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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 07:56 AM Original message |
The myth that DU & liberals in general hate the religious. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. I've said this before, and I'll say it again. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. But... but... my bubble! |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. You might want to re-check the rules |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:06 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. The term freeper is also a term of endearment for republicans |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:12 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. You might want to use the alert feature then. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
355. They are not enforced. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:35 AM Response to Reply #9 |
38. you take any valid criticism of religion as an attack and then make personal attacks |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #38 |
196. There is legitimate and valid |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #196 |
206. "Atheists do take al lot of crap from SOME of the religious NUTS...but not from the people of faith |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #206 |
208. Please show me where |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #208 |
248. Search for the "atheist whackjob" threads |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #248 |
271. Well, since I have no inclination to |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 06:53 AM Response to Reply #271 |
305. . |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 08:26 AM Response to Reply #271 |
313. And this one |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #196 |
231. i was talking about the very specific way that one poster handles criticism about religion |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
210. saying it does not make it so |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #210 |
240. The mods disagree with you. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #240 |
273. Since your general view is that the Church is complete BS, I can't see why you feel obligated |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #273 |
282. Oh pardon me, not the girl herself but the mother and doctors who cared about her health. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 07:33 PM Response to Reply #282 |
286. But you never have any use for the Church anyway, so what's with your phony outrage? |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #286 |
288. Because it further illustrates the moral bankruptcy of institutions like the Catholic Church. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 05:24 PM Response to Reply #240 |
279. often the term is used more generally |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 05:32 PM Response to Reply #279 |
281. Is it wrong to say "Fuck the Republican Party"? |
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Oak2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #281 |
349. If there are any actual liberal Republicans left in the party, they're saying the same thing. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
233. "without kid gloves" --- AS IF! |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #233 |
236. Hey, as I indicated above, use your Alert button. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #236 |
253. Hey, the behavior is as I indicated and comes from the drive bys. They see "fair game" |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:59 PM Response to Reply #253 |
292. Is this about the Indigo Children again? |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 08:13 AM Response to Reply #292 |
310. Of course it is ! It ALWAYS is. |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #310 |
363. Is that popcorn hot? |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:23 PM Response to Reply #233 |
251. Take a look at the number of people who |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #251 |
255. Yes, if everyone slowed down and used respect it wouldn't "degrade the discussion for everyone" |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
293. Yep... comments about religion are taken personally by believers. |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
2. It's not a myth. |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I could be wrong, I have been many times before, you could be right |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:10 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Thanks for discussing this in a civil way |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:12 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I have many fine Catholic friends |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:35 AM Response to Reply #13 |
37. I'll second that. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #37 |
252. And I believe most of those are subsequently deleted. |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #252 |
270. But I'm not here to talk about how great Catholicism is. |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:29 AM Response to Reply #13 |
69. The reason talk about Catholicism degenerates into talk about pedophilia |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:34 AM Response to Reply #69 |
75. They not only swept it under the rug- they allowed it to continue. |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:41 AM Response to Reply #69 |
82. Catholics do know it is a problem. |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:44 AM Response to Reply #82 |
86. Children being abused are my problem and everyones problem |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:48 AM Response to Reply #86 |
93. Matters of church governance are not |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:57 AM Response to Reply #93 |
104. Continue to stonewall on the subject of priests raping children |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #104 |
174. there is a double standard |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #174 |
192. Here, here. nt |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #174 |
194. If you want to take that analogy a little further... |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #194 |
205. you could leave the country |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #205 |
211. Yours are the best posts on this topic I've seen on DU |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #211 |
234. thank you |
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Veritas_et_Aequitas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #205 |
212. Well put. nt |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #205 |
220. But I didn't have to. As I said, we have the right to vote. We can affect changes in leadership. |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #220 |
244. that is an illusion |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #244 |
250. Illusion, eh? |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #250 |
275. well that is OK |
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Oak2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #220 |
362. No, they don't |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 09:11 PM Response to Reply #205 |
331. I don't get what you mean by reactionary forces |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #194 |
216. Yes exactly |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #216 |
261. this is your agenda |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #261 |
266. Trotsky (the DUer) brought up a good point |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #266 |
272. good question |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 05:19 PM Response to Reply #272 |
277. I guess I am a little less cynical than you |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:08 PM Response to Reply #277 |
287. good points |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 02:07 PM Response to Reply #277 |
342. It is hard to have a debate with you when it is clear you are only interested in confirmation bias |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #342 |
365. You obviously either didn't read my post or interpreted as an attack |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #261 |
321. Thanks for taking the time to write this post. It's great. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #261 |
358. APPLAUSE. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #261 |
359. No, we don't all decide to visit America one or two days a week. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #93 |
107. I might not have a say it what they do- but I do have a right to voice my opinion. |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #93 |
193. when church governance protects criminals and abusers from |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:05 AM Response to Reply #86 |
112. If criminal laws are being broken, then the criminal justice system.... |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 01:35 AM Response to Reply #86 |
301. yes it is |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:47 AM Response to Reply #82 |
90. Tommy is right |
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david13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:51 AM Response to Reply #82 |
96. Oh, it isn't against the law in every jurisdiction? |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:09 AM Response to Reply #96 |
118. The law will deal with it as the law should. |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #118 |
198. On that point, I heartly agree! |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:58 AM Response to Reply #82 |
106. Not Catholic anymore- it still effects my family |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:02 AM Response to Reply #82 |
110. No, institutional problems within a religious organization |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #82 |
160. I am amazed |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #160 |
190. You are totally missing the point. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #69 |
284. Some schools have as well, but we don't equate education/teachers with pedophiles |
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Oak2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #69 |
361. Part of the problem is that those who criticize have little grasp of the complexities of Catholicism |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:26 AM Response to Reply #13 |
134. I get the other parts of your comment, but magical wafers? |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
217. there are people who can't sort out the extremists in any and all |
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babythunder (342 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
367. Soxfan I appreciate your comments in this thread |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Agreed. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Rudeness does not in any way imply hate |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:09 AM Response to Reply #14 |
54. You see the world differently than I do |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:16 AM Response to Reply #14 |
62. Believing that there is a pink unicorn in the sky |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #62 |
163. I applaud you |
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unapatriciated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #163 |
268. self fulfilling prophecies... |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #62 |
201. Nobody is SAYING |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:30 AM Response to Reply #14 |
70. It's about respect for one's belief. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:23 AM Response to Reply #70 |
132. And when those beliefs are racist? Sexist? Anti-Semitic? |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #132 |
202. Show me the threads |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #202 |
204. That's beside the point |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #204 |
241. How is it "beside the point"? |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:33 AM Response to Reply #14 |
74. Except that a person's insane delusions are different than one's deeply held beliefs.... |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:21 AM Response to Reply #74 |
129. So... |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #129 |
184. There's a very important distinction to be made. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #184 |
318. I hate to break it to you but religion was invented precisely TO |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #318 |
319. Religion is simply the community of people of a likeminded spiritual belief. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #319 |
323. You think so? |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 03:25 PM Response to Reply #323 |
326. Okay, well you go unfreeze your cavemen and have them tell me that. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #326 |
328. I don't need to. Read up on the neolithic tribes of New Guinea and |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #328 |
329. But in order for there to be a religious power structure, there first has to be a religion. |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #319 |
353. Have you studied |
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Hatchling (968 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:29 AM Response to Reply #14 |
136. If your friend believes in that pink unicorn and you want to stay friends |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:21 AM Response to Reply #5 |
25. I understand what you are saying about rudeness |
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RedEarth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. I agree |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
22. Perhaps everyone would be wise to imagine |
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Wind Dancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
237. Excellent advice!!! |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
27. No member of a mainstream Christian faith in America has a CLUE what religious oppression is. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:43 AM Response to Reply #27 |
43. Deleted sub-thread |
ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:15 AM Response to Reply #27 |
60. Blessed be |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:30 AM Response to Reply #60 |
71. I've taught my children to be discreet also |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #71 |
161. You have my deepest sympathies. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #161 |
267. I live in the most liberal and probably most pagan friendly place in the country |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:15 AM Response to Reply #2 |
59. bullcrap |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
66. Bigotry is against the DU Rules. Alert on it when you see it |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:26 AM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Yes yes! |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:27 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Exactly. And calling a bigot a bigot is also against the rules, |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
166. It's not a disproportionate number of DUers. It's a handful who chime in on every thread. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
222. wrong eom |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
294. You do realize you just changed the subject, right? |
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Eryemil (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
295. I hate religion alright |
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Oak2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
364. I'm not sure a disproportionate number do |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
3. Hey, there's lotsa room up front. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
6. Thank you....... |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:22 AM Response to Reply #6 |
65. I despise it too |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
8. No - it certainly is not a myth and if it were against other groups DU would label it bigotry |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:22 AM Original message |
I agree about the Dem party, some people here think the Dem |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:25 AM Response to Reply #8 |
31. Ah yes- the poor oppressed Christians |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:43 AM Response to Reply #31 |
42. accurate comments are taken as "bigoted" or "mean" too |
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Lost in CT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:59 AM Response to Reply #42 |
49. Would you say the same thing about modern African American culture? |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:02 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. She is talking about religions that are clearly and openly anti-gay or Anti-woman or both. |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 02:04 AM Response to Reply #51 |
335. yes |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:10 AM Response to Reply #49 |
56. i am talking about religions/nations/laws that are expressly antigay and antiwomen |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #31 |
183. Having fun kicking that strawman? |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
12. Wow, I've said the many times and usually the haters come out |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
17. I don't mind religious beliefs, religions, etc. |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:22 AM Response to Reply #17 |
28. There's far more "proselytization" by atheists/agnostics on DU than by anyone else |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:50 AM Response to Reply #28 |
45. Well, let me say that I uniquivocably oppose THAT too |
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Lost in CT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:04 AM Response to Reply #28 |
52. Honestly I find that in real life simply amplified on this board. |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #52 |
151. My in laws totally dis-owned my family because we don't believe. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:33 AM Response to Reply #28 |
73. What is funny |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #73 |
214. Yes, I think you're right |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #28 |
124. How does one "proselytize" non-belief? |
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Veritas_et_Aequitas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #124 |
215. Language nerd powers: Activate! |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 01:31 AM Response to Reply #124 |
333. exactly |
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Hatchling (968 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #28 |
146. Amen to that!!! |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 05:48 PM Response to Reply #146 |
285. Maybe ex-hubby was deeply resentful for being pressured into |
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Hatchling (968 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:51 PM Response to Reply #285 |
290. Yeah he's an ex. all right. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #28 |
199. That is not true - it only LOOKS true to you |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #199 |
239. So true. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #239 |
247. They do tend to be fruitful, don't they? |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 01:42 AM Response to Reply #199 |
334. so what? |
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Oak2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 05:14 PM Response to Reply #199 |
366. Why do you think faith belongs to the realms of science and reason? |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 11:09 AM Response to Reply #17 |
153. Amen! |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
245. I doubt there is a person |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
18. are you kidding? they're practically persecuted on DU! |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:23 AM Response to Reply #18 |
29. Exhibit A |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:37 AM Response to Reply #29 |
39. If that is the worst you have to deal with , count yourself lucky. |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:42 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. I do count myself lucky |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:55 AM Response to Reply #41 |
47. And going back even further your pagan ancestors were stripped of thiers. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #41 |
254. Oh noes! |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #254 |
347. But seriously - what does a post like yours add to the discussion? |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 12:30 AM Response to Reply #41 |
299. "unearned air of intellectual superiority" Oh SPOT ON |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 08:12 AM Response to Reply #299 |
309. Interesting that you think this |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #309 |
336. Oh dear. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #41 |
339. An air of superiority may be an unwise thing to assume... |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
19. I agree with you |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
20. Any time an American Christian cries Oppression I want to Vomit |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:18 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. The martyr complex, it gags me too. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:28 AM Response to Reply #21 |
35. Clueless people |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:35 AM Response to Reply #35 |
77. Christian martyerdom in America |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:34 AM Response to Reply #20 |
76. Help! We're being oppressed!!... |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #76 |
213. Ah yes, wouldn't be a religion thread without the cherry |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
23. Some feel the need to single out Christians |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #23 |
100. Never mind that the OP in the link specifies "crazy" christians. |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:06 AM Response to Reply #100 |
113. "Only christians can destroy this country, because of their numbers here." |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:09 AM Response to Reply #113 |
119. Show me otherwise. |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:12 AM Response to Reply #119 |
122. Two things off the top of my head |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:28 AM Response to Reply #122 |
135. Who from the outside can destroy this country, other than the |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #135 |
149. I can't find anything about dominionists that... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 11:18 AM Response to Reply #149 |
154. How would your radical Islamists go about destroying this country? |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #154 |
159. They are not mine, I'm an atheist |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #159 |
167. I think what he is saying is this: |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #167 |
171. I agree they are not here in the same numbers but... |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #171 |
173. What they would like and what they are capable of are two very different things. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #171 |
175. And yet again, HOW would they accomplish it? |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #175 |
181. your right, they are harmless |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #181 |
197. No, what I'm getting is the point that Christians are the vast, |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #197 |
209. yeah, I remember when... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #209 |
223. And we come full circle to the original comment about CRAZY christians |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #223 |
235. Well then... |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #154 |
219. If they release dirty bombs in New York,LA and Washington. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #219 |
229. Please define 'dirty bomb' |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #229 |
249. You asked how theyed destroy the country,that's how they'd do it. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #249 |
263. Since you seem disinclined to actually back up your statement -- |
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Progressive_In_NC (448 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #119 |
327. well off the top of my head.... |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
24. MY thing of it is.. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
26. I think prayer is GREAT.. for people who want to pray |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:24 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. I've prayed & prayed, but I STILL don't have my pony. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:29 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. I actually DID get a pony (actually a BIG horse) |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:37 AM Response to Reply #30 |
78. Maybe that isn't what prayer is for, then |
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sledgehammer (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #78 |
225. This is a good point... |
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Redbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
32. The main problem I have seen is generalization |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:39 AM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Good point |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:45 AM Response to Reply #32 |
88. Making assumptions |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
33. It's not a myth, it's a din and sometimes a hail storm of Christian bashing |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:02 AM Response to Reply #33 |
109. This thread is a prime example |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:36 AM Response to Reply #109 |
138. This is a political website |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #138 |
178. "Catholics, Evangelicals and Mormons"? That's my point: no Amish? No wait... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 10:12 AM Response to Reply #178 |
314. So you are judging ALL Muslims by the acts of some Islamist radicals? |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #314 |
317. 1.1 billion Catholics in 05 = "So you are judging ALL (Catholics)" by the acts of yada-yada? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #317 |
322. In the future, please, READ what you have written before hitting 'post message'. |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 07:31 PM Response to Reply #322 |
330. No dear, the rant is all yours embrace it n/t |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #317 |
325. Hey, look at that! |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 01:18 AM Response to Reply #138 |
332. nonsense |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #109 |
185. It's so richly ironic that in a thread denying the bigotry towards |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #109 |
191. Agreed but when I first read your post I thought you were saying Joe Biden is a *tool* of the Naval |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
34. The most important thing is to never stop THINKING about things. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
44. There are DU posts making fun of religion |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:58 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Sure...up to a point...the agrieved can set the rules... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:11 AM Response to Reply #48 |
58. How about "imaginary friend in the sky" posts? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:32 AM Response to Reply #58 |
72. Well, I wouldn't use that terminology, since it's |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:49 AM Response to Reply #72 |
94. You've hit the nail on the head! |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:53 AM Response to Reply #94 |
97. Well, I always hope to hit the nail, rather than my thumb. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:56 AM Response to Reply #58 |
103. since you find the criticism offensive I presume you disagree... |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:38 AM Response to Reply #44 |
80. Sure they do |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:47 AM Response to Reply #44 |
89. Many posts make fun of religion in general |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
46. I don't hate the religious |
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cilla4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:33 AM Response to Reply #46 |
137. Brave New World |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
50. Sometimes it bothers me most times it doesn't |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
53. I'm more than happy to bash christianity-- it's intellectually bankrupt... |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:10 AM Response to Reply #53 |
57. What's that you say? Hate the sin, not the sinner? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:20 AM Response to Reply #53 |
63. Deleted sub-thread |
SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:44 AM Response to Reply #53 |
85. "Intellectually bankrupt"? |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:50 AM Response to Reply #85 |
95. yes, intellectually bankrupt.... |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #95 |
101. Sorry, Mike, but you sound like a pretentious undergrad |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:19 AM Response to Reply #85 |
127. fine. And a number of the writers for 'Star Trek' were scientists who |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:54 AM Response to Reply #53 |
99. Please clarify |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:01 AM Response to Reply #99 |
108. in another thread, perhaps.... |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:06 AM Response to Reply #108 |
115. I'll be glad to continue this later, then |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:12 AM Response to Reply #53 |
123. Love thy neighbor - what a bankrupt concept. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:11 PM Response to Reply #123 |
242. He said intellectually bankrupt. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #53 |
187. Lol, thanks for chiming in. |
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Lost in CT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:23 PM Response to Reply #53 |
296. you need to get out more Mike... read a book or something. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #55 |
102. What is insane? |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
61. Unfortunately, the myth gets undermined by a certain few who bring truth to it. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
64. K & R |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
79. I hate any group whose official stance is to deny me my civil and human rights |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
81. The religious often have too much personally invested in their religion... |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:41 AM Response to Reply #81 |
83. Right on Sid |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:48 AM Response to Reply #81 |
92. Yet if someone would attack atheism on here |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:06 AM Response to Reply #92 |
114. or if someone attacked a "protected" denomination |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:20 AM Response to Reply #114 |
128. Well no shit sherlock, none of them have any influence in Government.... |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:40 AM Response to Reply #114 |
139. Woohoooo- I am part of a protected faith ! |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:18 AM Response to Reply #92 |
125. Atheism is not a "belief." Try again. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:43 AM Response to Reply #125 |
141. Atheism is a belief |
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sledgehammer (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #141 |
155. Perhaps... |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 12:26 PM Response to Reply #155 |
162. My faith is only one facet with which I see the world |
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sledgehammer (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 12:39 PM Response to Reply #162 |
169. Which atheist group... |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #169 |
172. Communist |
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sledgehammer (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #172 |
179. OK... |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #179 |
351. You're missing his point |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #141 |
157. No, it is not. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #157 |
164. That's rhetorical BS and you know it. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #164 |
168. LOL. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #168 |
170. and I rely on the evidence |
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sledgehammer (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #170 |
176. But with evidence... |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #176 |
177. You are judging an entire group of people |
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sledgehammer (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #177 |
180. No... |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #168 |
258. Faith is merely trust in those things |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:14 PM Response to Reply #164 |
207. Congratulations - you just summed up the Creationists' argument |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #141 |
203. No, it isn't |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #203 |
262. "Belief" |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 10:35 AM Response to Reply #262 |
316. Provide evidence of that |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #141 |
257. Do some research into the meaning |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #257 |
264. Let's see...trust you on language or the OED. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 05:28 PM Response to Reply #264 |
280. Oooh, I love to debate dictionaries. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 12:29 AM Response to Reply #280 |
298. "OED is a British dictionary so you have some flaws there to start with" |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 08:08 AM Response to Reply #298 |
308. So is your argument that the OED is not a dictionary |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #308 |
343. That one just kills my eyes |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #298 |
352. Those goddamn English, trying to define their own language |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 08:25 AM Response to Reply #264 |
312. My bad...posted in the wrong place n/t |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #92 |
256. Bring it on. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:03 AM Response to Reply #81 |
111. It isn't your problem |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #81 |
188. So people shouldn't be too "personally invested" in |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #188 |
218. Meh... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
84. "Sacred cows make the best hamburger." Mark Twain |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
87. Just another topic to divide people so they're too buy arguing to notice what's |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:47 AM Response to Reply #87 |
91. Just another poster... |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:57 AM Response to Reply #91 |
105. OK, so prove me wrong. I'd love to see people here actually focus |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:19 AM Response to Reply #105 |
126. So, you must not care about Iraq or Afghanistan, then |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #126 |
221. I care about exiting Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, which would |
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sledgehammer (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #105 |
131. "Greatest Threads" |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #131 |
226. I said economics not "economics and/or politics" which |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #226 |
232. Then, maybe you should find an economics board... |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 08:19 AM Response to Reply #232 |
311. This is the reason the country is falling apart while the "left" stands gawking. |
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sledgehammer (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #226 |
238. Is DU supposed to only discuss economics? |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #238 |
260. No, if you'll read my initial comment I was merely remarking that religion |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 10:18 AM Response to Reply #226 |
315. If you think there is no correlation between money and religion, you |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:43 AM Response to Reply #105 |
142. see post #155... |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #142 |
224. Post #155 has nothing to do with economics. n/t |
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sledgehammer (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
98. It's reactionary |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
116. I was totally neutral about religion until they tried to control my life. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #116 |
130. . |
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Amaya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #116 |
144. same here |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
117. Some people confuse "Christian" with "Republican" |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
120. I'm a Christian and am just as disturbed at the zealots as you are. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
121. I use the term "sky god" to refer to the sky god. |
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Amaya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
133. I like this quote : |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
140. I'm reminded of Tom Lehrer. |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #140 |
195. National Brotherhood week: |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 05:17 PM Response to Reply #195 |
276. Deleted sub-thread |
Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
143. I am liberal, I am religious.. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
145. Agree with you. I am not a believer, but don't hate the people - just what they do with religion. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #145 |
150. People are people |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
147. If your premise is true... |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
148. Reading James Fowler's book The Stages of Faith is really helping me |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #148 |
186. That's fascinating. Thank you! |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
152. imo NOT calling out the crazies is unpatriotic - what a scam they've got going... |
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Threedifferentones (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
156. It is not entirely a myth |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #156 |
182. Deleted message |
Threedifferentones (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #182 |
283. You can point out how cruel it is for me to cut out people's emotional pillar |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
158. what myth?? in general, i DO hate the religious- they've fucked this planet up for far too long. |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #158 |
360. you do realize using that kind of logic, would make hating 'men' |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
165. So have we established that virtually no one on DU "hates the religious"? |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
189. Attachment is the root of all suffering. |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #189 |
200. wurd! |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
227. Kicked and recommended for the word ducky. |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
228. I like spiritual people, I hate religious zealots |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
230. That behavior though does occur here, I heard about it and now have witnessed enuff |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
243. I do not practice any formal religion, but I am tolerant of all people |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
246. I Consider Myself an Atheist but do Not Hate all Religious People |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
259. Truth |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
265. If I had a dime for every time I have alerted on a "broad brush" |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
269. I am a hateful humanist atheist |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #269 |
278. I bet you're fun at a party too. |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
274. Most people have never heard of DU. |
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New Dawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
289. Evangelical fundamentalists hate more religious people than anyone else does. |
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Lost in CT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #289 |
297. Now that is very true... I never understood the whole Catholics and Mormans are |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
291. Word! |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
300. If people want to believe in made-up bullshit, that's fine with me. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 06:43 AM Response to Reply #300 |
302. The cosmic joke is |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 06:46 AM Response to Original message |
303. We must respect the other fellow's religion, |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 06:51 AM Response to Original message |
304. i disagree. it is no myth. i use to jump in and try to me the appeaser with the anti christian |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
306. Considering the number of people killed because of religious differences |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
307. Well, my experience discussion my religion wasn't so favorable |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
320. Myth? You have got to be kidding. |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #320 |
324. Can we officially call this thread a "Mythbuster?" |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #324 |
337. It's sort of like a defense lawyer |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #337 |
341. Define "haters." |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 02:09 PM Response to Reply #341 |
344. See post 269. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #344 |
348. I see your point. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #320 |
340. Beliefs =/= believers. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
338. I fully accept, support and believe in religious freedom, ... |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
345. I've been here since day one. DU bashes religions and the religious bordering on hate speech. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 06:04 PM Response to Reply #345 |
368. It's very obvious the more dispassionate about the issue you are.... |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
346. Let me know when 50% of the population won't vote for somebody because they believe in god. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #346 |
357. Careful, now... you may take all the fun out of the demagoguery. (nt) |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
350. I only hate the religously insane |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
354. Pointing out legitimate fallacies in religion is not "hate" or "oppression." |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
356. It's not a myth. And anti-religious evangelical fundamentalists are as bad as the religious variety |
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