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MineralMan

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10. Hint: The Earth, with its motley collection of lifeforms,

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Original post)

Thu Dec 21, 2017, 12:22 PM

Dec 2017

is NOT located at the center of the Universe. Heck, it's not even near the center of its own galaxy. It's not even the center of its own solar system. The Earth is an insignificant rocky water planet and humans are fleeting inhabitants. We matter ONLY to ourselves, so we'd better try to get along together, I think.

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And yet they claim atheists are arrogant. trotsky Dec 2017 #1

i know. Weird, isn't it? PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2017 #2

I believe both can be quite arrogant. tymorial Dec 2017 #4

Yeah right. mountain grammy Dec 2017 #7

Makes a lot of sense, huh? MineralMan Dec 2017 #3

Yep,,,,, almost as much sense as Cryptoad Dec 2017 #8

"MEism" sounds more appropriate... alittlelark Dec 2017 #5

Perfect. Brilliant! zentrum Dec 2017 #6

No no no... wysimdnwyg Dec 2017 #9

Hint: The Earth, with its motley collection of lifeforms, MineralMan Dec 2017 #10

Watch out, they'll be calling for your head. ffr Dec 2017 #11

And out of all of that we are the only life forms? And life is carbon-based and breathes air? Hah! brush Dec 2017 #12

But only if your beliefs come from a little sand box in the Middle East. Binkie The Clown Dec 2017 #13