Atheists & Agnostics

trotsky

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34. "the bits they choose"

Mon Jan 12, 2015, 01:11 PM

Jan 2015

That argument gets spun 180 right back at the moderate believers by the fundamentalists. But I'd say there's not a single believer on earth who takes 100% of their holy text literally. Simply cannot be done.

So by saying:

If you pick and choose, you aren't really following the religion, IMO.

You're claiming that there isn't a single person in the world following ANY religion.

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So...if those that attacked in Paris aren't "real" muslims, and KKK isn't "real" christians [View all] Heddi Jan 2015 OP

And I guess the Saudis (the home of Islam) aren't "real" Muslims either. PeaceNikki Jan 2015 #1

But that's not about religion either y'see.... truebrit71 Jan 2015 #2

But Saudi lashings are LIBERAL, you troublemaker! onager Jan 2015 #9

It is an excellent question!! How does wavesofeuphoria Jan 2015 #3

Very good points. Curmudgeoness Jan 2015 #5

What's really ridiculous Mr.Bill Jan 2015 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Pacifist Patriot Jan 2015 #12

Good response. bvf Jan 2015 #15

I've been struck speechless by what I've read here the past week. deucemagnet Jan 2015 #6

I know. The pretzel logic and mental gymnastics that they have to go through is nothing short of an PeaceNikki Jan 2015 #7

It's about power. jeff47 Jan 2015 #8

"Religion is just the tool..." deucemagnet Jan 2015 #10

But also about religion. trotsky Jan 2015 #20

Stalinists were also able to motivate people to martyr themselves. jeff47 Jan 2015 #23

I didn't say it wasn't possible. trotsky Jan 2015 #27

No, there's people who will line up behind almost anything jeff47 Jan 2015 #28

Again, I didn't say it wasn't possible. trotsky Jan 2015 #29

I really don't care if the attacker dies or not. I'm more interested in the victims. jeff47 Jan 2015 #31

I don't view this as a binary proposition. trotsky Jan 2015 #32

Given the bits of their religion they choose to enforce jeff47 Jan 2015 #33

"the bits they choose" trotsky Jan 2015 #34

Yeah, it's never-ending circular logic. PeaceNikki Jan 2015 #36

You're right, I am claiming that no one is really following their religion jeff47 Jan 2015 #37

I understand you to say that the only true adherents LiberalAndProud Jan 2015 #35

There is a huge intersection between Christianity and White supremacy Lordquinton Jan 2015 #42

Actually, you don't know why. jeff47 Jan 2015 #43

Well, thanks for informing me what I do and don't know Lordquinton Jan 2015 #44

If you're gonna whine about assumptions made of you jeff47 Jan 2015 #46

Religion is just the tool AlbertCat Jan 2015 #22

Religion was exploited to motivate people. jeff47 Jan 2015 #24

Religion was exploited to motivate people. AlbertCat Jan 2015 #25

Generally, the rules say god will handle it. jeff47 Jan 2015 #26

I swear the stupid comes out in people after a massacre. Warren Stupidity Jan 2015 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author Pacifist Patriot Jan 2015 #13

Yeah, your #2 is especially annoying. PeaceNikki Jan 2015 #14

Can I throw a fly in the ointment for a second? defacto7 Jan 2015 #16

So you want to substitute "degree of scotsman" for "binary scotsman"? Warren Stupidity Jan 2015 #17

You are putting a personal twist defacto7 Jan 2015 #38

misunderstandings RussBLib Jan 2015 #41

Thanks for looking to the bright side. defacto7 Jan 2015 #45

It's hard to understand what you mean by "equal." trotsky Jan 2015 #21

I'm just trying to separate the person from the dogma. defacto7 Jan 2015 #39

Popey says they are "deviant" RussBLib Jan 2015 #18

Not only are they NOT "real" Muslims or Christians... trotsky Jan 2015 #19

And you're A BIGOT AND ISLAMAPHOBE if youdon't agree. PeaceNikki Jan 2015 #30

A nice neat defacto7 Jan 2015 #40