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Atheists & Agnostics

skepticscott

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2. Yes, but when atheists put up a billboard saying "we exist"

Reply to trotsky (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 30, 2015, 05:40 PM

Jan 2015

the religionistas over in Religion and elsewhere go ballistic about how terrible their "aggressive" "in your face" atheism is, and how much proclaiming that they exist "hurts the atheist movement" (whatever the fuck that is).

No expression of atheism other than shutting the fuck up and avoiding anything that might offend any religious person (like we've been doing for thousands of years with no effect) will be acceptable to them.

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Paging Heddi... [View all] onager Jan 2015 OP

It's all about a two-way street of tolerance, onager. trotsky Jan 2015 #1

Yes, but when atheists put up a billboard saying "we exist" skepticscott Jan 2015 #2

Right on the money my dear. JNelson6563 Jan 2015 #15

Tiresome as skepticscott Jan 2015 #16

It's "just" a wall hanging, onager. Curmudgeoness Jan 2015 #3

No Atheist Mr.Bill Jan 2015 #4

This shit pisses me off. Heddi Jan 2015 #5

Thanks! Knew I could count on you. onager Jan 2015 #7

I'm sorry you're having to go through that. We're thinking of changing locations, too Heddi Jan 2015 #8

You guys!!! AlbertCat Feb 2015 #20

They are, and even a liberal paradise like Seattle was quite insufferable at times Heddi Feb 2015 #21

Yes, the scolds over in Religion don't seem to grasp that skepticscott Jan 2015 #17

Probably because catholics are busy wresting control of every hospital they can AtheistCrusader Jan 2015 #6

I'm glad I don't work in Seattle anymore Heddi Jan 2015 #9

I refuse to go anywhere but UWMC. AtheistCrusader Jan 2015 #10

my husband used to work at Swedish Heddi Jan 2015 #11

I'm sure it's just out of the goodness of their loving, jeebus-filled hearts they are buying AtheistCrusader Jan 2015 #12

Yeah, you know it's out of the goodness of their hearts progressoid Jan 2015 #13

There you go again proposing genocide.* Warren Stupidity Jan 2015 #14

everywhere we go somebody is trying to sell us something olddots Jan 2015 #18

"With God, all things are possible." AlbertCat Feb 2015 #19