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rexcat

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33. That is an excellent question on your part...

Reply to cbayer (Reply #29)

Tue Jul 31, 2012, 01:33 PM

Jul 2012

since from previous posts you do not disclose much about yourself therefore we will probably never fully know.

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A Win-Win proposal to God and his people... [View all] Playinghardball Jul 2012 OP

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No, because "praying for victims and families" is a complete waste of time, mr blur Jul 2012 #4

Post removed Post removed Jul 2012 #6

Aren't you... rexcat Jul 2012 #7

Prayer for the victims doesn't rub me the wrong way, PDJane Jul 2012 #2

How would prayer... rexcat Jul 2012 #8

because they think they are doing something for edhopper Jul 2012 #22

... rexcat Jul 2012 #23

What is the point of this other than to mock and offend? cbayer Jul 2012 #3

To make people consider why they always thank God for saving survivors dmallind Jul 2012 #5

It's built around the idea that some pray for victims cbayer Jul 2012 #9

Point it that it might be harful Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #10

That's a skepticscott Jul 2012 #14

Bugle practice. rug Jul 2012 #11

Interesting comment from the dog whistle king. n/t Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #12

Expect three more recycled new atheist articles in response. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #17

How many posters are you expecting? rug Jul 2012 #39

I'm expecting a Blondie poster from 1978. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #41

You'll have to go to a different meme site for that. rug Jul 2012 #43

The point is to challenge the belief in an intercessionary deity. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #16

Why challenge it? It can neither be proved nor disproved. cbayer Jul 2012 #24

It's pretty easy to run double-blind tests on the power of prayer. Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #25

Something that can't be proved or disproved... rexcat Jul 2012 #26

How about intelligent life somewhere else in this universe? cbayer Jul 2012 #27

You think the belief that other intelligent life exists isn't challenged? trotsky Jul 2012 #30

All concepts should be challenged... rexcat Jul 2012 #31

And who gets to decide which those are? What's the cut off? cbayer Jul 2012 #32

Should there be a cut off... rexcat Jul 2012 #34

Agree. It's an individual and very subjective decision. cbayer Jul 2012 #35

I dunno, cbayer. What's the cutoff? trotsky Jul 2012 #44

Talk to the Templeton Foundation. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #28

What is my side? cbayer Jul 2012 #29

That is an excellent question on your part... rexcat Jul 2012 #33

Theism. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #36

Really? What makes you think so? cbayer Jul 2012 #37

Wow. Really. Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #38

why not? Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #40

You can say that again. cbayer Jul 2012 #42

The whole key is #5. In the Judeo-Christian tradition, God does not want you to know one way dimbear Jul 2012 #13

The fan dance deity theory. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #18

Any omniscient deity worth its salt MineralMan Jul 2012 #15

Or they could exist and really not give even a small kernel of shit. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #19

One more option: They exist and LOVE violence and murder. trotsky Jul 2012 #20

That only makes sense if you believe in an intercessionary deity. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #21