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IrishAyes

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57. I would give almost anything
Sat Jul 20, 2013, 05:54 PM
Jul 2013

if there were a Unitarian society within reach for me. I am cradle Catholic dyed in the wool, but a pesky liberal one and my ecumenism continues to broaden. There is a small Catholic mission here, but so backward that I hardly recognize it as such. Suppose that's fitting, because most of them consider me a Jesuit-leaning heretic.

My wife keeps wanting me to attend the Promise Keepers conference this weekend exboyfil Jul 2013 #1
Good for you! calimary Jul 2013 #2
No one that values equality for all Americans should ever set foot in Promise Breakers meeting dbackjon Jul 2013 #24
Don't forget what Promise Keepers did IrishAyes Jul 2013 #49
Beverly Russell? exboyfil Jul 2013 #61
Sorry, that was so long ago I don't remember the names, and such a well known news story IrishAyes Jul 2013 #62
Thanks for the info exboyfil Jul 2013 #64
Without googling, I believe the mother's name was No Vested Interest Jul 2013 #68
Let me tell you about a PK hypocrite I once met. Manifestor_of_Light Jul 2013 #71
Bullshit. Atman Jul 2013 #3
Are you dismissing the results of the survey? cbayer Jul 2013 #5
Yes. Atman Jul 2013 #7
Based on what? cbayer Jul 2013 #8
If it makes believing nonsense trendy and cool and popular, then yes from me NoOneMan Jul 2013 #14
It doesn't make being a believer any of those things. cbayer Jul 2013 #28
+1 R Merm Jul 2013 #36
Huge kudos to you for attending the Moral Monday events! cbayer Jul 2013 #37
A lot of atheists sneer at the religious left IrishAyes Jul 2013 #50
Some of them do more than sneer - they actively attack them. cbayer Jul 2013 #52
Well, perhaps the atheists' militant wing IrishAyes Jul 2013 #59
I wouldn't personally take it that far, lol, cbayer Jul 2013 #60
You're reading much more into it than what's there Gman Jul 2013 #12
What specifically leads you to believe that premise, and hence, denying the survey as valid? LanternWaste Jul 2013 #18
It contradicted the poster's own biases, that's what. Naughty survey! IrishAyes Jul 2013 #51
But I thought Progressives were satan worshipers????? Iliyah Jul 2013 #4
No, we worship (and presumably elect) Satin! kentauros Jul 2013 #48
"Religion has long been co-opted by religious conservatives as a vehicle for political gain, but pampango Jul 2013 #6
As long as they amb123 Jul 2013 #9
They will. Igel Jul 2013 #11
What if instead they support the 1st amendment's prohibition on government establishing 24601 Jul 2013 #16
The progressive and liberal religious people I know are also secularists. cbayer Jul 2013 #32
Who is Public Religion Research Institute? longship Jul 2013 #10
EJ Dionne is one of the authors of the study deutsey Jul 2013 #15
I posted this in Religion yesterday. Here's a link to their press release. cbayer Jul 2013 #29
Looks good. Thanks, friend. ;) nt longship Jul 2013 #33
Oh, we will see NoOneMan Jul 2013 #13
I don't believe in fairy tales. I believe in God! hrmjustin Jul 2013 #21
Zeus or Apollo? NoOneMan Jul 2013 #22
The Christian God. The Holy Trinity. hrmjustin Jul 2013 #23
Oh Yahweh? He's the one that made a man live in a whale, right? NoOneMan Jul 2013 #25
I said you have the right to believe it is a fairy tale but I disagree with you. hrmjustin Jul 2013 #26
. R Merm Jul 2013 #39
Those damn reindeer bullies... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2013 #40
Well said. IrishAyes Jul 2013 #55
No evolved/educated person takes those stories to be necessarily literal. IrishAyes Jul 2013 #54
There are tens of millions of Americans who DO think this stuff is the literal truth. Arugula Latte Jul 2013 #65
Well, even Mark Twain couldn't always be right. IrishAyes Jul 2013 #67
Good on you. IrishAyes Jul 2013 #53
What a load. I am assuming you think that of all progressive religious leaders, than. cbayer Jul 2013 #30
.... NMDemDist2 Jul 2013 #17
Groups like my synagogue. iandhr Jul 2013 #19
my Xtian born again friend worked for Obama this time around wordpix Jul 2013 #20
And hopefully non-believers will soon Zoeisright Jul 2013 #27
Never going to happen, imo, so cbayer Jul 2013 #31
"We"? JNelson6563 Jul 2013 #34
I am part of what religious community, Julie? cbayer Jul 2013 #35
Stick around. Please. IrishAyes Jul 2013 #56
Why would it "never" happen? The trendlines are going in a postiive direction in the Arugula Latte Jul 2013 #43
While I agree that more people are identifying as atheists cbayer Jul 2013 #44
From this: Arugula Latte Jul 2013 #45
If you go to the data, you will see that 24%, not 42%, clearly identify as atheist. cbayer Jul 2013 #47
We non-believing Unitarians are bound for world domination! displacedtexan Jul 2013 #38
I would give almost anything IrishAyes Jul 2013 #57
I have been a UU since 1979. Manifestor_of_Light Jul 2013 #70
How do religious progressives feel about Enthusiast Jul 2013 #41
Surveys I have seen show that belief is creationism is strongly correlated with cbayer Jul 2013 #46
I for one can assure you IrishAyes Jul 2013 #58
Not soon enough for me... truebluegreen Jul 2013 #42
Soon? how soon? darkangel218 Jul 2013 #63
Bwahahahaha! nt ZombieHorde Jul 2013 #66
Until they own a thousand radio stations, won't make a bit of difference Doctor_J Jul 2013 #69
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