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Terwilliger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 01:24 PM Original message |
Religion 'could offer model for delusion' |
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StopTheMorans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. This is great, but you're gonna get flamed soon enough from the |
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KCDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 01:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. hey, I've been a virgin many times! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. Deleted message |
Blue_Chill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. bleh |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 01:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. How is this a political discussion for left sided Dems? |
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StopTheMorans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 01:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. one note folks? |
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Blue_Chill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 02:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Oh yes you poor poor atheist |
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StopTheMorans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 02:06 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. for the record |
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Blue_Chill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 02:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. what record? |
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StopTheMorans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 02:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. you're stretching it... |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 03:25 PM Response to Reply #21 |
50. geez |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 03:25 PM Response to Reply #21 |
51. Deleted message |
carolinayellowdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 03:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
60. Actually, Christians are terribly persecuted |
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Brotherjohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 02:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. I don't know if this is where the original post was coming from, but... |
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Blue_Chill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 02:30 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. fundamentalism is bad |
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Phoenixtongueof fire (971 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 01:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. I am an Atheist........ |
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Blue_Chill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 01:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. If I don't see it, hear about it, or know about it |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 02:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
36. It's not only "so as to not insult" |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 04:16 PM Original message |
Just try and convert my kids |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
90. Crush all opposition |
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Phoenixtongueof fire (971 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 03:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
56. No where did I say you had to keep your religion hidden.. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 01:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Why not comment on the artice BC? |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 02:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Mary was a virgin! |
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Blue_Chill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 02:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. That's nice |
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Blue_Chill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 02:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Why bother? |
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StopTheMorans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 02:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. unhappy? |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 02:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Can't you read? |
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StopTheMorans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 02:35 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. let's not start posts with insults shall we? |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 04:28 PM Response to Reply #31 |
80. OK here's some arguments |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 02:47 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. Faith is the capacity to believe in what you know is false... |
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Tigermoose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 02:54 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Do you believe in money? |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 02:54 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. What a load |
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Blue_Chill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 02:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. No but people that spend their days |
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StopTheMorans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 02:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. "people who spend their days looking for ways to piss other |
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Blue_Chill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 02:49 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. hehe you compare Galileo |
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StopTheMorans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 03:04 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. again, you dismiss an objection |
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Tigermoose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 03:10 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. See, the whole idea of the SUPER natural is that it isn't normal. |
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StopTheMorans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 03:19 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. I have already searched for my answers in christianity thanks |
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Blue_Chill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 03:27 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. failed the church? |
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StopTheMorans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 03:30 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. that's not what i took from christianity... |
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Tigermoose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 03:31 PM Response to Reply #46 |
55. Ask. |
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StopTheMorans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 03:35 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. if I can't prove the supernatural with science.. |
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Tigermoose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 03:57 PM Response to Reply #58 |
64. Please reconsider and search. |
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StopTheMorans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 04:03 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. holy shi*t i think I'm going to be sick |
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Tigermoose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 04:15 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. Don't you see? |
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StopTheMorans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 04:28 PM Response to Reply #72 |
81. why do i ridicule? |
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Tigermoose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 04:39 PM Response to Reply #81 |
85. So your answer would be "No, I am not rebelling against God." |
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StopTheMorans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 04:43 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. stop trying to convert... |
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Blue_Chill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 03:11 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. dismiss as nonsense, that which is nonsense |
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Terwilliger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 04:02 PM Response to Reply #41 |
67. I will |
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Tigermoose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 04:10 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. I'll pray for you. |
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StopTheMorans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 04:16 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. I'd rather read |
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Tigermoose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 04:26 PM Original message |
Narnia is for children, Mere Christianity is for thinking adults. |
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StopTheMorans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
82. not afraid... |
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Tigermoose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 04:54 PM Response to Reply #82 |
87. a difference between Baptists and myself |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 05:12 PM Response to Reply #82 |
92. I don't believe you're damned at all or ever. |
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Terwilliger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 06:29 PM Response to Reply #70 |
102. born and raised as one of you folks |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 05:05 PM Response to Reply #41 |
89. ehem .... |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 02:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. We have all been created, and we will die |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 05:15 PM Response to Reply #30 |
94. A clear voice of reason--thank you. |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 04:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
78. Bleh .... |
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Phoenixtongueof fire (971 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. And the Pilgrim Fathers of Salem............ |
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Tigermoose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 02:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
28. What is reality? |
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Phoenixtongueof fire (971 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 06:06 PM Response to Reply #28 |
99. I don't question cold, hard, reality, because it is fact.......... |
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Brotherjohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
6. I have been thinking of along these lines regarding the WMD fiasco. |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
7. specifically, the more absolutist parts; |
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Sirius_on (478 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
18. This is so easy to debunk |
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anti_shrub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
19. Reminds me of a joke |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 02:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I don't think it's a burden to live in a Godless nation |
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Terwilliger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 02:23 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. WHINE WHINE WHINE WHIIIIIINNNNEEEE |
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anti_shrub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 03:56 PM Response to Reply #22 |
63. There's a simple way to prove who's persecuted |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 04:20 PM Response to Reply #63 |
76. In my hood |
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Terwilliger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 05:36 PM Response to Reply #76 |
97. now you're just making things up |
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Tigermoose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
33. Our "reality" is a delusion. |
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AllYorBaseRBlong2USA (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 03:13 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. Well thats all good and fine but |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 03:19 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Not at all |
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AllYorBaseRBlong2USA (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 03:13 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. Well thats all good and fine but |
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Tigermoose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 03:22 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. I've read up on it..I went to public schools. |
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AllYorBaseRBlong2USA (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 03:14 PM Response to Reply #33 |
44. Well thats all good and fine but |
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AllYorBaseRBlong2USA (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 03:18 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. oops |
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Terwilliger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 03:26 PM Response to Reply #33 |
52. yep, and its all bunk |
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Tigermoose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 03:42 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. dupe |
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Tigermoose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 03:46 PM Response to Reply #52 |
62. As I've reiterated in other posts. |
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Terwilliger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 04:01 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. I see...God is not knowable, thats why he exists |
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Tigermoose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 04:08 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. Christians KNOW because God revealed himself to us |
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Terwilliger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 05:14 PM Response to Reply #69 |
93. If you go into a dark room... |
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Tigermoose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 05:29 PM Response to Reply #93 |
96. Reason and "enlightenment" have their place, |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 05:52 PM Response to Reply #96 |
98. God in a dark room |
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Tigermoose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 06:21 PM Response to Reply #98 |
100. It should not refer to this process as delusion... |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 06:25 PM Response to Reply #100 |
101. Its not religion that is the delusion |
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Tigermoose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 06:33 PM Response to Reply #101 |
103. Neutral? |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
49. Careful, do not misunderstand the nature of this study |
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Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
57. religious nuts = anti religious nuts |
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Merlin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 03:44 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. Atheists are believers, too. |
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Tigermoose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 04:01 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. Then you subject God to the natural world. |
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Terwilliger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 04:12 PM Response to Reply #61 |
71. Reason suggests that atheists believe that they don't know |
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Tigermoose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 04:18 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. Why do you place so much faith in reason? |
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StopTheMorans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 04:20 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. why do you place so much faith |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 04:22 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. Because it works.......nt |
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StopTheMorans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 04:36 PM Response to Reply #77 |
83. oh wait, I get it! |
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Tigermoose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 05:00 PM Response to Reply #83 |
88. Why do you ridicule? |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
79. For my money ... psychology is as much a religion as any ... |
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Terwilliger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 05:11 PM Response to Reply #79 |
91. Sounds like god-pods to me |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
84. WOWZER!!!!! |
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Terwilliger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-03 05:22 PM Response to Reply #84 |
95. you don't like news articles? |
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