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Atheists & Agnostics

LiberalAndProud

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18. Sure. I understand what you're saying.

Reply to trotsky (Reply #17)

Mon Feb 9, 2015, 04:36 PM

Feb 2015

When we can point to the passages of scripture that justify and even exhort violent, barbaric, hateful acts, it's incredibly frustrating when defenders respond with, "Of course, but that's not the fault of the scripture. Ignore those bits."

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Mr. Tayler again hits the nail on the head. Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #1

It is astonishing someone can say something this stupid: trotsky Feb 2015 #2

That caught my attention too. Curmudgeoness Feb 2015 #3

This is exactly what I think too. JNelson6563 Feb 2015 #10

Jumped off the page for me too. GeorgeGist Feb 2015 #4

But how can he have moral "values and norms" without scripture? mr blur Feb 2015 #7

That is a question they can't answer honestly. Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #9

But that's true, isn't it? LiberalAndProud Feb 2015 #16

Not as a universal declaration. trotsky Feb 2015 #17

Sure. I understand what you're saying. LiberalAndProud Feb 2015 #18

This will be a VERY unpopular article... onager Feb 2015 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author Pacifist Patriot Feb 2015 #8

Ha! Glad to hear that. onager Feb 2015 #11

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Honest dialogue is most often of value. nm rhett o rick Feb 2015 #12

"garrulous slithering reptiles, airborne ungulates" Fumesucker Feb 2015 #6

What seems obvious to me but apparently not the Faithful, when the scriptures rhett o rick Feb 2015 #13

An hour and a half, Jeff Murdoch Feb 2015 #14

Rec. LiberalAndProud Feb 2015 #19