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Soph0571

(9,685 posts) Thu Dec 21, 2017, 03:08 PM Dec 2017

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Let's just change the name of this group to "I don't like religious people" shenmue Dec 2017 #1

It IS the unofficial name. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #2

Or, 'Who Invited All These Stinky God-Believers Here.'😆 sprinkleeninow Dec 2017 #3

Has anyone been rude or disrespectful to you in this group? nt. Mariana Dec 2017 #9

I can't recall. eom sprinkleeninow Dec 2017 #14

but pretending that people have is lots of fun? Voltaire2 Dec 2017 #16

See. One cannot 'win'. (no text) sprinkleeninow Dec 2017 #18

Not personally. Not 'rude' or 'disrespectful' to me personally. sprinkleeninow Dec 2017 #17

It is a constant feature here. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #20

It's called the "Religion Group," not the "Religious Group." MineralMan Dec 2017 #4

Why didja respond to my comment. I piggybacked on the first one sprinkleeninow Dec 2017 #15

I didn't. My reply was to shenmue. MineralMan Dec 2017 #25

Too right. My spectacular Android phone showed the bars going upppp, and appeared to land on mine. sprinkleeninow Dec 2017 #31

We have one. EvilAL Dec 2017 #33

there are protected groups for those with allergies to robust discussions of religion. Voltaire2 Dec 2017 #6

So what exactly is one expected to and not be 'out of order' so to speak sprinkleeninow Dec 2017 #19

See "about this forum". Voltaire2 Dec 2017 #27

Wow. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2017 #12

There is nothing whatsoever in that post that suggests Mariana Dec 2017 #23

Um, there are protected religious groups on DU Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2017 #38

The OP was hardly random Pope George Ringo II Dec 2017 #39

I'm sorry that your thread was taken over by people who MineralMan Dec 2017 #5

Expanding on that... trotsky Dec 2017 #11

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2017 #24

The ethics promulgated by many religious institutions are frequently dubious. Voltaire2 Dec 2017 #7

I think the religions of various cultures were probably MineralMan Dec 2017 #8

The religions have moved on.. a little... and often kicking and screaming TlalocW Dec 2017 #10

Social mores play a greater role than religion. procon Dec 2017 #13

Can there be morality without intelligence? guillaumeb Dec 2017 #21

Oh now it is "an impulse to religion". Voltaire2 Dec 2017 #28

It is a different way of describing it. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #29

Yeah because your original framing was nonsense. Voltaire2 Dec 2017 #32

No, it's a completely different claim. trotsky Dec 2017 #37

Again, you misunderstand. eom guillaumeb Dec 2017 #40

Sure thing, g. trotsky Dec 2017 #41

We survived for at tens of thousands of years without religion. EvilAL Dec 2017 #35

I've been called out in that I 'hi-jacked' a thread around here somewhere sprinkleeninow Dec 2017 #22

I was wondering if someone would note that. I didn't expect it. pangaia Dec 2017 #26

Ethics begat morality tirebiter Dec 2017 #30

Society gives us our morals. EvilAL Dec 2017 #34

False binary choice... NeoGreen Dec 2017 #36