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sigmasix

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6. reminds me-septic tank needs pumping

Fri Nov 16, 2012, 10:49 PM

Nov 2012

I guess teabaggers aren't the only ones that fall for the "if it subverts popular opinion it must be true" attitude about facts of history and the agents of human change. I used to be an atheist and i still feel and understand the frustration experienced by those that feel our (America's) strengths are the product of relying on the science and understandings produced by our secular side, rather than supernatural explanations. This plan is just a silly waste of effort and an expenditure of goodwill, at a time when atheists and secular humanists don't really have any extra goodwill points with those that are fence-sitters in the secular vs. supernatural narrative of the world and human history.
Not terribly pragmatic...

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Atheist group at Dartmouth plans anti Mother Teresa event [View all] rug Nov 2012 OP

That ought to make them some friends. hrmjustin Nov 2012 #1

Really. elleng Nov 2012 #3

I consider myself an Atheist Politicalboi Nov 2012 #2

I agree with you. There's just no point, and it's petty. MADem Nov 2012 #7

Yes I agree with you also. Really she did do some good things for the poor. Let southernyankeebelle Nov 2012 #31

What did she do for the poor outside of the occasional bowl of soup? Not much. stopbush Nov 2012 #37

About time. lalalu Nov 2012 #4

Ah, the intemperance of youth. MADem Nov 2012 #5

reminds me-septic tank needs pumping sigmasix Nov 2012 #6

Welcome to DU! rug Nov 2012 #11

"I used to be an atheist" - What changed for you? cleanhippie Nov 2012 #27

thanks for the welcome sigmasix Nov 2012 #42

They must have thought "Slavic midget" was too offensive. AlbertCat Nov 2012 #8

Fraud is one thing. Racist, bigoted epithets, another. rug Nov 2012 #9

How is any of that "racist" or "bigoted"? skepticscott Nov 2012 #12

Keep trying. rug Nov 2012 #13

So try again skepticscott Nov 2012 #14

Then surely you must not object to my referring to Hitchens as a Maltese carcass. rug Nov 2012 #15

Why would I care? skepticscott Nov 2012 #17

well when you use someone's race as an insult DonCoquixote Nov 2012 #16

So how would an Albanian skepticscott Nov 2012 #18

So ya wanna split hairs eh? DonCoquixote Nov 2012 #22

I asked for specific examples skepticscott Nov 2012 #23

did you read the article DonCoquixote Nov 2012 #40

You're right, this is not an example skepticscott Nov 2012 #46

sigh DonCoquixote Nov 2012 #53

once you defend insults based on race, it becoems a slick slope. AlbertCat Nov 2012 #32

A hate group. nt humblebum Nov 2012 #10

Have any of you ever read Hitchen's book on MT? stopbush Nov 2012 #19

This is not the place to be holding comments. Hitchens himself can easily be desribed humblebum Nov 2012 #20

Radical atheism. Did you just make that up? stopbush Nov 2012 #21

Some might have legit criticisms of Mother Teresa but I'm not listening to scum like Hitchens ButterflyBlood Nov 2012 #25

Just curious - which of Hitchens' books have you read? stopbush Nov 2012 #34

The truth or falsehood of a proposition skepticscott Nov 2012 #43

So you don't consider there to be radical atheism. humblebum Nov 2012 #52

Yeah, because Hitchens was right about so many things. cbayer Nov 2012 #30

Yes, he was right about so many things. I disagreed with him on the war, stopbush Nov 2012 #33

You know nothing about me or what I have read, so what would you know? cbayer Nov 2012 #36

And apparently, you know nothing about Hitchens' work. stopbush Nov 2012 #38

You are wrong. But one might question the credibility of one who draws cbayer Nov 2012 #39

See number 43 skepticscott Nov 2012 #44

The audacity to accuse... rexcat Nov 2012 #57

But who could live up to the high moral standard of the alcoholic war-monger, Mr Hitchens? struggle4progress Nov 2012 #24

And the fact that he drank a lot skepticscott Nov 2012 #45

Do you really need it explained to you okasha Nov 2012 #47

Do you really need it explained to you skepticscott Nov 2012 #48

The question is whether his judgement of the evidence okasha Nov 2012 #49

Unless HIS evaluation of the evidence skepticscott Nov 2012 #54

You're always good for a giggle, scottie. okasha Nov 2012 #58

And you're always good for content-free snark skepticscott Nov 2012 #61

Please don't talk about yourself that way, Scottie. okasha Nov 2012 #67

And the fact that she was short and Albanian means what? struggle4progress Nov 2012 #50

Uh, it means she was short and Albanian skepticscott Nov 2012 #55

If it wasn't for the crack about her height, it would have been perfect. Ian David Nov 2012 #26

MT was no saint. She did good work but she did plenty of bad work too. MotherPetrie Nov 2012 #28

Hateful. Sorry they choose to spend their time this way. cbayer Nov 2012 #29

Dartmouth - often known for it's childish, privileged white boy *antics*. AlbertCat Nov 2012 #35

Anyone who recognizes torture from his own personal experience of it okasha Nov 2012 #41

Um, that's kind of not what happened Goblinmonger Nov 2012 #56

Which are you denying, Goblinmonger? okasha Nov 2012 #59

So when he titled his article "Believe Me, It's Torture" Goblinmonger Nov 2012 #60

I think Hitchens had an immediate emotional response okasha Nov 2012 #66

This will certainly endear people to their cause. Drunken Irishman Nov 2012 #51

Atheists are about truth, not friends Taverner Nov 2012 #69

Then don't complain when people bitch about 'em... Drunken Irishman Nov 2012 #70

Meh, someone likes playing 'kill the messenger' Taverner Nov 2012 #71

Good. Hitchen's exposed her as the creep she was. Odin2005 Nov 2012 #62

Or vice versa cbayer Nov 2012 #65

I notice that the atheists edhopper Nov 2012 #63

You noticed that too, huh? cleanhippie Nov 2012 #64

Good on em! Taverner Nov 2012 #68