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LARED

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111. Again with your nonsense about what I have stated. Have you no shame? None?

Reply to trotsky (Reply #109)

Sun May 6, 2012, 07:28 PM

May 2012

No where have I spouted Christian supremacist nonsense.

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Hundreds rally to defend war memorial [View all] rug May 2012 OP

Someone should remind General Centraccio that violating the Constitution isn't patriotic. laconicsax May 2012 #1

The general probably doesn't think that injecting God and Christianity darkstar3 May 2012 #5

I have a question for you. cbayer May 2012 #10

I'm not sure I understand what you're asking. laconicsax May 2012 #11

No, I am asking why a cross is necessarily considered a religious symbol. cbayer May 2012 #12

Ah, that makes sense. laconicsax May 2012 #13

Now let's be honest. cbayer May 2012 #14

Are you seriously trying to call me out over a 6-month-old post in the Atheists & Agostics group? laconicsax May 2012 #15

No. I asked you a question about how you could make a distinction cbayer May 2012 #16

I answered your question. laconicsax May 2012 #17

I bet most of these folk never knew about the Woonsocket memorial until struggle4progress May 2012 #2

Other than family descendants, you are doubtless correct. rug May 2012 #3

Please get your facts correct. longship May 2012 #6

The "folk from Wisconsin" were helping out a citizen of that town. Goblinmonger May 2012 #7

the "cross" it a great symbol for endless war and slaughter. seems appropriate nt msongs May 2012 #4

RI Attorney General Adds His Support To Keep Memorial Intact struggle4progress May 2012 #8

Wrongness upon wrongness. eqfan592 May 2012 #9

RI Attorney General Adds His Support To Keep Memorial Intact AlbertCat May 2012 #21

Well 90 years ago, no one thought the Constitution was in any danger LARED May 2012 #18

Christian privilage is on full display here in this post. (nt) eqfan592 May 2012 #19

Thanks goodness after 90 years someone is putting those LARED May 2012 #29

Do you deny that Christians enjoy a privileged status in this country? laconicsax May 2012 #32

No, not at all. Woonsocket is a great place to start crushing LARED May 2012 #33

So violation of the Constitution is alright, so long as the majority is for it? nt Act_of_Reparation May 2012 #52

What violation of the Constitution are you talking about? LARED May 2012 #53

Statistics put atheists at a higher percentage than Jewish in our country. Goblinmonger May 2012 #58

No my point is we should listen ot our courts. nt LARED May 2012 #87

You mean the courts that have more often than not ruled that crosses in public ground such as this.. eqfan592 May 2012 #88

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion," Act_of_Reparation May 2012 #89

This may not be a violation. cbayer May 2012 #68

Here's the FFRF's take on it. eqfan592 May 2012 #69

Thanks. Legalese makes me all blurry eyed, so I don't really understand the cbayer May 2012 #71

To be totally fair Goblinmonger May 2012 #72

The local group does call itself the Ocean State Atheists. eqfan592 May 2012 #73

I just saw that post. Goblinmonger May 2012 #75

Are there significant policy differences between the atheist organizations and cbayer May 2012 #74

First off, I just saw the statement from the local atheist org Goblinmonger May 2012 #76

What does it mean to put human concerns/morals above divine ones? cbayer May 2012 #82

Yeah, and in the 50s Goblinmonger May 2012 #20

Yeah, and in the 50s AlbertCat May 2012 #22

OK. Things change. I get that. Goblinmonger May 2012 #23

Not sure how that applies to the 1st Amendment issue. AlbertCat May 2012 #24

OK. Reading it in context as a response to LARED and not me Goblinmonger May 2012 #26

I think albert`s post was directed at lared..... opiate69 May 2012 #25

Yeah, that makes it make more sense to me. Goblinmonger May 2012 #27

It is pretty awesome. LARED May 2012 #30

And yet more christian privilage. Truly astounding. (nt) eqfan592 May 2012 #31

Seriously? LARED May 2012 #34

few people care about the atheists concern AlbertCat May 2012 #35

Big +1! (nt) eqfan592 May 2012 #39

I think that your problem is, mr blur May 2012 #36

Nonsense. LARED May 2012 #37

You feel sorry for the folks of Woonsocket? eqfan592 May 2012 #38

I think they value both nt LARED May 2012 #41

Well one has a place in the public square and one doesn't. You can guess which one is which. (nt) eqfan592 May 2012 #42

For 90 years there was no problem with both being in the public square LARED May 2012 #45

If only that were an actually valid argument. (nt) eqfan592 May 2012 #47

I am certain you understand the difference between making an observation and making an argument. LARED May 2012 #48

Indeed I do. I'm glad to see you do as well. (nt) eqfan592 May 2012 #50

Big harm comes from the propagation of the lie that this is a "Christian nation." trotsky May 2012 #56

What bothers me far more than the actual god crap on our money or in the pledge... trotsky May 2012 #40

The facts are the facts LARED May 2012 #43

"The US has been viewed as a Christian nation by it own people for a long long time." trotsky May 2012 #44

How does that work? LARED May 2012 #54

So you believe the United States is a Christian nation, huh? trotsky May 2012 #55

Again the facts are the facts LARED May 2012 #85

What exactly is a "Christian value"? trotsky May 2012 #90

Yes, to a substantial number of people skepticscott May 2012 #91

"cultural supremacists"? Where do you get this stuff from? Don't quit your day job. LARED May 2012 #93

The Founders were a mixed group, they were not all Christians. trotsky May 2012 #95

True, but the reality is that LARED May 2012 #97

Deism isn't remotely Christianity. If anything, it's far closer to a wholesale rejection of it. darkstar3 May 2012 #105

That's nonsense again LARED May 2012 #106

Uh huh... darkstar3 May 2012 #107

Yep I forgot to check for typos before posting. Got me. Also please stop putting words in my LARED May 2012 #108

Nonsense. trotsky May 2012 #109

Again with your nonsense about what I have stated. Have you no shame? None? LARED May 2012 #111

Replace "no where" with "everywhere" and you've got a true statement. trotsky May 2012 #112

Tell you what, show where I have spouted Christian Supremacy and I'll LARED May 2012 #113

Well I suppose I could collect a link to every post you've made in these last few threads... trotsky May 2012 #114

So you don't care that your country's founders, mr blur May 2012 #57

Wow a quote. And I completely agree with him LARED May 2012 #86

A nation of mostly christians does not a christian nation make. cleanhippie May 2012 #92

Why not? nt LARED May 2012 #94

It's been explained to you several times in this thread alone. cleanhippie May 2012 #96

So the US is a white nation? n/t Goblinmonger May 2012 #98

I was not aware that one's pigmentation LARED May 2012 #100

No, but you are saying that we are a Christian nation because most people are Christian. Goblinmonger May 2012 #102

At least your desire for a theocracy Goblinmonger May 2012 #59

Cool, another guy making up his own definitions for words. I think I'll try, that it must make LARED May 2012 #99

How did I make anything up. Goblinmonger May 2012 #101

Look up Theocrat in Websters first. You obviously are using a different definition. LARED May 2012 #103

I can't get past the bullshit of what you are saying, frankly. Goblinmonger May 2012 #104

Try this LARED May 2012 #110

Seriously? sakabatou May 2012 #84

Uh, how is this an attack on the Constitution? progressoid May 2012 #28

It was more like the constitution was ignored... rexcat May 2012 #46

So it took us something 200 years to figure out what the Constitution really means LARED May 2012 #49

Something being "ignored" and something having it's meaning figured out are two different things. eqfan592 May 2012 #51

The problem is they don't have the ability to understand the difference between Leontius May 2012 #78

Yeah, you've sure got us figured out, Leontius. eqfan592 May 2012 #80

I really did not expect you to understand my post... rexcat May 2012 #83

... FFRF's President tells Eyewitness News that the city's battle is premature. "We have not sent struggle4progress May 2012 #60

Oh Noes. FFRF used the word "hysterical" Goblinmonger May 2012 #62

R.I., not national, American Legion will pay to repair Woonsocket cross war memorial struggle4progress May 2012 #61

That doesn't make it any better. Goblinmonger May 2012 #63

The blowhards are certainly swarming struggle4progress May 2012 #64

A person living there filed a complaint and asked for the FFRF's help. (nt) eqfan592 May 2012 #65

Pesky facts. Always getting in the way Goblinmonger May 2012 #67

Stop with the misinformation. FFRF "chimed in" because a resident OF THAT TOWN asked them to. Goblinmonger May 2012 #66

I'm kinda wonderin if this mysterious and anonymous person, who so suddenly struggle4progress May 2012 #70

Who said the person "suddenly discovered" the memorial to be offensive? eqfan592 May 2012 #77

The dates testify to the suddenness. The monument was originally dedicated 90+ years ago, and it was struggle4progress May 2012 #79

That doesn't really address my point. eqfan592 May 2012 #81

More Woonsocket history struggle4progress May 2012 #115