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eqfan592

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37. No, what's nauseating...

Mon Apr 16, 2012, 09:26 AM

Apr 2012

...is thinking about the mental gymnastics you must be performing in order to stick to your conclusion. It's enough to make my head spin!

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Australia's most senior-ranked Catholic says Jews 'intellectually and morally inferior' [View all] cleanhippie Apr 2012 OP

Idiots jonthebru Apr 2012 #1

The nursery rhyme adapts well intaglio Apr 2012 #2

Beautifully phrased longship Apr 2012 #42

Love his non-apology apology, typically what you expect from a leader... Humanist_Activist Apr 2012 #3

So then would you classify a group whose recognized leader(s) exhort humblebum Apr 2012 #10

You seem to have difficulty distinguishing people from beliefs... Humanist_Activist Apr 2012 #11

Nice dodge. You insult the religion and you are insulting the people who humblebum Apr 2012 #14

Do you have the same view about insults to people's beliefs in other areas? LeftishBrit Apr 2012 #16

Saying something is "silly" hardly rises to the level of contempt and hatred. But humblebum Apr 2012 #19

You weren't asked whether or not one *would* be insulted... Act_of_Reparation Apr 2012 #20

Who said it was wrong to criticize religion. That is quite different humblebum Apr 2012 #29

And there are plenty of people who might fit such descriptions. LeftishBrit Apr 2012 #36

'Leader' of anything, my hind foot. LeftishBrit Apr 2012 #15

Then perhaps Dawkins who recently called for fans to show ridicule and contempt. humblebum Apr 2012 #18

That was Hitchens, and you shifting that quote to Dawkins after Hitchens' death is tasteless. darkstar3 Apr 2012 #21

Actually, it was Dawkins who made the statement recently in DC. nt humblebum Apr 2012 #22

Link? darkstar3 Apr 2012 #23

Here. humblebum Apr 2012 #25

I'd like to see an actual quote. darkstar3 Apr 2012 #26

Well, here's the vid, at about the 15:30 mark. humblebum Apr 2012 #27

Oh, wow, if you wanted to quote-mine you missed out on SO much. darkstar3 Apr 2012 #30

Ridicule and contempt translated mean humblebum Apr 2012 #31

No, what's nauseating... eqfan592 Apr 2012 #37

This message was self-deleted by its author humblebum Apr 2012 #38

Amazing isn't it that the words their holy man speaks don't mean what the words their holy man Leontius Apr 2012 #39

Whose holy man? LeftishBrit Apr 2012 #40

I also support the right of Dawkins to speak any way he choses Leontius Apr 2012 #41

I just went back and watched the you tube video of dawkins in DC Leontius Apr 2012 #24

I suspect you reply with a jab at atheists when the cashier asks cash or credit. 2ndAmForComputers Apr 2012 #32

"He helped probably through secondary causes for the Jews to escape and continue" Vehl Apr 2012 #4

I wish you atheist would understand edhopper Apr 2012 #5

You're right, I really have to dig deep to find these fringe groups saying these things. cleanhippie Apr 2012 #6

I heard him say these things while debating Richard Dawkins Silent3 Apr 2012 #7

Well, somebody here clearly is "intellectually and morally inferior". surrealAmerican Apr 2012 #8

Jesus was a Jew Angry Dragon Apr 2012 #9

I just learned that neo Nazi's dispute that fact. SamG Apr 2012 #12

So do old ones. 2ndAmForComputers Apr 2012 #33

Here is Pell's statenent to J-wire. rug Apr 2012 #13

Whenever I see the word 'Pell' on DU... LeftishBrit Apr 2012 #17

Ditto. Likewise for Phelps -- I think of the swimmer. 2ndAmForComputers Apr 2012 #34

Me too! LeftishBrit Apr 2012 #35

Mel Gibson's church? UnrepentantLiberal Apr 2012 #28

And here's the latest on the oh so morally superior Cardinal Pell LeftishBrit Jul 2017 #43