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sprinkleeninow

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89. All life has 'value', but one must draw the line with regards to

Sat Oct 21, 2017, 09:44 PM

Oct 2017

agonizing over those who seemingly have no redemption. I said 'seemingly'. It's not for us to say.

There was one, and I most assuredly say one and only one moment since November 8th that a hairbreadth of, I'll use 'pity' that surfaced in me when I viewed *him* on TV or in a still somewhere. It lasted a millisecond if that.

Some here may think, "What the heck is wrong with her." In that moment he might have evoked a semblance of someone familiar to me, but of a memorable recollection. Not in a way resembling anything 'he' embodies.

I am aggrieved by what our nation is being turned into. After educating myself, I realize this didn't just suddenly come into being. Decades ago. It is disturbing to an immeasurable degree to sense the US has assimilated behavior like, (comes to mind), a certain imelda and her shoe collection.

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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