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RussBLib

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38. hell, no. does one corrupt TV preacher discredit all of Christianity?

Reply to Warren Stupidity (Original post)

Wed Sep 24, 2014, 03:52 PM

Sep 2014

of course, Christianity is already discredited, but that doesn't stop that steamroller from rolling along.

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Will Misogyny Bring Down The Atheist Movement? [View all] Warren Stupidity Sep 2014 OP

what a crappy article and what a crappy premise ChairmanAgnostic Sep 2014 #1

So that is a fair criticism, but the author at least partially agrees. Warren Stupidity Sep 2014 #4

good points. Thanks for pointing it out. ChairmanAgnostic Sep 2014 #8

Ah, Penn Jillette, one of the stupidest smart guys out there. GoneOffShore Sep 2014 #19

(Dawkins) his tendency to mis-tweet and get hammered and then have to backtrack. AlbertCat Sep 2014 #28

I'm sure many believers hope so. trotsky Sep 2014 #2

As stupid as this all is, there is a bigger point being overlooked JNelson6563 Sep 2014 #3

Indeed. And I don't participate in any of these organized activities. Warren Stupidity Sep 2014 #21

"Not my monkey, not my circus" AtheistCrusader Sep 2014 #5

No. Iggo Sep 2014 #6

There's an atheist 'movement'? Who knew? mr blur Sep 2014 #7

they were lapel puns. ChairmanAgnostic Sep 2014 #9

There is something that has conventions. Warren Stupidity Sep 2014 #10

Yeah, you're right, of course, there is a 'movement' mr blur Sep 2014 #12

I'm pretty sure the group baby eating events on youtube don't help. Warren Stupidity Sep 2014 #17

If we weren't meant to eat baby, temporary311 Sep 2014 #24

Darn! I WAS an atheist women, but because there are a few creeps who are also atheists, Arugula Latte Sep 2014 #11

We can't let the religionists affect how we evaluate ourselves. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2014 #13

This is the point of points. defacto7 Sep 2014 #32

"usually named after textiles" trotsky Sep 2014 #35

Shermer made a good point. onager Sep 2014 #14

I disagree, almost entirely Act_of_Reparation Sep 2014 #18

Part of the discussion with the author on the Center for Inquiry podcast Warren Stupidity Sep 2014 #20

That's pretty much spot-on. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2014 #22

No, I'll dispute that... onager Sep 2014 #25

I didn't get that at all from Madison. onager Sep 2014 #23

That doesn't make sense. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2014 #27

Dawkins seems to think we have no right to call taking sexual advantage of an inebriated woman "rape AlbertCat Sep 2014 #30

"If you want to drive, don't get drunk... Act_of_Reparation Sep 2014 #33

I'm all ears. AlbertCat Sep 2014 #39

It necessarily implies responsibility. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2014 #41

"...utter dearth of women in the upper echelons of the "movement..." onager Sep 2014 #36

Maybe we should try listening to them instead of the dismissing them out of hand AlbertCat Sep 2014 #29

"We have listened to them, have we not?" Act_of_Reparation Sep 2014 #34

blaming the victim. AlbertCat Sep 2014 #40

Talked dirty to? Act_of_Reparation Sep 2014 #42

Given that that major world religions are founded on institutionalized misogyny Lordquinton Sep 2014 #15

Misogyny is what keeps women atheists invisible Warpy Sep 2014 #16

fellow unbelievers .... because Jebus told them to. AlbertCat Sep 2014 #31

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater yortsed snacilbuper Sep 2014 #26

My last, no-kidding comment on all this... onager Sep 2014 #37

hell, no. does one corrupt TV preacher discredit all of Christianity? RussBLib Sep 2014 #38