Religion

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4. Well, that's a neat pile of bullshit.

Reply to DetlefK (Reply #3)

Mon Nov 3, 2014, 12:18 PM

Nov 2014

The good things religion did can be counted on one hand

You're peddling opinion as if it were dogma. Green did the same thing.

History is not nearly as simple-minded.

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Russell Brand: Richard Dawkins Is a Proponent of “Atheistic Tyranny” For Rejecting the Supernatural [View all] rug Nov 2014 OP

"Karl Marx Marries the Dalai Lama — for Dummies" Great clip, but couldn't help but think of... NYC_SKP Nov 2014 #1

I've never seen this show. Is it worth the watch? cbayer Nov 2014 #18

I think it's worth a shot. NYC_SKP Nov 2014 #19

Love Idiot Abroad, so would probably like this. cbayer Nov 2014 #22

“Atheistic Tyranny” For Rejecting the Supernatural - what utter bullshit. djean111 Nov 2014 #2

The good things religion did can be counted on one hand: DetlefK Nov 2014 #3

Well, that's a neat pile of bullshit. rug Nov 2014 #4

I wasn't trying to be dogmatic. Would you mind adding examples to increase the count? DetlefK Nov 2014 #5

I won't search your posts but I'll let you know as they come up. rug Nov 2014 #7

I can't even begin to count the number of good things cbayer Nov 2014 #9

Sad if the only reason they did good things was because of religion. n/t djean111 Nov 2014 #10

Good people do good things. Sometimes they are religious and sometimes they are not. cbayer Nov 2014 #11

It would be sadder if they didn't do it at all, religion or no religion. rug Nov 2014 #12

My apologies. Part of my response was due to my mistake that cbayer Nov 2014 #15

Thanks. djean111 Nov 2014 #16

I was talking about religion as a whole, like the post that I responded to. DetlefK Nov 2014 #13

The whole is the sum of it's parts. cbayer Nov 2014 #14

I took "religion as a whole" to mean "groups with a belief in some sort of deity". not an attempt djean111 Nov 2014 #17

Then I also object. Groups with a belief in some sort of deity have cbayer Nov 2014 #23

I agree with the counted on one hand part. djean111 Nov 2014 #28

You honestly don't think that religion or religious groups cbayer Nov 2014 #30

I did not say I believed that. Not Once. I was just responding to the objection to the phrase djean111 Nov 2014 #31

Ok, I misunderstood. My apologies once again. cbayer Nov 2014 #32

Nice framing Lordquinton Nov 2014 #21

Thanks, I can agree with that statement completely. cbayer Nov 2014 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author rug Nov 2014 #6

It looks like Watt and Stark are on Brand's side. rug Nov 2014 #8

Russell Brand vs Richard Dawkins on the nature of things AlbertCat Nov 2014 #20

Which you go with is up to you, but neither has credentials when it comes to religion. cbayer Nov 2014 #25

There are no "credentials" when it comes to believing in a deity or not. None. djean111 Nov 2014 #29

What neither one can do is expound on what anybody ELSE should believe. Or not believe. AlbertCat Nov 2014 #34

Yes people must be saved! cbayer Nov 2014 #36

Oh, admit it. You just made that up. rug Nov 2014 #38

By the way, you have been quote mined and are the subject of a post in the A/A group. cbayer Nov 2014 #37

OMG! Quote mining! AlbertCat Nov 2014 #39

Why, Albert, you left out the beginning: rug Nov 2014 #40

Actually it had absolutely nothing to do with getting people alerted on, cbayer Nov 2014 #41

And did you know that EVERY person blocked from A/A skepticscott Nov 2014 #42

A ringing endorsement of quote-mining. rug Nov 2014 #43

Sorry, your revisionist history about why you were banned is incorrect. beam me up scottie Nov 2014 #44

Wow, people are still believing this fool is some sort of deep thinker? arcane1 Nov 2014 #26

Dawkins or Brand? Ampersand Unicode Nov 2014 #27

Russell Brand also refuses to vote in elections because all the parties are supposedly equally bad. LeftishBrit Nov 2014 #33

appropriately harsh comments on Thatcher and Bush!) AlbertCat Nov 2014 #35

A pox on both their houses. Odin2005 Nov 2014 #45