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beam me up scottie

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2. "She should have kept her mouth shut."

Reply to LiberalAndProud (Original post)

Tue Sep 9, 2014, 04:11 PM

Sep 2014

I am not a violent person but sometimes...

I will never understand how many christians (and their apologists) refuse to admit that the bible is a huge source of misogyny.

Thank you for this post, LaP.

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Remember Hypatia. [View all] LiberalAndProud Sep 2014 OP

Fascinating - thanks. (nt) mr blur Sep 2014 #1

"She should have kept her mouth shut." beam me up scottie Sep 2014 #2

Arguably her death marked the end of the alexandrean greek philosophical tradition. Warren Stupidity Sep 2014 #3

I would have been one of those who did not raise my hand Curmudgeoness Sep 2014 #4

I understand. LiberalAndProud Sep 2014 #5

Flayed alive with abalone shells... AtheistCrusader Sep 2014 #6

Or pottery shards ... the greek term ostracon is ambiguous. eppur_se_muova Sep 2014 #9

Statue in memory of Hypatia, New Alexandria Library onager Sep 2014 #7

That's breathtaking. beam me up scottie Sep 2014 #8

The man responsible for her death was eulogized most appropriately ... eppur_se_muova Sep 2014 #10

Man, that was putting it nicely. AtheistCrusader Sep 2014 #11

Also, the Roman Catholic Church made that scumbag a Saint. AtheistCrusader Sep 2014 #12

"The Vyckie Garrison video (Thanks, yortsed snacilbuper.) piqued my curiosity," yortsed snacilbuper Sep 2014 #13