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Gore1FL

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17. I defined "God" as the 4 forces of nature and the laws of Physics.
Mon Jan 14, 2013, 11:14 PM
Jan 2013

Q: Do you believe in God?
A: Yes, but not in the way I suspect you do.

Conversation ends. No one cares after that except for the ones who want to convert you. If that were going to happen, it would have likely already started.

In my experience, no one knows how to enforce those polices (especially in a unit of diverse religious backgrounds). Hence, they aren't typically enforced or even alluded to.

Thank-you for this... NeoGreen Jan 2013 #1
I like what you're doing TxDemChem Jan 2013 #2
I'm an Eagle Scout Stuckinthebush Jan 2013 #5
Got mine in 1980 Gore1FL Jan 2013 #16
I defined "God" as the 4 forces of nature and the laws of Physics. Gore1FL Jan 2013 #17
Ramen! Demo_Chris Jan 2013 #3
And the people say... Stuckinthebush Jan 2013 #4
I know what you are saying, but Curmudgeoness Jan 2013 #6
Yup. progressoid Jan 2013 #8
Oh I agree completely Stuckinthebush Jan 2013 #9
I guess that I am not asked to say a prayer Curmudgeoness Jan 2013 #13
I don't pray. Iggo Jan 2013 #11
LOL. OK. Curmudgeoness Jan 2013 #14
My family knows I'm an atheist and I'm not to be included in their hocus pocus. Iggo Jan 2013 #15
Occasionally, I have dinner guests that ask if we can pray... cleanhippie Jan 2013 #19
LOL! Stuckinthebush Jan 2013 #20
If it is really important to those people, Curmudgeoness Jan 2013 #25
When my daughter's boyfriend visited for the first time noamnety Jan 2013 #7
So wrong! Stuckinthebush Jan 2013 #10
Damn, I am a shitheel OriginalGeek Jan 2013 #12
Nah....not a shitheel at all! Stuckinthebush Jan 2013 #22
You spy out the best foods!!! LOL! Curmudgeoness Jan 2013 #26
You gotta make a plan! OriginalGeek Jan 2013 #27
Thanks for the laughs. Curmudgeoness Jan 2013 #28
I won't say grace if asked to. Gore1FL Jan 2013 #18
Or you could just say... Stuckinthebush Jan 2013 #21
"Rub-a-dub-dub, thanks for the grub. Yea god!" Ligyron Jan 2013 #23
So I went to my husband's uncle's funeral last night TxDemChem Jan 2013 #24
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