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CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts) Sun Apr 22, 2012, 11:23 PM Apr 2012

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The Christians I have had the misfortune of knowing have, to a person, Zoeisright Apr 2012 #1

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shameless kickity kick for the a.m. crowd! (nt) CoffeeCat Apr 2012 #3

Zoeisright

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1. The Christians I have had the misfortune of knowing have, to a person,

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Sun Apr 22, 2012, 11:27 PM

Apr 2012

been rude, judgmental, deliberately ignorant, smug, cruel, and selfish. I went to a parochial school and those little bastards were unbelievably cruel. Then they'd sit in church every week and figure it was okay to be mean again on Monday. Or Sunday afternoon.

Yes, there are good Christians out there. But they don't have the market cornered on kindness. The kindest people I have known are atheists.

Kindness is an evolutionary emotion. We needed each other to survive way back when. We do now too, but too many stupid people don't get that. Kindness has NOTHING to do with religion.

CoffeeCat

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Sun Apr 22, 2012, 11:44 PM

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CoffeeCat

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3. shameless kickity kick for the a.m. crowd! (nt)

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Mon Apr 23, 2012, 09:39 AM

Apr 2012

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