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backtoblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 01:20 PM Original message |
I may be thrown out in the lobby for this, but politics is a religion... |
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knowbody0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. that;s why I garden |
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backtoblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. relying on oneself |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Well said n/t |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's more like faith vs. skepticism |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Exactly, I have no faith in any political leader |
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backtoblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. I think that's where the fear factor comes into play |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. That explains Stupid's 90% approval after 9/11 |
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backtoblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Here's to us lonely 10%!! |
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backtoblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. faith and skepticism both lead to confusion and blurred intents. |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. as someone who is irreligious I don't completely agree |
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backtoblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. You're right that we don't need a "savior" |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 09:11 AM Response to Reply #4 |
26. I would have to disagree about skepticism |
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backtoblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 10:35 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. failure to acknowledge reality, or diversion from the truth |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
6. Some early societies were governed by a caste of priests. You |
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backtoblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I honestly don't think we have an alternative |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
7. It's the other way around. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
9. I think religion is politics.. |
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backtoblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Interchangeability |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Most religion is politics. Any time there's an us and a them, it's politics. |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
13. The same mechanisms are in play for both.. |
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Tigermoose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
14. Interesting...thank you for this. |
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backtoblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. In order to make large masses subordinate, |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
17. Politics is SIMILAR to religion. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
22. Yes, and water boils at 100 degrees centigrades at sea level |
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backtoblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I don't find you snarky at all |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
23. Both tend to rely more on the individual's background assumptions more so than the facts presented |
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backtoblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Assumptions are the result of influence and belief |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
28. People can think of similarities or conections between any two things, |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
29. but the prez ain't infallible like the pope, mr bu$h* |
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