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AlbertCat

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31. You just don't understand other ways of collecting.

Reply to stopbush (Reply #16)

Wed May 9, 2012, 04:49 PM

May 2012

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What do atheists mean when they talk about religion? [View all] struggle4progress May 2012 OP

The archbishop can go fuck himself. Goblinmonger May 2012 #1

You're a such cheery sunbeam today! struggle4progress May 2012 #2

Oh, I'm sorry. Goblinmonger May 2012 #3

You've certainly got this one pegged. darkstar3 May 2012 #20

If I keep reading here I can get rid of all of my cats. rug May 2012 #19

Goblinmonger's answer was the correct one. 2ndAmForComputers May 2012 #42

Thank you. djean111 May 2012 #5

I caught that also, and decided to read no further. madmom May 2012 #15

Personally I follow the Loftus line intaglio May 2012 #4

I believe in spirits, but djean111 May 2012 #6

Religions don't have to include worship intaglio May 2012 #8

Actually, no. I don't. djean111 May 2012 #9

That "calm knowledge" of something that many people would find disputable... Silent3 May 2012 #23

but it doesn't matter if others find it disputable. djean111 May 2012 #25

Part of what makes religion religion... Silent3 May 2012 #26

No matter how you twist it and turn it, djean111 May 2012 #27

Your personal lack of need for proof is the very point I'm making. Silent3 May 2012 #28

You are getting a bit shrill and nonsensical. djean111 May 2012 #32

Whether you'd consider yourself "stunned" is hardly central to what I'm saying Silent3 May 2012 #36

Post removed Post removed May 2012 #29

How fallible tama May 2012 #37

How much doubt does doubt require? Silent3 May 2012 #38

OK tama May 2012 #39

Works for me. n/t Silent3 May 2012 #40

just a calm knowledge of what happened to me personally. AlbertCat May 2012 #33

Well, no djean111 May 2012 #34

How on earth did you get the idea that you can state with certainty what my childhood was like? AlbertCat May 2012 #35

Personally I follow the Loftus line AlbertCat May 2012 #30

Of course it's always "something else." trotsky May 2012 #7

Two answers, Bish. dmallind May 2012 #10

I want to Rec this post about a billion times. trotsky May 2012 #12

+6.022×10²³! n/t Silent3 May 2012 #21

n/t Plantaganet May 2012 #41

"Something else" is an ingenious way of saying it. Jim__ May 2012 #11

As an atheist, I have a very clear message that I want every religious person to hear. pennylane100 May 2012 #13

You hit the point! bongbong May 2012 #18

Typical arrogant theist bullshit. mr blur May 2012 #14

What do people who don't collect stamps "believe" about stamp collecting? stopbush May 2012 #16

Well, whatever it is Goblinmonger May 2012 #17

But then again, there are those that don't now collect stamps but... edcantor May 2012 #22

Do you mean "Progressive" Stamp Collecting? nt mr blur May 2012 #24

You just don't understand other ways of collecting. AlbertCat May 2012 #31