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longship

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3. Yes, indeed. We in the Religion Group are mostly reasonable.

Thu Feb 6, 2014, 07:45 PM

Feb 2014

Maybe that's why I like perusing Religion group posts.

Rug, My question is... How do you find so many posts guaranteed to piss off atheists?

Actually, I love these. They show what people actually think about non-believers. They are really believers after all. (When you unpack it all, after all.)

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My Sweet Lord: An Atheist Meditation on the God that is Love [View all] rug Feb 2014 OP

Biggest bunch of nonsensical gobbilty gook MattBaggins Feb 2014 #1

You haven't been in GD lately. rug Feb 2014 #2

Yes, indeed. We in the Religion Group are mostly reasonable. longship Feb 2014 #3

We are nothing if not erudite, tempered and affable. rug Feb 2014 #4

You don't "piss off atheists" - you merely embarrass yourselves even more. mr blur Feb 2014 #8

Er, longship is not only an atheist, but a pretty forceful voice. cbayer Feb 2014 #9

Lol, I think he meant it for me. How embarassing. rug Feb 2014 #10

I'm not so sure. cbayer Feb 2014 #12

If the weather here disagrees with you, I don't see any locks on the door. IrishAyes Feb 2014 #37

No, unfortunately the locks are all in your minds. Oh, and congratulations, mr blur Feb 2014 #59

Tsk, tsk. And I was about to give you a heart. rug Feb 2014 #60

I suspect, based on her other posts, that this member is fully capable cbayer Feb 2014 #61

OK, I'm confused; can you help me out? Goblinmonger Feb 2014 #13

No, I am saying that it is a common narrative by some believers. longship Feb 2014 #14

I think there was some confusion about your post. Goblinmonger Feb 2014 #15

How do you unpack unpack? Fumesucker Feb 2014 #5

I admire your talent to ask unanswerable questions. Truth to tell, I envy it. IrishAyes Feb 2014 #46

Too confusing for you, was it now? IrishAyes Feb 2014 #42

Rug's lifetime error: failing to see Atheist Anger is resolved by SECULAR, not religious, liberalism Brettongarcia Feb 2014 #6

Atheist anger? cbayer Feb 2014 #7

Brettongarcia's current incarnation error: conflating personality with ideas. rug Feb 2014 #11

Does Rug's '60's, leftish/liberal Christianity or religiosity, still work? For Atheists? Brettongarcia Feb 2014 #16

Actually your generalizations are once again wrong. cbayer Feb 2014 #17

I am not totally opposed to liberal religionists. But are their old arguments still effective? Brettongarcia Feb 2014 #19

Not totally opposed? Well, that's peachy, because assuming you are a cbayer Feb 2014 #22

You make more sense than I sometimes manage to do. IrishAyes Feb 2014 #44

"Wanting to make this a war is counter-productive to the causes that democrats share and support." IrishAyes Feb 2014 #33

I tend to think that most people who are confident cbayer Feb 2014 #51

You're very kind. IrishAyes Feb 2014 #52

What on earth is "'60's, leftish/liberal Christianity"? rug Feb 2014 #18

The video you post is classic 60's: Band Aid or whoever, singing a Beatles song by George Harrison Brettongarcia Feb 2014 #20

The video is in the article from the Atheist Channel at Patheos. rug Feb 2014 #21

Your first is VERY retro. You can see the same thing in 1976. The song is Beatles; 1969-70. Brettongarcia Feb 2014 #23

If I might - why do you sport that particular avatar? cbayer Feb 2014 #24

Kennedy was the archetypal Liberal; but liberalism was revolutionary in his own era. Brettongarcia Feb 2014 #25

So, you support the archetype that prompted the liberal movement of the 60's an 70's, cbayer Feb 2014 #26

My point is that classic 60's persons, liberals, think of themselves as timelessly advanced; but ... Brettongarcia Feb 2014 #28

I disagree. cbayer Feb 2014 #29

What you say seems about right. Except I see modern Atheists as the true extension of that Brettongarcia Feb 2014 #30

I don't think the problem with intolerance of atheists come from the religious left. cbayer Feb 2014 #32

Doesn't look to me, a latecomer to this thread, that liberals started the bickering. IrishAyes Feb 2014 #39

Clarification question Goblinmonger Feb 2014 #47

I simply meant that self defeating behavior benefits no one. I should know, IrishAyes Feb 2014 #48

On face value that is an interesting thought Goblinmonger Feb 2014 #49

Oh noes, you're putting words in my mouth. IrishAyes Feb 2014 #50

I'm talking about your original post Goblinmonger Feb 2014 #56

See a doctor for your paranoia. They have meds that can do wonders these days. IrishAyes Feb 2014 #57

Well that escalated quickly Goblinmonger Feb 2014 #58

My dear Rug, IrishAyes Feb 2014 #34

Thanks, Irish. rug Feb 2014 #54

Knowing we can question certainty comforts me. Perverse little snot that I am. IrishAyes Feb 2014 #43

Ummm.... 'scuse me, please? When did anyone fall under the obligation to please or placate you? IrishAyes Feb 2014 #38

well that is really weird... madrchsod Feb 2014 #27

I think I might be an Agnostic. We don't know for sure, nor do we wish or care to know. libdem4life Feb 2014 #31

Me too; with a strong dose of animism thrown in. I used to astro-trip stone cold sober, IrishAyes Feb 2014 #35

I have had the privilege of sitting in the presence of a number of Masters. Living in LA/SF libdem4life Feb 2014 #36

Although I have a special way with horses and feel closer communion with them than with many IrishAyes Feb 2014 #40

That's a great story. Zen was my way of learning to let go. Rather bleak, I must admit, but libdem4life Feb 2014 #45

I love this post. cbayer Feb 2014 #53

Seems we are made up of some pretty complex materials which doesn't always fit into a neat libdem4life Feb 2014 #55

BTW, dear rug, many thanks for a stimulating thread. IrishAyes Feb 2014 #41