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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 10:05 PM Original message |
A few words on the somewhat frenzied attacks on Christians / select Christians here. . . |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. It shows more how media sets the cultural narrative. |
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pintobean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. The self-righteous never see their own hypocrisy |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 10:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. On both sides. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:00 AM Response to Reply #10 |
51. The Founders didn't mention "both sides" ... they separted Church from State .. wisely so -- |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #51 |
257. So, the "Founders" said "Make fun of everyone you wish.. it is your right"? |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
127. Yep. n/t |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
41. +1 nt |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. Stupid transcends religious boundaries. n/t |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. good post skip... thanks. nt |
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Jack Sprat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. Although you make a good point and you do, |
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AmBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 10:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
241. I use to teach Sunday school, but now do not attend... |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
255. "some things just defy common sense" |
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Generic Brad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
6. I am tolerant up to a point |
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Zoeisright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 10:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Plus one billion |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:25 AM Response to Reply #6 |
82. Jesus 'hates' bankers, i.e., the money-changers, is really code words |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #82 |
121. According to whom? |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:18 PM Response to Reply #121 |
136. If you're unaware of the significant currents of anti-semitism, both covert and |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #136 |
147. Believe it or not, there have been quite a few centuries & religious movements |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #147 |
150. OK. Kudos to you. But consider this; when fundies like Pat |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:28 PM Response to Reply #150 |
212. I know precisely why they cozy up to Israel |
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stranger81 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 07:38 PM Response to Reply #121 |
208. Someplace in the Gospel of Matthew, I think. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 11:02 PM Response to Reply #121 |
243. Read the wiki article on "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 11:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
242. + infinity |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
7. Ridiculing religion is a proud pastime here at DU, especially Christianity. |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 10:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. +1 |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 10:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Is DU the only place you have ever had your religion questioned? |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:33 AM Response to Reply #12 |
85. I have no religion, but that does not mean I am incapable of respecting the beliefs of others. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 10:25 AM Response to Reply #85 |
97. It's special pleading to intimate all irrational beliefs should be respected. |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 11:05 AM Response to Reply #97 |
248. +1000 |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 10:37 AM Response to Reply #85 |
100. DU may be the only place a lot of religious people are ever challenged... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 03:26 PM Response to Reply #100 |
161. There are a lot of people who like to have temper tantrums when Atheists don't stay in the closet |
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urgk (982 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
140. What an interesting question. |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 10:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Very true. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 10:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Ever wonder why that is? |
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LAGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 04:47 PM Response to Reply #15 |
182. "Christians haven't been killing other Christians in most places for over a century." |
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LibertyFox (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #182 |
196. Since when was either side fighting for god? |
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LAGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 07:10 PM Response to Reply #196 |
202. Uh... |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 07:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
210. I wondered about that. |
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Union Scribe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 11:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
220. No, it's just because people can be anonymous douchebags online |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 06:23 PM Response to Reply #220 |
262. Great observation. |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 11:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. I wholeheartedly agree n/t |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:09 AM Response to Reply #7 |
28. Exactly. Evidently, even pointing this out bothers some.nt |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:58 AM Response to Reply #7 |
49. Are you asking for a protected status for religion here? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 03:21 PM Response to Reply #49 |
260. . |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:58 AM Response to Reply #7 |
50. Bullshit. |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #50 |
251. Amen! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:09 AM Response to Reply #7 |
53. Is the Bible also a "broad brush" -- ? |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:41 AM Response to Reply #7 |
64. Oh the poor christians!!!11111! |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 04:37 PM Response to Reply #64 |
180. Show them the lions and they will stop their whimpering. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:50 AM Response to Reply #7 |
90. What other religious appelation is a synonym for "good." |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 02:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
149. It is the largest religion in the US |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 05:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
188. +2 |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #7 |
244. Stop being such a victim |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
8. Muslims, Jews and Wiccans just aren't heavily represented in America |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 10:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Well done. |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 11:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. POW |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 11:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. what you said |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:11 AM Response to Reply #20 |
29. That is a two way street, you know? nt |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 08:45 AM Response to Reply #29 |
66. LOL |
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Mariana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 11:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. A little harmless snark? No, it isn't, it's frenzied attacks!!! |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:01 AM Response to Reply #8 |
24. Jews aren't heavily represented in America? |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:21 AM Response to Reply #24 |
32. No, Jews are a mere 2.1% of the US population and thus qualify as a minority. Your slip is showing. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:22 AM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Jews are about 2.2% of the population of the USA.. |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:32 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. I'm not the one who equated those two, my friend. nt |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:50 AM Response to Reply #37 |
44. Your words verbatim.. |
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AlabamaLibrul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:07 AM Response to Reply #8 |
27. And boom goes the dynamite. Spot on nt |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:38 AM Response to Reply #8 |
42. that Federal law is not that long established |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:53 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. 1947 was over sixty years ago, before I was born..That's nearly three generations. |
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cordelia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:27 AM Response to Reply #45 |
83. What about death wishes? |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #45 |
113. Well, it did not all happen in 1947 |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #113 |
118. So you are in favor of absolute democracy then? |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #118 |
137. No, but I am not in favor of a system |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #137 |
139. "The liberals of Topeka"... |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 06:11 PM Response to Reply #139 |
198. the person's argument is, basically, the tyranny of the majority |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:31 PM Response to Reply #139 |
213. Dude, there's 12 of 'em--and they all are related to me. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 04:49 PM Response to Reply #137 |
183. Wow. So you're not only in favor of mandatory school prayer, you want Griswold overturned? |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 10:29 PM Response to Reply #183 |
240. Kinda puts things in perspective, doesn't it? n/t |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 05:33 PM Response to Reply #137 |
229. Wow. Where does that end? |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 06:28 PM Response to Reply #45 |
199. and the context - 1947 - after the extermination of Jews in "Christian" Europe |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:15 AM Response to Reply #42 |
54. Like most other liberal issues, Democrats have been silent on this one ... |
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shimmergal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 10:29 AM Response to Reply #54 |
98. A good post! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #98 |
101. Thank you -- and thanks for your very interesting post --- |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 08:56 AM Response to Reply #42 |
69. so you think it's unjust for Christians to have to respect other beliefs in govt |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #69 |
116. your argument makes the case |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #116 |
193. LOL |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #42 |
106. Who is stopping you people from reading your Bibles and praying?! NO ONE |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #106 |
117. much of the public thinks it should be |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #117 |
119. So I guess you'd be fine if the Koran were read every day in school & the kids bowed to Mecca |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:58 PM Response to Reply #119 |
130. "Righteousness does not consist in whether you face towards the East |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #130 |
132. Lol! |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:30 PM Response to Reply #130 |
256. Then perhaps they should teach science and evolution in Sunday |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 06:04 PM Response to Reply #117 |
195. xtians are not the only ones who pay taxes |
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Mariana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 08:02 PM Response to Reply #195 |
211. It's not true that no one may pray in school. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 03:27 PM Response to Reply #106 |
162. Poster you're arguing with doesn't agree with SCOTUS decisions prohibiting mandatory school prayer. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #162 |
185. Yeah -- pretty out there huh? |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 06:09 PM Response to Reply #162 |
197. incredible |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:05 AM Response to Reply #8 |
52. +1 -- |
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urgk (982 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:09 AM Response to Reply #8 |
74. +1 |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 10:20 AM Response to Reply #8 |
95. A hit, sir! A palpable hit! |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 11:18 AM Response to Reply #8 |
104. Great post, Fumesucker. |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
148. Where is that "Like" button? |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
170. You have all the political power in this country and yet you complain over a little harmless snark |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 05:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
191. Well said - nt |
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Union Scribe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 11:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
221. It's okay to hate people as long as there are a lot of them where you live. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 10:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
238. +a billion n/t |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
258. There is a name for tarring everyone of a group with the same brush. |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
9. Good post! |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
17. So you are really offended at anyone poking fun at the Rapture Ready Christians today? |
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JFN1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
18. Non-believers get attacked much harder, more consistently, and nobody says shit |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 11:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. you said it. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:15 AM Response to Reply #18 |
55. +1000% -- !! |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
129. Really? As a life-long atheist I have never felt persecuted. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 04:05 PM Response to Reply #129 |
176. You should have been with me on the school bus in the Midwest at age 7 |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #176 |
186. I remember a kid being LIVID with me in 3rd grade that I didn't "believe in Jesus" |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 05:44 PM Response to Reply #186 |
190. "he told on me to the teacher, who, it turns out, was Jewish" |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
25. I think the rapture jokes are more about the non-event than about ridiculing Christians. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
26. Not this shit again. People can believe whatever they want. They can't demand no one make fun of it. |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:21 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. +1 |
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Ninjaneer (577 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:29 AM Response to Reply #26 |
35. + 1 |
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urgk (982 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:08 AM Response to Reply #26 |
73. +1 |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #26 |
103. +1 |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 04:43 PM Response to Reply #26 |
181. Exactly. No one has a right for their ignorant beliefs to not be mocked. |
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Dystopian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
30. Thank you |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
34. You're right. We should be tolerant of intolerant, bigoted, homophobic, religious extremists |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:16 AM Response to Reply #34 |
56. +1 -- |
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Ninjaneer (577 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
36. Oh no, did those atheist bullies hurt your feelings? = / |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:36 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Sheesh. Really? No, my feelings aren't hurt. But I am a bit surprised by the harshness of replies |
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Ninjaneer (577 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:57 AM Response to Reply #39 |
48. You would guess right. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:17 AM Response to Reply #39 |
57. Come back when Churches stop pushing "male-supremacy" -- and all male gods -- !! |
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Union Scribe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 11:50 PM Response to Reply #39 |
223. Really? You've been here a hell of a lot longer than I |
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justiceischeap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #39 |
254. I'd say anyone who is an extremist to their religion is an idiot... Muslim, Jew, Christian, etc. |
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Ninjaneer (577 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
38. By the way, if the Hawking article belonged in R/T this sure as hell does too. eom |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
40. What I don't get is how easily amused it seems some are |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:55 AM Response to Reply #40 |
47. It's not the preacher so much, he's just a grifter conning the marks.. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:21 AM Response to Reply #40 |
58. You'd have to be ignoring the GOP/rightwing religious rise in America over decades ... |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
43. Boo-fucking-hoo...nt |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 05:33 PM Response to Reply #43 |
230. Sid! |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
46. No one is attacking christians. |
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Union Scribe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 11:51 PM Response to Reply #46 |
224. Are you reading this thread? Lol. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
59. If it gets too much, we can always walk away from DU. We aren't persecuted IRL; |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:28 AM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Thank you. You are a good spokesman for your faith.. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 08:59 AM Response to Reply #59 |
70. Thank you for your contributions to these threads |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 03:55 PM Response to Reply #59 |
169. well said. nt |
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strawberryfield (76 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
60. I am a little puzzled why anybody cares what anybody else believes |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:36 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. By and large the Republican party is powered by the Crazy Christians.. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 03:16 PM Response to Reply #62 |
155. Exactly--and when these nuts get done with the atheists and the non-Xtian believers, |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 04:00 PM Response to Reply #60 |
173. "You're family is evil because I believe in this book. Now I will vote against you." |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
63. I'm an equal opportunity religion hater. |
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Mariana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 05:23 AM Response to Reply #63 |
65. I think it's a valid news story |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 10:05 AM Response to Reply #65 |
93. It's their own fault for doing it. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:47 PM Response to Reply #93 |
128. But there is the matter of the kids. Yeah, I think I just asked "please think of the children!" |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 03:32 PM Response to Reply #128 |
164. In that case the state should take the kids because the parents... |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
67. I give no quarter to people who use myths to form their world view. |
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Zax2me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
68. So many LAME rapture threads, so little time |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 02:59 PM Response to Reply #68 |
152. Methinks |
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CanonRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
71. No Muslims or Wiccans are trying to jam their religion down my throat |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
72. This OP is full of itself. |
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dbt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:13 AM Response to Reply #72 |
75. And nobody else is. Thank Goddess. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
76. Christians have NEVER been tolerant of people like me. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:36 AM Response to Reply #76 |
86. I once had a so-called "Christian" tell me he thought all gays |
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urgk (982 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:43 PM Response to Reply #76 |
144. Amen. +1 |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 06:20 PM Response to Reply #76 |
261. There are many churches that are very accepting of gays ... |
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urgk (982 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
77. I don't find the OP helpful. As anything other than flamebait. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:19 AM Response to Reply #77 |
79. but it's a useful thread |
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cordelia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:22 AM Response to Reply #79 |
80. Likewise, I'm sure. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:33 AM Response to Reply #80 |
84. LOL. |
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cordelia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #84 |
122. Where did you get the idea I am a literalist? |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #122 |
187. my issue is with literalists |
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urgk (982 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:32 PM Response to Reply #79 |
142. Fair point. :) n/t |
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Union Scribe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 11:55 PM Response to Reply #79 |
225. There are a lot of repulsive thoughts being expressed. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 01:57 AM Response to Reply #225 |
227. who knows, huh? |
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MNBrewer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
78. Of course people have the absolute right to believe whatever idiocy they choose |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
81. When Christian fundies stop bashing progressives and 'secular |
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Demonaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #81 |
163. ironic name for such a post |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
87. You should try to be a non believer in the real world - then you'd know what a frenzied attack is |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
88. Any belief system... |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
89. The guy named Jesus said that his followers would certainly be |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 10:00 AM Response to Reply #89 |
92. I want to know why... |
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Mariana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:28 PM Response to Reply #89 |
141. That same guy told his followers to pray in private |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
91. Meh... |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
94. Mostly people are not ridiculing the beliefs; they are ridiculing or attacking the use of beliefs |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
96. Oh for f's sake...THEY DESERVE ALL THE MOCKING THEY GET |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:41 PM Response to Reply #96 |
124. And here's the thing.. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #124 |
125. Yep. I've likened religion to a Role Playing Game, Having an invisible friend and a hobby |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #125 |
134. You know, I've often wondered |
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urgk (982 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #134 |
143. I've heard that some of the Greek temples used steam-power. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #134 |
174. RE: Jesus' Miracles |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
99. These folks believe I will suffer and die a horrendous death |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
102. So in that case I guess we shouldn't mock Teabaggers' beliefs, either? |
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1awake (852 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
105. What your post discusses |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
107. One other thing: I think the religious are sensitive about this rapture snark because |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
108. When I quit getting attacked and called names by the Religious Right, |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
109. It will probably be the issue I will leave DU over |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #109 |
133. Well, lots of people |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
110. Replace "Christian" with "9/11 truthers" and what do you get? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
111. If you're talking about Camping and his rapture |
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Fuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
112. Nothing is sacred, well except every sperm. |
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howard112211 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
114. People who treat unsubstantiated hypotheses as fact should get ridiculed. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #114 |
115. Agreed. One Q: Would those statements even count as a hypothesis? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
120. "Sacred cows make the best hamburger." Mark Twain |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
123. It's Because of Today, You Know....The Rapture Thing |
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Kip Humphrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
126. If Christians would shut the fuck up about what other people should & shouldn't do, and, instead, |
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Mariana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 02:45 PM Response to Reply #126 |
151. I don't care if they run their mouths constantly |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 04:02 PM Response to Reply #151 |
175. "Why are Christians like that one so hard to come by?" |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #126 |
252. Bingo! |
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rustydog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
131. You may be a bit mistaken...I don't see it as making fun of all Christians |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
135. It was and never is about their religous beliefs and you gone |
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LAGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
138. Happy to Unrec Your OP back down to ZERO, where it belongs. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
145. Because if you're anti-Christian, you pick up a lot of people who are safe to ridicule. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 03:07 PM Response to Reply #145 |
153. When an atheist talks about "invisible sky daddy" or something similar.. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 03:13 PM Response to Reply #153 |
154. Your second paragraph is hyperbole |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #154 |
156. Take away the fundie Christian vote.. |
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AlabamaLibrul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #154 |
192. Here is proof that at the very least, in a poll in 2007 (the most recent i could find), |
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Zax2me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
146. You won't find these same people taking on other fundies |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 03:21 PM Response to Reply #146 |
157. McVeigh took last rites from a priest.. |
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Zax2me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 07:13 PM Response to Reply #157 |
204. Not my words...they were his. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #204 |
209. Actions vs Words.. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 12:48 PM Response to Reply #204 |
253. No, wait, let me guess, Hitler was an atheist too, right? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 03:59 PM Response to Reply #146 |
171. Bullshit, |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #171 |
201. Deleted message |
Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #201 |
207. Yes, "my type" |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 10:26 PM Response to Reply #201 |
215. I'm willing to do something constructive |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 05:31 PM Response to Reply #201 |
228. And that is PRECISELY what can cause atheists to become resentful of religious people |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
158. comparing yourself to minority religions, shows how little you know |
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Moses2SandyKoufax (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 03:47 PM Response to Reply #158 |
166. I agree...... Keep in mind though, |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
159. LOL, "frenzied attacks" |
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Demonaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
160. I agree that some are more intolerant about peoples beliefs |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
165. More Xtian persecution. Boo hoo hoo. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #165 |
168. ... |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 05:58 PM Response to Reply #165 |
194. +10000000000 |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
167. Hey, I'm equal opportunity. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
172. special pleading |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
177. I am the Pope of the Church of wearing my underwear on my head |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 05:41 PM Response to Reply #177 |
189. Blashphemer! |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
178. ... |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
179. 'frenzied attacks' |
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Ramulux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
184. Christianity isn't real |
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Zax2me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 07:16 PM Response to Reply #184 |
205. Thank goodness we have freedom of religion protection. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 10:20 PM Response to Reply #205 |
214. he cant take it away from you cos you are the majority |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 10:36 PM Response to Reply #214 |
216. funny that no one has ever tried to take away xtian's right to believe in god |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 11:39 PM Response to Reply #216 |
219. It's like the gays who are running around terrorizing straight people. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 11:45 PM Response to Reply #219 |
222. ... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 11:38 PM Response to Reply #205 |
218. Let me put it this way: You can keep as many unicorn-riding leprechauns in your head as you want. |
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sita (36 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #184 |
249. Some of think "The War on Terror" is a bald-faced lie |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
200. I don't despise all Christians, far from it, but certain select Christians? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
203. A few thoughts on what Christ might do: |
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southernyankeebelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
206. You know I felt these people have a right to their beliefs. But what havoc they made on their |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
217. Any sympathy I might have had toward your position has just evaporated |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
226. A. U cannot substitute Wiccan because that religion does not go about trying |
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Mariana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 07:52 PM Response to Reply #226 |
233. Those awful things were done to those people |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 09:55 PM Response to Reply #233 |
235. I wonder too, since you are the only person who responded to my post/links |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 10:04 PM Response to Reply #235 |
236. people may not have commented - but they took notice |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
231. Making fun of people that worship the invisible and untouchable |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 05:44 AM Response to Reply #231 |
234. if objections to discussing the lies behind literalist beliefs |
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TNLib (683 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
232. Anyone that believed they were getting Raptured and gave up, there job money ect., is an idiot |
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Dystopian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
237. Compassion |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
239. A fascist hatemonger by any other name is still a fascist hatemonger. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
245. If there is a god, She sounds like Barbara Jordan. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
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Amaril (447 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
247. I have never had........... |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #247 |
250. Me neither, and you know what... |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
259. That's fine - get your religion out of MY bedroom and off MY body by force of law |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
263. Maybe it's because christians are the biggest frauds on earth. |
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