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mr blur

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2. As ridiculous and pointless as blaming his actions on evolution or "taking prayer out of schools".

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Sun Jul 22, 2012, 08:45 AM

Jul 2012

Better, surely, to address the question of whether it's wise to raise people to believe they have a "right" to own weapons of destuction and to make them easier to obtain than, say, contraception.

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Why James Holmes' Rampage is the Result of the Teachings of Christianity [View all] rug Jul 2012 OP

No philosophy or religion promotes Misanthropes orpupilofnature57 Jul 2012 #1

As ridiculous and pointless as blaming his actions on evolution or "taking prayer out of schools". mr blur Jul 2012 #2

+1 LeftishBrit Jul 2012 #14

Good for PZ Myers. The other guy is no better than Rick Warren, imo. cbayer Jul 2012 #3

Just once I'd like to see rrneck Jul 2012 #4

What special interest group would that be? The NRA? cbayer Jul 2012 #5

Any of 'em. rrneck Jul 2012 #7

While I agree with much of what you say, I think serious psychiatric disorders cbayer Jul 2012 #8

I agree. rrneck Jul 2012 #10

Exactly this kind of murders was a huge problem in medieval Denmark. DetlefK Jul 2012 #6

You think these murders in Aurora, Colorado, are similar to murders in medieval Denmark? rug Jul 2012 #9

I was referring to the extremist christian doctrine you complained about, not Aurora. DetlefK Jul 2012 #11

PZ is right, but is overextended by proxy dmallind Jul 2012 #12

That is a bit like the too-frequent equating of Islam with terrorism LeftishBrit Jul 2012 #13

Cathy Cooper is clearly talking out of her ass in the first article. backscatter712 Jul 2012 #15

There have been other curious Presbyterians: Marshall Herff Applewhite........ dimbear Jul 2012 #16

He wasn't a Presbyterian while in Heaven's Gate ButterflyBlood Jul 2012 #17