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In reply to the discussion: Harvard Atheists Shocked At Exclusion From Boston Bombing Memorial Service [View all]All you have to do is look at threads here at the DU to see that. I don' t get the need to ridicule people here who have spiritual beliefs, especially here where we're supposedly tolerant of others...seems to be an exception for good Dems who happen to be believers of an afterlife, or even those who are just pondering these concepts.
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Harvard Atheists Shocked At Exclusion From Boston Bombing Memorial Service [View all]
Purveyor
Apr 2013
OP
Yes, because who wouldn't want to worship an omnipotent deity that either caused or failed
Arugula Latte
Apr 2013
#6
No. They belong at the inter-proof ceremony, where people discuss what they know and not what they..
JVS
Apr 2013
#16
To remember. To praise the memories. To keep the wounded in people's minds.
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 2013
#36
In this way, the believers in imaginary friends demonstrate their ethical superiority. nt
Demo_Chris
Apr 2013
#28
Seems everyone gets the righteous opportunity to poke everyone else in the eyes,
LanternWaste
Apr 2013
#29
According to the story in the OP, yes people are being told that they cannot show up.
cemaphonic
Apr 2013
#54
no but it's attitudes like that that make believers targets for ridicule.
Phillip McCleod
Apr 2013
#56
Not surprising at all. Atheism is despised by a lot of believers. They dislike people like myself
JRLeft
Apr 2013
#53
you mean you don't start ranting about invisible sky daddies when you mourn?
Phillip McCleod
Apr 2013
#57