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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 12:58 PM Original message |
Atheist Genocide |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. No fair! |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 01:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. The nature of organized religion is worlds away from |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 01:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Well, I respect your views |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 04:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Re-reading your post, greyl |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 09:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. The silent deference many nonbelievers |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 07:32 AM Response to Reply #26 |
38. Okay, thanks. I get it |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 03:25 PM Response to Reply #38 |
69. I agree, it would be inappropriate to bash belief |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 09:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
117. Sam Harris encourages people to be intolerant of religion. |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 02:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. That's an excellent point..... |
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catbert836 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 08:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. Stalin and Pol Pot were both influenced by religion a great deal. |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 08:44 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. You can only compare it to "religion" in that there's a belief. |
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catbert836 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 09:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. It isn't nonsense. |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 09:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Sure seems like nonsense. |
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catbert836 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 09:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I've said it before and I'll say it again |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 09:55 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Deleted sub-thread |
Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 07:24 AM Response to Reply #25 |
37. I didn't mischaracterize your position at all. |
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catbert836 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 04:30 PM Response to Reply #37 |
75. A percieved flaw? |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 04:36 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Learned fanatical devotion to what at the monastery? |
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catbert836 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 04:49 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. There you go again. |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 11:30 PM Response to Reply #79 |
94. I know what you are saying. It's just silly, that's all. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 09:08 AM Response to Reply #94 |
115. You've never heard |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 10:37 AM Response to Reply #115 |
122. I've never heard of addiction being taught at religious school. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 12:44 PM Response to Reply #122 |
132. Obtuse, obtuse, obtuse |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 12:47 PM Response to Reply #132 |
135. "On to you". Errr....that's nice. nt |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 01:14 PM Response to Reply #135 |
138. There are only a few explanations |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 01:21 PM Response to Reply #138 |
139. Read upthread. I didn't introduce the subject of seminaries. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 01:27 PM Response to Reply #139 |
140. It seems interesting that you |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 01:39 PM Response to Reply #140 |
141. No apology from you for wrongly accusing me |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 01:41 PM Response to Reply #141 |
142. . |
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catbert836 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 05:21 PM Response to Reply #94 |
147. Goblinmonger's right. |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 05:48 PM Response to Reply #147 |
150. Great. Don't explain it again, because the problem isn't my understanding |
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catbert836 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 06:50 PM Response to Reply #150 |
151. Great. |
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okasha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 07:59 PM Response to Reply #151 |
154. There is, of course, a third possibility, |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 10:03 PM Response to Reply #154 |
158. None of those theories require the |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 10:04 PM Response to Reply #154 |
159. And We Have A Winner, Ma'am! Congratulations! |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 07:59 PM Response to Reply #151 |
155. The problem is that your position is complete supposition |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 09:55 PM Response to Reply #151 |
157. You promised. |
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catbert836 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 03:50 PM Response to Reply #157 |
167. That's funny. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 10:54 PM Response to Reply #24 |
161. "Scientifically based anti religion ideology"? |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 07:56 AM Response to Reply #21 |
39. Ah, nice shift. |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 08:02 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. You don't know communism is. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 08:28 AM Response to Reply #41 |
46. So only post-industrial people |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 04:16 PM Response to Reply #46 |
70. Well, you really are ignorant of Marxism |
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catbert836 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 04:39 PM Response to Reply #70 |
77. Oh, really? |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 04:48 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. Who got into the communist party in the USSR, China, Albania? |
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catbert836 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 05:00 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. Inland, read my previous comment. |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 05:03 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. I guess you quibble with "central". |
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catbert836 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 05:54 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. Here's exactly what you said: |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 08:00 PM Response to Reply #84 |
89. Yeah, I shouldn't have said "the", when it's only "a". |
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okasha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 07:13 PM Response to Reply #82 |
87. I guess they weren't true communists. |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 08:09 PM Response to Reply #87 |
90. Or not true atheists. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 12:53 AM Response to Reply #90 |
100. antireligious is not the same as atheist. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 01:02 AM Response to Reply #100 |
102. "Some people just aren't religious. They are atheists, too." |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 08:23 AM Response to Reply #100 |
114. Of course not. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 02:42 PM Response to Reply #114 |
143. And that "something.... |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 04:17 PM Response to Reply #143 |
145. That's a good point. |
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Brentos (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 12:37 PM Response to Reply #39 |
60. The earliest Christians |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 01:10 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. I know it's a delicate point. |
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Brentos (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 01:28 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Sure.... |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 02:37 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. The opposite of communism? I dunno about that. |
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okasha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 08:14 PM Response to Reply #68 |
156. You're misrepresenting the passage and cherry-picking again. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 08:30 AM Response to Reply #156 |
162. Ah, okasha comes running to the rescue of the literalist again. |
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okasha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 09:40 PM Response to Reply #162 |
170. Now that's strange. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 07:10 AM Response to Reply #170 |
171. No, of course you don't. |
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okasha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-13-06 06:39 PM Response to Reply #171 |
174. Truth or dare, trotsky. Point out the "literalist" I was defending, |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-13-06 08:23 PM Response to Reply #174 |
175. It's not hard. |
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okasha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-13-06 11:05 PM Response to Reply #175 |
177. Tch. Trotsky, trotsky, trotsky. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-14-06 09:45 AM Response to Reply #177 |
178. Interesting standard. |
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okasha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-14-06 03:15 PM Response to Reply #178 |
180. Nope, But I think I should probably apologize for equating your |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-14-06 08:12 PM Response to Reply #180 |
181. Well, I can see I've touched quite the nerve. |
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okasha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-14-06 09:21 PM Response to Reply #181 |
182. Just keep sidestepping there, m'man. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-15-06 07:11 AM Response to Reply #182 |
183. Now you're completely misstating I said. |
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Brentos (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-15-06 12:08 PM Response to Reply #183 |
185. Literalist? |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-15-06 12:25 PM Response to Reply #185 |
186. They were allowed to own? |
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Brentos (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-15-06 01:58 PM Response to Reply #186 |
187. Yes |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-15-06 02:15 PM Response to Reply #187 |
188. You're just playing a game of semantics. |
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Brentos (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 10:44 AM Response to Reply #188 |
190. Yes, it is semantical |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 11:02 AM Response to Reply #190 |
191. So do you think Christian communities should go back to having |
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Brentos (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 12:48 PM Response to Reply #191 |
192. No, I think you misunderstand... |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 01:04 PM Response to Reply #192 |
193. Oh, OK. |
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Brentos (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 01:29 PM Response to Reply #193 |
194. Thanks |
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Brentos (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-15-06 12:01 PM Response to Reply #170 |
184. Jerusalem Bible |
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unschooler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 06:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. I agree it's not a "religion," but it's an ideology that demands |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 09:14 AM Response to Reply #1 |
116. Sam Harris is an idiot. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
5. "Unjustified belief" according to whom? |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 03:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Do they? |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 04:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I tend to agree with you |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 06:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Not limited? |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 06:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I wish... |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 10:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Yep, she/he needs to create a du journal. ;) nt |
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catbert836 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 09:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. Try to understand. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 10:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. But I think the big problem is that.. |
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catbert836 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 06:09 PM Response to Reply #32 |
85. It certainly has. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 10:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Why do so many talk about intuition as though it were a form of magic? |
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catbert836 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 06:17 PM Response to Reply #33 |
86. I'm well aware of the shortcomings of intuition. |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 07:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
88. If you don't mind, |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 11:51 PM Response to Reply #88 |
95. I... can't... get... nuh-oh... sat... iss... fac... shuh-un |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 12:56 AM Response to Reply #95 |
101. Nice. |
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bluesbassman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 02:13 AM Response to Reply #95 |
103. Thick as a brick. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 02:44 AM Response to Reply #103 |
104. I can't speak for K4K, but |
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bluesbassman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 03:13 AM Response to Reply #104 |
105. You're right bmus.. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 03:20 AM Response to Reply #105 |
106. You've never offended me. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 09:28 AM Response to Reply #104 |
118. Here's my response to theism = creativity |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 09:48 AM Response to Reply #103 |
121. Different paths, etc. |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 03:46 PM Response to Reply #95 |
144. Refute? |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 05:26 PM Response to Reply #144 |
148. You need? What about what I need? |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 05:45 PM Response to Reply #148 |
149. Let's |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 07:02 PM Response to Reply #149 |
152. I'm afraid that's not saying much of anything |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 07:39 PM Response to Reply #152 |
153. And |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 10:12 PM Response to Reply #153 |
160. New rule: Intolerance doesn't count! |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 02:40 PM Response to Reply #160 |
164. Who said it was new? |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 07:02 PM Response to Reply #164 |
168. Valid use of the word valid? |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-13-06 01:27 AM Response to Reply #168 |
173. Of course |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-13-06 10:26 PM Response to Reply #173 |
176. Path-o-logic |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-14-06 12:04 PM Response to Reply #176 |
179. Nice play on words |
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bluesbassman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 02:21 AM Response to Reply #7 |
34. It's not a special virtue. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 01:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
64. Leaping lizards! |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 05:14 PM Response to Reply #34 |
83. Leaping lizards! (cont.) |
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bluesbassman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 12:18 AM Response to Reply #83 |
97. Faith is still based on promise. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 10:46 AM Response to Reply #97 |
123. You simply repeat "faith is based on a promise"... |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 06:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. According to Harris' personal opinion, I think. |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 08:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. It pulls itself up by its own bootstraps. |
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okasha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 08:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Well, of course marxism is a religion. |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 08:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I was tempted |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 09:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
51. Satire |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 10:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. No, we can all agree on the rules of logic and rational thought. |
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Brentos (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. Hmmmm.... |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 04:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I tend to agree with you |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 11:32 AM Response to Reply #9 |
53. But eliminate the religion from this event. |
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Brentos (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 12:15 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. I think... |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 01:07 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. Your right to a degree |
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Brentos (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 01:39 PM Response to Reply #62 |
67. Amen! |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 06:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. I agree to a point... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 08:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Deleted message |
CarbonDate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 10:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. The discussion of communist regimes.... |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 07:14 AM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Now, THAT'S a non-sequitur, and a strawman. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-08-06 10:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. The difference is... |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 07:22 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. "We don't exactly have a book |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 08:01 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. There was only one "official" atheist state, Inland. |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 08:04 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. So Albania's the only example of the official atheist state. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 08:27 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. LOL |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 04:25 PM Response to Reply #45 |
73. Sorry, dude, you admit atheism is zero for one. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 07:44 AM Response to Reply #73 |
110. Deleted sub-thread |
trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 12:25 PM Response to Reply #73 |
126. I never defended Albania or Stalin. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 08:20 AM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Unfair comparison |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 08:26 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Go right ahead. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 08:39 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Um |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 04:20 PM Response to Reply #47 |
71. But atheism is zero for one. One intolerable, bloody, repressive failure. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 12:26 AM Response to Reply #71 |
99. Mind if I jump in here? |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 08:06 AM Response to Reply #99 |
111. You mean, it's neither religion nor atheism, but liberal democracy |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 12:33 PM Response to Reply #111 |
128. SECULAR liberal democracy, Inland. |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 12:42 PM Response to Reply #128 |
131. No point that I can discern here. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 12:46 PM Response to Reply #131 |
134. I asked you a question quite frankly. |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 12:51 PM Response to Reply #134 |
136. It's Trotsky and his twenty questions. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 12:59 PM Response to Reply #136 |
137. I'm not trying to score points, I'm just asking a simple question. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 12:13 AM Response to Reply #137 |
189. sshhh.... |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 09:37 AM Response to Reply #71 |
119. Well, religion doesn't show very good numbers, either |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 08:40 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Oooh, you are SOOOO close to getting it. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 08:43 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Not to mention |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 08:53 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Well, it's always interesting... |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 04:29 PM Response to Reply #50 |
74. I wonder who "set his sights on atheism as the worst problem in the world" |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 07:39 AM Response to Reply #74 |
108. Go to your bathroom. |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 08:09 AM Response to Reply #108 |
112. So you can show me the post. Not. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 10:46 AM Response to Reply #112 |
124. Got nothing to do with you? |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 11:01 AM Response to Reply #124 |
125. Empty flamebait. nt |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 12:26 PM Response to Reply #125 |
127. When you decide which position you're going to take |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 12:39 PM Response to Reply #127 |
129. More flamebait. nt |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 12:41 PM Response to Reply #129 |
130. Just let me know when you take a position. |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 12:44 PM Response to Reply #130 |
133. Yeah, I'll do that. Wait by the phone. nt |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 04:22 PM Response to Reply #48 |
72. Why, that's my point. The chrisitians in the UK didn't use force, |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 07:40 AM Response to Reply #72 |
109. So you DO know you didn't have a point. |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 08:11 AM Response to Reply #109 |
113. That was incomprehensible. nt. |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 11:48 AM Response to Reply #43 |
56. I think *that's* an unfair comparison |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 12:50 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. That would be my point |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 05:00 PM Response to Reply #56 |
81. Particularly since the communist countries were also "officially" |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 11:02 AM Response to Reply #36 |
52. I don't understand... |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 11:40 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. What makes a belief justified or unjustified? |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 11:44 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. I think what he means by unjustified |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 12:28 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. What is evidence? |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 01:37 PM Response to Reply #59 |
66. Thats a very good question |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 08:22 PM Response to Reply #52 |
91. Atheism isn't a vaccine. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 09:34 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. Yes, those religious countries |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 10:21 PM Response to Reply #92 |
93. Not all religious countries were oppressive failures. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 12:23 AM Response to Reply #93 |
98. Round and round we go... |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 06:58 AM Response to Reply #98 |
107. You say belief in a god is wrong, and all else valueless extrapolation. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 09:40 AM Response to Reply #107 |
120. I never said... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
58. Marxism is like a religion in many ways. |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-09-06 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
96. Why not strip the issue bare of the nonsense? |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-10-06 04:31 PM Response to Reply #96 |
146. That's where I thought Harris could be heading, |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 09:09 AM Response to Reply #146 |
163. Problems with the argument |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 03:19 PM Response to Reply #146 |
165. Great thread. Well put,, factual, and clear. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 03:44 PM Response to Reply #146 |
166. Apparently you're not reading Harris very closely. |
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ozone_man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
169. He's right of course. |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
172. Sinclair Lewis wrote a book, "It Can't Happen Here" |
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