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Phillip McCleod

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3. i hope my bias wasn't showing too much in my OP, but, yes..

Reply to Sekhmets Daughter (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 23, 2013, 10:12 PM

Apr 2013

..i take a dim view of faith as a basis for social mores. psychology and sociology, with all their fluffy faults, at least employ a measure of repeatable methodologies in their analyses of human behavior. the same cannot be said for al qaeda fanboys or senator inhofe, the westboro church, etc.

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Why the faith of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects doesn’t matter, but yours does [View all] Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 OP

If you're like me and consider 'faith' in any religion Sekhmets Daughter Apr 2013 #1

i hope my bias wasn't showing too much in my OP, but, yes.. Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #3

No, your bias didn't show at all. Sekhmets Daughter Apr 2013 #4

cool, that's what i was going for. Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #5

My yardstick for religious insanity is the Irish Catholic stuff Warpy Apr 2013 #2

Curious--what did «churching» signify to your grandmother? okasha Apr 2013 #8

You had to appear before the congregation and ask forgiveness Warpy Apr 2013 #9

That was Catholic? Dorian Gray Apr 2013 #14

My grandmother was born in Ireland in 1877 Warpy Apr 2013 #16

Yes, big difference Dorian Gray Apr 2013 #17

It sounds very old school Isish Catholic to me. hrmjustin Apr 2013 #18

That's. . . strange. okasha Apr 2013 #19

I don't think so. But its success does. rug Apr 2013 #6

Tolerance for diversity and sense of community require constant effort struggle4progress Apr 2013 #7

You could kill a person with an AK-47, but you could also have used a sack of potatoes. dimbear Apr 2013 #10

REM The faith does matter, because efforts to pull back violent extremists will have to come muriel_volestrangler Apr 2013 #11

NIN ..what you say is true.. Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #12

You win the internet, sir Act_of_Reparation Apr 2013 #15

Religion isn't "co-opted" for extremism. trotsky Apr 2013 #13

Proving a Conservative Caricature of Boston Bombing Coverage Wrong Mango40 Apr 2013 #20