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MineralMan

(151,259 posts)

15. In my lifetime, I've known quite a few atheists. None of them were

Reply to Girard442 (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 1, 2018, 02:02 PM

Sep 2018

hedonists. Rather, they were all good thinkers and logical people, with a strong sense of responsibility for others.

Maybe the author of that article was meeting a poor sort of atheist. I don't know.

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Langston on the Validity of Christian Conversions from Atheism [View all] EddieA Sep 2018 OP

From the article: "Most were not atheists in an intellectual sense, they were merely hedonists." Girard442 Sep 2018 #1

Practice makes perfect. EddieA Sep 2018 #2

hedonism is a good thing?? Duppers Sep 2018 #14

I'm definitely a hedonist... brooklynite Sep 2018 #12

In my lifetime, I've known quite a few atheists. None of them were MineralMan Sep 2018 #15

TL;DR version: A handful of people made a mistake, and some of them may even be honest. Pope George Ringo II Sep 2018 #3

Few opinions are worthwhile when the effort to read has been abandoned. EddieA Sep 2018 #4

Always underfoot, aren't you? Pope George Ringo II Sep 2018 #5

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They're your claims of converted atheists. That means it's your burden to prove the numbers Pope George Ringo II Sep 2018 #25

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I wish rug (if he *is* still here somewhere) knew how to quit us Rob H. Sep 2018 #34

Actually, he is still here. He just blocked me from the MineralMan Sep 2018 #37

That *is* interesting Rob H. Sep 2018 #38

That's actually not weird at all. MineralMan Sep 2018 #39

Good to know that he's no longer a host Rob H. Sep 2018 #45

I really like this quote Rob H. Sep 2018 #35

A favorite as well. Pope George Ringo II Sep 2018 #36

I have no doubt that there are people who have said they were atheists, MineralMan Sep 2018 #6

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I'm retired and looking for extra income. How much $$$$$$$ can i make if i become a Christian? 3Hotdogs Sep 2018 #7

Well, if you become a Christian, I'd suggest one of the fundamentalist MineralMan Sep 2018 #8

The catholics do a more efficient job of conning people, though. Pope George Ringo II Sep 2018 #9

Still, becoming a Catholic Priest requires long training. MineralMan Sep 2018 #10

You might be right. Pope George Ringo II Sep 2018 #11

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Ask Martin Luther. The scams are neither new, nor secret. Pope George Ringo II Sep 2018 #24

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It helps if you make yourself out to have been Mariana Sep 2018 #13

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... Mariana Sep 2018 #27

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LOL! MineralMan Sep 2018 #40

He's gone already? Oh well. Mariana Sep 2018 #41

Gone in that incarnation, anyhow. MineralMan Sep 2018 #42

It's more like ex-seminarians boasting of their pedophilia marylandblue Sep 2018 #29

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He's already in jail marylandblue Sep 2018 #31

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Prosperity Gospel works best marylandblue Sep 2018 #16

Excellent advice. If you keep doing this, your congregation MineralMan Sep 2018 #17

What are your thoughts on this article? Lordquinton Sep 2018 #18

I'm afraid the poster will be unable to answer. MineralMan Sep 2018 #43

Like most religious mysteries Lordquinton Sep 2018 #44

LOL! MineralMan Sep 2018 #46