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Atheists & Agnostics

A HERETIC I AM

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4. It's the heat.

Reply to dimbear (Reply #3)

Mon Jul 1, 2013, 12:29 PM

Jul 2013

As Lewis Black put it (paraphrasing)

"The reason the Jews wrote the Old Testament was to keep their minds off the fact that they had no air conditioning."

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Middle Eastern Christian vs. American Christian [View all] deucemagnet Jun 2013 OP

LOL, great punchline... Curmudgeoness Jun 2013 #1

That puts me in mind of this quote by Jon Stewart Rob H. Jun 2013 #2

Does being near the equator drive people crazy religiously? dimbear Jul 2013 #3

It's the heat. A HERETIC I AM Jul 2013 #4

From Red White and Screwed... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2013 #6

It's amazing that that one small region of the planet birthed the three major monotheisms. Arugula Latte Jul 2013 #5