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SGBL (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-05 08:50 PM Original message |
Why do christian fundamentalists feel so threatened? |
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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-05 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. IMO, they don't. |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-05 09:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Exactly |
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Snotcicles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 04:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
76. That movie sounds like Godzilla ( excuse the pun) n/t |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 12:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
56. yep, it's just an awfully successful strategy for them |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 12:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
60. Well, I think the fundies feel it. Not the leaders, but the followers |
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Pithy Cherub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-05 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. Their Rapture Practice keeps getting postponed... |
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Imalittleteapot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-05 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's been drummed into their heads. |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-05 09:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. Exactly. Mind control |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-05 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yes, they're terrified |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 12:51 AM Response to Reply #4 |
35. BMUS! You have defiled the Sacred Atheist Code of Silence! |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 07:43 AM Response to Reply #35 |
44. No, please, anything but that! |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 06:27 PM Response to Reply #44 |
83. Okay, okay. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 09:56 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. He didn't want the rubber chicken... |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 10:18 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. A rubber chicken is a thing of honor! |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 10:39 PM Response to Reply #86 |
88. Not to mention beauty... |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-05 02:59 AM Response to Reply #88 |
94. Your posts are a thing of beauty and rubberiness. |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 07:58 AM Response to Reply #4 |
48. That reminds me... |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 11:35 AM Response to Reply #48 |
55. It's in the mail, of course! |
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Gelliebeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 12:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
62. The EAC |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 12:46 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Yes. They covet our rubber chickens |
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DawgHouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-05 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
5. Especially when you consider |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-05 09:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Thank you! |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-05 09:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Exactly |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-05 10:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. i agree... 'faith' isn't something |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-05 09:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. Yes: they WISH democracy and culture to count as "persecution" |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-05 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
6. Why do they feel so threatened? |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-05 09:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. Could be they think it makes them more Christ-like to suffer, so they |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-05 01:03 AM Response to Reply #6 |
93. Cognitive dissonance... |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-05 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
7. I suspect |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-05 11:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
31. You are on the money! |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-05 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. One of the best ways to control people |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-05 09:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. So true |
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CAG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-05 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
9. Their leaders exagerate anything to "rally the troops" |
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harpo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-05 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
11. size matters |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-05 09:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. You mean like |
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harpo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-05 09:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. that's why they are always whining about being attacked by "liberals" |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-05 09:30 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Like the repukes |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-05 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
12. They are all mentally ill... |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-05 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
16. Hmm... |
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toddaa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-05 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
17. Mark IV movies? |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-05 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
19. When the sheeple are fearful, they're more easily swayed and controlled. |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-05 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
21. They felt threatened...so they became fundamentalists. |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-05 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
24. They are Not Christians |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-05 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
27. Fundamnetalists(at the time of the Enlightment) |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-05 10:57 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. again, |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 02:30 PM Response to Reply #27 |
73. I agree |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-05 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
30. Because I am raising lions in my backyard |
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Gelliebeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 12:41 PM Response to Reply #30 |
63. here kitty kitty kitty :) |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-05 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
32. basic mind control 101. As long as they are told to perceive a threat |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
33. It's so bizarro |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
34. Because anything short of total control of the government is their |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
36. They equate persecution with being good..... |
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funflower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
37. Here's why they fear persecution. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 01:23 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I call BULLSHIT. |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 01:36 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Read a book about cults. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 01:40 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. D, I AM an ex-fundie. Trust me, we're on the same page. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 07:58 AM Response to Reply #38 |
49. Sarcasm can be hard to communicate online.... |
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funflower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 12:26 PM Response to Reply #49 |
59. Thanks. I thought the wink might help, too. |
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Dob Bole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 08:08 AM Response to Reply #38 |
50. I call UN-BULLSHIT!!! |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 08:32 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. sugar, that's the BEST you could cherrypick from the archives? |
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Dob Bole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 09:21 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. well, you could look directly above my post... |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 04:17 PM Response to Reply #54 |
75. and YOUR vocabulary words for today are: |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 04:32 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. ROFLMAO! |
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Dob Bole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 04:43 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. more vocabulary words |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 05:29 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. snarf! |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 05:36 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. PS |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 10:53 PM Response to Reply #50 |
89. Dob, who said I'm joking? |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 11:09 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. Oh, you're not a nice man at all. |
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funflower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 12:23 PM Response to Reply #38 |
57. Calm down, dude. I'm joking. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 06:29 PM Response to Reply #57 |
84. Okay, sorry about that. |
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funflower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-05 12:53 AM Response to Reply #84 |
91. No problem.... |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 07:49 AM Response to Reply #37 |
45. really though, shouldn't christians be rounded up & put in camps? |
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funflower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 12:25 PM Response to Reply #45 |
58. Not trolling for anything. Just kidding. |
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artemisia1 (343 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
39. Easy, because it's easier to mistreat others if you |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
41. They don't! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
46. pat robertson's been selling this notion for 30 years |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
47. it's a LARGE dose of Projection |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
51. "Christianity Under Attack!" (Please send money.) |
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KlatooBNikto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
53. Because they are frauds afraid of being found out. |
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Mary in KC (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
61. They are taught that they are persecuted for religion's sake. |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
65. Fund-raising |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
66. Their mindset on this score is identical to the Nazis |
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Pockets (388 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
67. Funny.... |
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onager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 02:25 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. Those movies ARE hilarious! |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 10:35 PM Response to Reply #71 |
87. Megiddo: The Omega Code II. I wonder if MST3K would do a spoof |
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libertypirate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
68. Not to hard |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
69. because they are all child molesters and child abusers afraid of |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 02:38 PM Response to Reply #69 |
74. Congratulations! |
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lulu (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
70. Because fundamentalist Christians are persecuted |
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Kipepeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-05 01:01 AM Response to Reply #70 |
92. I think this is a good point |
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dxdem (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
72. Framing. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
81. They have to ascribe to themselves, what they DO to others..Justification |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
82. Fear is a form of control |
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Beacho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-05 03:20 AM Response to Original message |
95. They've felt threatened since The Enlightenment |
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kodi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-05 03:57 AM Response to Original message |
96. they fear their tenets being scrutinized by logic, rationalism and scince |
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Vektor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-05 04:04 AM Response to Original message |
97. Because they see John Kerry's |
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