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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 08:15 PM Original message |
On the old canard of Stalin, Mao, and the rest |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. There is no justification for murder in the new testament ,for any reason.. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 08:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. OK. |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 08:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Religion , and I edited and added Red letter bible as my source.but |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 08:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Just so that I can be sure of what you're saying |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 08:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I subscribe to the Red letter bible ,and yes most people associate |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 09:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. So they're not true Christians |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 09:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. One, I'd rather say they would denounce me ,before I would them.Two |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 09:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Are you KIDDING ME?! |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 04:38 AM Response to Reply #9 |
19. A lot of verbiage ,Your 47,48was wrong keep searching ,for slavery. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 07:30 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Just because you don't like what the verse says |
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Leontius (380 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 08:45 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Gotta call bullshit on that one. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #30 |
43. How? How is the verse not about slavery? n/t |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #43 |
123. Because your hallucinating the word Slave, as it isn't there. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #123 |
128. I know the word is servant in your book. |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 05:17 PM Response to Reply #128 |
130. Your now calling the dictionary to task, whilst interpreting Hebrew text |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 05:21 PM Response to Reply #130 |
131. 'Calling the dictionary to task'? What? n/t |
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Leontius (380 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #128 |
132. The "original" is Greek , New Testament=Greek, Old Testament = Hebrew |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #132 |
133. Oh, silly me |
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Leontius (380 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #133 |
138. Jesus and Matthew and John probably did, Mark and Luke probably did |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 05:37 PM Response to Reply #138 |
139. How could Mark write in Greek |
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Leontius (380 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #139 |
141. Considering the fact that Greek was the universal language of the time |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #141 |
142. But you JUST SAID he didn't speak Greek!! n/t |
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Leontius (380 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #142 |
144. No I said he probably did speak Hebrew or Aramaic nt |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #144 |
147. This subthread is getting ridiculous |
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Leontius (380 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 06:27 PM Response to Reply #147 |
150. Yes you are correct, context matters |
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Leontius (380 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 06:12 PM Response to Reply #142 |
146. Almost all scholars agree that the New Testament was written in Greek |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 06:14 PM Response to Reply #146 |
148. 'The consensus view'? |
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Leontius (380 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #43 |
126. First the word servant is not equal to slave, second the use physical |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #126 |
127. It's accepted by the Corporate mentality of the 1% that Need 600% |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
63. This article explains it better than I can. |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #63 |
112. Thank you , Jesus said render on to Caesar ,thats the only passive |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #112 |
118. It's the one where the servants stay up all night waiting... |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #118 |
122. Wrote by men completely depends on Faith, no Proof ,that being said |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #122 |
124. Then why are they different between gospels? |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 05:04 PM Response to Reply #124 |
125. Not by much ,but different enough that it convinces me ,because I know people |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #125 |
129. An accident is a situation that is highly charged, |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #125 |
140. They have substantial differences. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #122 |
137. No, it is a fact that men wrote them. How else did they get on the page? |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
62. Historically speaking, the gospels are the most suspect part of the whole book. |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #62 |
116. Whaa? show me |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #116 |
120. What specifically are you asking about? nt |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #120 |
135. How mans child support neglect ,,refutes christianity. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 06:04 PM Response to Reply #135 |
145. Well, it refutes the idea that Chrisitanity has any moral authority. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
56. Read it again. |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #56 |
134. Not from anything Jesus ever taught ,You like others, ball FUNDAMENTALISTS |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #134 |
136. Because fundamentalists ARE Christians. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
8. I think it is a different canard than the one you are suggesting |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 09:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Nope. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 10:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I'm sorry. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 10:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Your post says exactly what mine did! |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 07:51 AM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Communism IS the belief system. (face palm!) |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 08:29 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. You just conceded his point |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 09:17 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. No, I didn't concede in the slightest. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #33 |
40. Look up the transitive property, |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. So, you have no rebuttal? |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. I don't NEED one |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 11:25 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Except that you can't find the flaw .. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. . |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. It is your argument, you post it. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 12:26 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Transitive property |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #59 |
70. and how does this apply to this discussion? |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. Oh, so I post the flaw in your logic, |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #74 |
79. What chain? Maybe you created a chain, but I haven't.. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #79 |
89. Funny you should mention 'Whack-A-Mole' |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #89 |
93. You haven't shown me wrong at all. You haven't addressed most of the issues. |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 05:40 AM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Thanks ,good info. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 10:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. State atheism |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 11:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. You're still missing the 'why' |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 05:21 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. No ,they did it out of Paranoia of losing what they already had.unlike... |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 07:29 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Sure, you and I went a little off topic, |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
115. Never said it ,in essence or any sort ,Like Democrats unlike Republicans |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 08:11 AM Response to Reply #14 |
26. You are completely misinterpreting the Marx quote. Why do you do this? |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 11:16 AM Response to Reply #26 |
42. Your argument has been answered, |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #42 |
48. when you start to lose, you turn to personal attacks? |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #48 |
54. Come back when you can answer any of the questions in the OP. n/t |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. I've rebutted them, and you can't respond. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 12:26 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. . |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #60 |
71. so, without an argument you veer into nonsense. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #71 |
75. See our other subthread above... |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 09:05 AM Response to Reply #14 |
32. How is the state atheism of totalitarian communism |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
61. I can't help noticing all your examples were previously religious societies. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. +10! n/t |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #61 |
73. But atheism is part of both Communism and Stalin-type Communism |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. Which does not mean |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #73 |
84. I agree with the second part of that. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #84 |
90. Atheism isn't really a basis for a state |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #90 |
170. Thank you for making the case against you. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 12:52 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. The connection between communism and atheism is political. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 08:16 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. It doesn't have to be a tenet of atheism. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
67. Still missing the point. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. It's nice to see someone who understands nuance. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #68 |
99. It would be nice if you understood the word nuance, and used it properly. |
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Leontius (380 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:09 PM Response to Reply #67 |
81. With the exception of Sharia law which I will not |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #67 |
98. Uh, no, you are playing with labels, that's all. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #98 |
109. Are you being intentionally dense? |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 09:13 PM Response to Reply #109 |
152. Thanks for the insult. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #152 |
156. Maybe I got it from what you posted. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 09:27 PM Response to Reply #156 |
158. I am guilty of one thing. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 09:48 PM Response to Reply #158 |
159. How you contradict yourself. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 08:28 AM Response to Reply #159 |
167. you compare two statements with different meanings and say they are the same. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 08:48 PM Response to Reply #167 |
184. Watch the episode where Towelie makes his first appearance. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 10:03 PM Response to Reply #184 |
186. You are so full of it. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 10:21 PM Response to Reply #186 |
187. Now who's insulting? |
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Leontius (380 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 08:58 AM Response to Reply #17 |
31. Somewhat off the original idea here I have a question, what was the |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #31 |
111. If I recall correctly, |
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Leontius (380 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #111 |
121. Actually it was the Roman emperor Alexius I asking the |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 07:34 PM Response to Reply #121 |
151. Sold on religious grounds. |
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Leontius (380 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 05:00 AM Response to Reply #151 |
155. Given the fact that State and Church were intertwined to a degree |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #155 |
171. I say it was a necessary force. |
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Leontius (380 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #171 |
173. I say the difference here is, you say necessary force |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #17 |
41. Thank you. n/t |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 08:27 AM Response to Reply #8 |
28. Anti-religion is not necessarily a fundamental staple of communism |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 09:40 AM Response to Reply #28 |
35. But atheism usually was a fundamental staple of Communism, and that is historical fact. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 10:44 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. They did and it was to promote their own view of Marxism. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #38 |
83. I agree that it was communistic, but I don't agree that it was totalitarian |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. What about the couple that was struck dead... |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #85 |
88. I'm not sure what you are referring to ... |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #88 |
105. Acts 5:1-10 nt |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 10:19 AM Response to Reply #8 |
37. They have replaced religion with their own dogmatism. |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
15. Idealogies don't kill |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Oooh, Gungeon talk in the R/T forum |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
91. "He made me do it"? lol |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 03:06 PM Response to Reply #91 |
97. Uh oh, |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 03:24 PM Response to Reply #97 |
103. "They're taking over my sandbox" .. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #103 |
104. I love how you suddenly just know me... |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #104 |
106. You are the one |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #106 |
107. Atheism belief system is "No God". |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #107 |
117. A belief system can refer to |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #117 |
119. Affirmative belief? |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #119 |
143. A federal court goes even further than calling it a "belief system". |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #143 |
149. Court rulings |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #149 |
153. The other source was WND |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 10:39 PM Response to Reply #153 |
154. 'It is obvious to everyone who is not an atheist.' |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 07:21 PM Response to Reply #153 |
164. WND? As in WorldNetDaily? |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 07:54 PM Response to Reply #117 |
166. Sorry, wrong. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 12:57 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. There's an important difference. |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
94. Ideollogies can do no such thing. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #94 |
113. So self will is completely unaffected by ideological beliefs? |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 10:58 AM Response to Reply #15 |
39. Thank you. |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
25. Believers rally and state ... human nature or other forces were really the root of the problem. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #25 |
51. I never said |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #51 |
100. So, when you said ... |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #100 |
102. So you're saying that |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #102 |
108. You actually managed to get every part of your response wrong. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 04:05 PM Response to Reply #108 |
110. And my point on Mao still stands |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #110 |
114. I responded to your thread to make a serious point. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
34. Your argument is based on putting your fingers in your ears and saying nyaa I can't hear you! |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 11:19 AM Response to Reply #34 |
44. Prove it. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #44 |
64. Google Pol Pot and Muslims or Buddhists |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. In other words |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. Did you google Pol Pot and Muslims? |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
36. First, lets be clear on the historic facts. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 11:22 AM Response to Reply #36 |
46. At first glance, I like your analysis |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 11:27 AM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Stalinist states do outlaw or at least repress religion. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 11:35 AM Response to Reply #50 |
55. Ah, I see what you're saying |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #55 |
72. It is those Communist atheists that have been squashing dissent |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #72 |
77. And your method of argument bores me |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. There is no fallacy, there is simply you misapplying one. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #80 |
87. Call it whatever you want, you're still wrong, |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #87 |
95. but you failed, of course. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #36 |
78. but please don't try to minimize atheism |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #78 |
86. Right, that's what they did. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
53. For the record, no one who accepts this argument is a bigot... |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
82. There is no such thing as a "true" Christian, and there is no such thing as a "true" Atheist |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #82 |
92. It sounds like you're trying to disagree with me, |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #92 |
96. It would seem that I took issue where there was none to take. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #96 |
101. 'Vehemently agreeing' |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
157. In all this bluster over Communism and slavery |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 04:05 PM Response to Reply #157 |
176. Sadly, that chestnut never gets old for some people. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #176 |
177. Hence the point of the OP. |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
160. Your beef with Christianity seems to be a thousand years old... |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 10:42 PM Response to Reply #160 |
161. 700 years, and maybe some change |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 08:36 AM Response to Reply #161 |
162. Deleted message |
darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 07:53 PM Response to Reply #162 |
165. Which of us went off the deep end? |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 07:15 PM Response to Reply #160 |
163. What a selective reading of the OP. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 08:39 AM Response to Reply #163 |
168. But it is not a ridiculous or baseless claim. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #168 |
169. If you make a claim, you have to back it up with more than your opinion. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #169 |
172. I believe the burden of proof is on you. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #172 |
175. The OP laid out the argument in plain language. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 09:45 PM Response to Reply #175 |
185. You misstate my argument again. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #185 |
188. You have yet to show which acts were clearly 'in the name of atheism.' |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #169 |
174. Sometimes you just gotta let 'em scream |
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Leontius (380 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #174 |
178. Would you mean retiring the hateful propaganda |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #178 |
179. Ad hom |
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Leontius (380 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #179 |
180. Just the basic dishonesty you show in your argument and |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 06:12 PM Response to Reply #180 |
181. Again, |
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Leontius (380 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 08:27 PM Response to Reply #181 |
182. Pointing out that your argument is false and what I consider an intellectually |
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Leontius (380 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #181 |
183. By dishonest I didn't mean to attack |
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clear eye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
189. Maybe more people have been persecuted in the name of religion |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-06-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #189 |
190. Doesn't look like it. |
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