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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 11:40 AM Original message |
Regarding Mr. Harris and Mr. Dawkins, What's The Big Deal? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. Try having a fundamentalist brother |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 11:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. That may be true |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 12:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. That's the point of Harris' work |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 04:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. Education is a more worthwhile goal than ridicule, isn't it? |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 05:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I'm not goal oriented |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 05:34 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Sure you are. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 05:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. My ex-wife accused me |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 05:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Haha! :) |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
2. That atheists are a misunderstood and persecuted minority? |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
4. Your story reflects your situation and not that of others. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 12:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. My son-in-law asked me to. |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 12:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I'd tell him. I read End of Faith and found the middle of the book to |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
7. I think a lot of atheists just aren't used to seeing their ideas |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 12:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I hope my use of the word "enamored" |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 12:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Oh, I'm sure a few of them will look on it as a validation of sorts. |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 05:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. Well, I don't mind admitting that Dawkins |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
11. Most people like hearing what they already believe repeated back to them |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 01:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I agree |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 01:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. I'm not talking about what people already believe. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 02:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I apologize - I mispoke |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 02:20 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. If more people believed in it (if Unicornism was a reality) then yes, I would read the books |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 02:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Yep, n/t |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 04:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. Yeah, I read the laws of thermodynamics every week. |
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irislake (967 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
12. One of the positive effects of such books |
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irislake (967 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 01:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Woops |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
13. Different perspectives and angles that I've never looked from. |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
16. On rare occasions, a believer has asked me to point them to a book |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
19. I agree with all the reasons stated so far in this thread... |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 04:59 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. I'm not sure what you mean by "last few years" |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:52 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. The internet has been a good venue... |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:30 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. The point I was trying to make |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:18 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. With the world engaged in yet another religious-based war... |
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salvorhardin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 12:06 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. I do |
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NEDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
30. I've read both of Harris' books in the last couple weeks |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 02:34 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. "Letter to a Christian Nation" |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 02:33 AM Response to Original message |
35. Their public voice is whats important... |
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