2017 #94

This is the same thing as the broad brush aimed at Islam. yallerdawg Oct 2017 #95

Non sequitur. trotsky Oct 2017 #96

"Non sequitur"? yallerdawg Oct 2017 #98

Yep. trotsky Oct 2017 #99

That's my point. yallerdawg Oct 2017 #101

I find religious bigotry reprehensible. Yep. Guilty as charged. trotsky Oct 2017 #103

Do you think that, yallerdawg? Mariana Oct 2017 #10

Sometimes they try to sugar-coat it. trotsky Oct 2017 #12

It does seem pretty clear that many Christians Mariana Oct 2017 #14

My issue is rabid, virulent religious intolerance. yallerdawg Oct 2017 #15

So, do you think non-Christians go to hell? nt. Mariana Oct 2017 #16

Do you think you could be... yallerdawg Oct 2017 #17

Like I said, I'm curious. Mariana Oct 2017 #29

Religious intolerance is usually a one way street Cartoonist Oct 2017 #18

No, you're referring to twisted ideology. yallerdawg Oct 2017 #19

Still a one way street Cartoonist Oct 2017 #20

You really don't like my opinion, do you? yallerdawg Oct 2017 #21

I disagree with it Cartoonist Oct 2017 #22

We have examples of totalitarian states... yallerdawg Oct 2017 #23

Let me know Cartoonist Oct 2017 #24

Baking people in ovens close enough? yallerdawg Oct 2017 #25

Forgive me, but you say "ovens" and I can't think of anything but the Holocaust. Pope George Ringo II Oct 2017 #31

They weren't burning atheists in the ovens. yallerdawg Oct 2017 #32

You want to talk about Stalin or Mao, you might have something Pope George Ringo II Oct 2017 #33

Nazis, fascists and Hitler were a religious movement. yallerdawg Oct 2017 #38

Well, it's certainly in the general historical record Pope George Ringo II Oct 2017 #44

I guess maybe I must have some kind of reading disorder? yallerdawg Oct 2017 #48

This message was self-deleted by its author Pope George Ringo II Oct 2017 #49

It certainly appears to be some kind of reading disorder. Pope George Ringo II Oct 2017 #58

I'm MSNBC. yallerdawg Oct 2017 #62

Not quite what the facts support. Pope George Ringo II Oct 2017 #64

Uh-huh. yallerdawg Oct 2017 #66

You sure sound more like an Infowars headline Pope George Ringo II Oct 2017 #70

You're done with me? yallerdawg Oct 2017 #71

They didn't kill Jews for practicing Judaism. Mariana Oct 2017 #34

Killing millions of Jews and Catholics wasn't about religion. yallerdawg Oct 2017 #39

Killing millions of Jews wasn't about religion. Mariana Oct 2017 #42

My reply: yallerdawg Oct 2017 #53

Thats a pathetic fallacy. Voltaire2 Oct 2017 #90

Now you're actually flat out wrong Lordquinton Oct 2017 #37

Interesting this is an OP about the appeal of "witchcraft and astrology." yallerdawg Oct 2017 #41

It got sidetracked with some ignorant slander accusing atheists of committing the Holocaust Pope George Ringo II Oct 2017 #47

We almost made it a whole day without a no true scottsman fallacy Lordquinton Oct 2017 #86

The first time he was wrong. Pope George Ringo II Oct 2017 #45

My reply? yallerdawg Oct 2017 #54

It wasn't relevant the first time, either. Pope George Ringo II Oct 2017 #60

Not completely anti-religious, selective! atreides1 Oct 2017 #59

Nazis were not atheists. And they didnt execute people Voltaire2 Oct 2017 #51

My reply! yallerdawg Oct 2017 #55

It's all a guilt by association slander Pope George Ringo II Oct 2017 #67

The Pope practices a "twisted ideology?" Lordquinton Oct 2017 #36

Who is the Pope killing? yallerdawg Oct 2017 #40

Policies kill Cartoonist Oct 2017 #46

The RCCs anti condom policies killed lots of people Voltaire2 Oct 2017 #52

You actually believe that if something is a sin... yallerdawg Oct 2017 #56

Omfg. You need to do minimal research before posting. The rcc Voltaire2 Oct 2017 #91

Why research? Mariana Oct 2017 #92

The Pope's bigotry is well documented here Lordquinton Oct 2017 #85

I don't conclude that 'many' Christians get off on sprinkleeninow Oct 2017 #68

Maybe we've had different experiences with Christians. Mariana Oct 2017 #81

It's me. The little wise guy truck driver. sprinkleeninow Oct 2017 #43

Tee cilla4progress Oct 2017 #57

Thot I read feel the 'bum', then I expanded screen. sprinkleeninow Oct 2017 #65

Like! cilla4progress Oct 2017 #84

And noted psychologist likely relaxed each evening Voltaire2 Oct 2017 #50

Because the human mind Loki Liesmith Oct 2017 #79

... PoliticAverse Oct 2017 #28

but I though only boomers were into this nonsense DBoon Oct 2017 #61

Sounds good to me! Religion is all fables, politics, superstitions and many out for money! n/t RKP5637 Oct 2017 #63

"Pick up the phone right now sprinkleeninow Oct 2017 #72

That's a better deal than the preacher that wanted his flock to buy him an airplane. n/t RKP5637 Oct 2017 #73

After he got shouted down for avarice, sprinkleeninow Oct 2017 #74

And said under his breath, "gotta find some dumber ones!" n/t RKP5637 Oct 2017 #75

Sheep led astray. sprinkleeninow Oct 2017 #76

If one does' believe', sprinkleeninow Oct 2017 #78

Great, they leave behind one fantasy world for another Bradshaw3 Oct 2017 #69

Agree. If "millennials are ditching religion for ... HeartachesNhangovers Oct 2017 #80

this isn't a millennial issue...(whoever they are)... samnsara Oct 2017 #87

Karl Paul knows his readers. Mariana Oct 2017 #93