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Ecumenist

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1. He's right. Religion just means force of habit. One can be religious about brushing
Sat Feb 4, 2012, 03:37 AM
Feb 2012

one's teeth a certain way.

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He's right. Religion just means force of habit. One can be religious about brushing Ecumenist Feb 2012 #1
Except that no one I know skepticscott Feb 2012 #3
That was a simple example of force of habit. Ecumenist Feb 2012 #4
They believe in god and in Jesus as their savior skepticscott Feb 2012 #10
Post removed Post removed Feb 2012 #11
Oh, then please give us skepticscott Feb 2012 #13
You know what? skepticscott Feb 2012 #16
Hmmmmm...seems you have nothing to offer in the way of rational discourse skepticscott Feb 2012 #17
STILL waiting for skepticscott Feb 2012 #19
Could you imagine as how crazy that person would be percieved? ChadwickHenryWard Feb 2012 #8
Perhaps that's more of a problem with the USA than with religion. GliderGuider Feb 2012 #20
Sorry, but thing and not-thing will always be part of the same coin. napoleon_in_rags Feb 2012 #2
Associated with religion pokerfan Feb 2012 #6
Since when is "OFF" the opposite of a TV channel ?? n/t MarkCharles Feb 2012 #7
When you merge the concept of all TV channels into one word called "on". napoleon_in_rags Feb 2012 #12
I think you missed the analogy. Cable TV has what 9999 possible... MarkCharles Feb 2012 #15
Watch the video edhopper Feb 2012 #14
Atheism doesn't affirm anything, it's purely a privative. Donald Ian Rankin Feb 2012 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author pokerfan Feb 2012 #5
I think I know what he is trying to say, but I also think the coin is a poor metaphor for this. ZombieHorde Feb 2012 #9
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