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whathehell

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63. Well, maybe some initial questions would be asppropriate

Reply to Mariana (Reply #59)

Mon Mar 26, 2018, 08:59 PM

Mar 2018

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..We used to have a Muslim forum here, I believe.

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Don't take it literally [View all] Cartoonist Mar 2018 OP

As we used to say, Right on! PJMcK Mar 2018 #1

Uh huh..Do Torah.and Koran believers "have a problem" too? whathehell Mar 2018 #3

The Torah edhopper Mar 2018 #5

I knew that. whathehell Mar 2018 #7

I love dicussing edhopper Mar 2018 #10

Who's stopping you? whathehell Mar 2018 #11

nobody edhopper Mar 2018 #14

Ah yes it is time for me to play Voltaire2 Mar 2018 #48

Now hold on there fella!! edhopper Mar 2018 #49

4 questions edhopper Mar 2018 #50

If at some point Jews and Muslims pose a legitimate threat to secularism in this country... Act_of_Reparation Mar 2018 #29

Sorry, but there's no "credible threat of secularization" in a nation whathehell Mar 2018 #33

How's that transgender troop ban working out for you? Pope George Ringo II Mar 2018 #35

Oh, who cares about them? Mariana Mar 2018 #62

Sorry. I forgot. Pope George Ringo II Mar 2018 #65

Nor is there a legitimate threat of cogent responses, it seems. Act_of_Reparation Mar 2018 #38

Yes! Cartoonist Mar 2018 #6

Really? whathehell Mar 2018 #9

Limits Cartoonist Mar 2018 #12

Oh please.. whathehell Mar 2018 #15

Keeping it real Cartoonist Mar 2018 #16

Lol..I think not. whathehell Mar 2018 #19

So let me get this straight Cartoonist Mar 2018 #20

Yes, I think you should.. whathehell Mar 2018 #23

No. They're the same. Pope George Ringo II Mar 2018 #25

Why aren't you delighted about this? trotsky Mar 2018 #22

In this group, we've had Christians tell us Mariana Mar 2018 #17

If you've had Christians admit to "fiction" but no others, why are you whathehell Mar 2018 #21

Because it's christians here who routinely deliberately lie about the definition of atheism. Pope George Ringo II Mar 2018 #24

I don't think it could be put any better than this. trotsky Mar 2018 #28

It's like being told all those German planes were shot down over London in WW2 Pope George Ringo II Mar 2018 #32

Where do you mean by "here"? whathehell Mar 2018 #30

You think not? You act like reality is subjective, which is kind of the problem... Pope George Ringo II Mar 2018 #31

"You act like reality is subjective"...Huh? whathehell Mar 2018 #36

Nobody ever said Stalin wasn't. Pope George Ringo II Mar 2018 #37

No religion condones murder Cartoonist Mar 2018 #43

Well see it's not murder if god says it's ok. n/t trotsky Mar 2018 #44

You were supposed to use another religion Pope George Ringo II Mar 2018 #47

Lol...Your quotes are allmost entirely from the Torah, not whathehell Mar 2018 #64

You think not again, I take it. Pope George Ringo II Mar 2018 #67

Holy shit, what a loon. Mariana Mar 2018 #73

It must be said we're getting a classic display of the level of self-deceit required. Pope George Ringo II Mar 2018 #81

Lol.. whathehell Mar 2018 #85

You keep missing the point. trotsky Mar 2018 #86

A no-true-Scotsman, a baseless accusation of baiting, and a fake injury all at once. Pope George Ringo II Mar 2018 #87

Wow.. whathehell Mar 2018 #94

This isn't a Christian group, so it isn't equivalent Mariana Mar 2018 #88

Yes, but the "targets" of atheists here are almost invariably Christian whathehell Mar 2018 #90

Are you referring to the Atheists & Agnostic group that has more posts.... trotsky Mar 2018 #91

So what? Mariana Mar 2018 #93

So WHAT?? whathehell Mar 2018 #95

Biased and unfair? Mariana Mar 2018 #98

I counted three excuses Cartoonist Mar 2018 #68

You'd dismiss anything as an "excuse" whathehell Mar 2018 #69

It might be only two Pope George Ringo II Mar 2018 #83

The Christian "Buble" includes both the old and new testaments. trotsky Mar 2018 #82

Ignoring the OT means "Thou shalt not kill" is obsolete. Pope George Ringo II Mar 2018 #84

Because it leads to further questions. Mariana Mar 2018 #59

Well, maybe some initial questions would be asppropriate whathehell Mar 2018 #63

Your keyboard has been possessed by the ghost of a can of alphabet soup. Pope George Ringo II Mar 2018 #66

Lol! whathehell Mar 2018 #75

There is still a Muslim forum here. I believe it is a safe haven group. nt. Mariana Mar 2018 #72

Oh right.. whathehell Mar 2018 #76

They already have it. Mariana Mar 2018 #92

Not on this forum, which was my original point whathehell Mar 2018 #97

It's true, this group isn't a safe haven for anyone. So what? nt. Mariana Mar 2018 #99

To answer your elegantly worded question, this is "so what". whathehell Mar 2018 #100

Fine. I give up. Pope George Ringo II Mar 2018 #39

Again whathehell Mar 2018 #78

We're not talking about a fringe group, unless you consider christianity as a whole to be fringe. Pope George Ringo II Mar 2018 #80

You're kidding, right? whathehell Mar 2018 #89

Actually, not taking the Bible literally is how theologists work. DetlefK Mar 2018 #2

That's simply not true marylandblue Mar 2018 #46

There's that and... Ferrets are Cool Mar 2018 #4

But what about the parts they *do* take literally? Act_of_Reparation Mar 2018 #8

Oddly enough, some who take none of it literally MineralMan Mar 2018 #13

I like Chinese food PJMcK Mar 2018 #18

Whoa! You broke it down brilliantly and clearly. Thank you. brush Mar 2018 #26

Wow zipplewrath Mar 2018 #27

Go ahead Cartoonist Mar 2018 #34

One size fits all zipplewrath Mar 2018 #40

Who created the universe? Cartoonist Mar 2018 #42

So little you know zipplewrath Mar 2018 #45

So when did the stories edhopper Mar 2018 #52

A mixture zipplewrath Mar 2018 #54

But the Church edhopper Mar 2018 #56

Not exactly zipplewrath Mar 2018 #61

There is equivocation afoot. Act_of_Reparation Mar 2018 #79

Our conception of historical truth came from ancient Greece marylandblue Mar 2018 #51

Or modern concept zipplewrath Mar 2018 #55

Jesus' time and place was well acquainted with Greek ideas marylandblue Mar 2018 #57

okay edhopper Mar 2018 #70

When I was a little kid in the 60s, there was this term, "Cafeteria Catholic." Iggo Mar 2018 #41

Not even the literalists can or should claim thucythucy Mar 2018 #53

The credibility of the nice stuff isn't shot Mariana Mar 2018 #60

Probably not, but they're still nicely put. thucythucy Mar 2018 #71

The idea that the "Bible" is the literal word of God is a relatively new phenomena Docreed2003 Mar 2018 #58

Some images Cartoonist Mar 2018 #74

/ underpants Mar 2018 #77

Jumping to conclusions? guillaumeb Mar 2018 #96