Tom Ripley
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Thu Oct-27-11 05:22 PM
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| 1. Believer's Billboard Falsely Attributes Quote To God |
| -Atheists' Billboard Falsely Attributes Quote To Thomas Jefferson |
onehandle |
Oct-27-11 05:18 PM |
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Believer's Billboard Falsely Attributes Quote To God |
Tom Ripley |
Oct-27-11 05:22 PM |
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+1 Million! n/t |
Ian David |
Oct-27-11 05:27 PM |
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lol n/t |
fishwax |
Oct-27-11 06:02 PM |
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"Vet the quote before you spend ten grand on the billboard." - Ben Franklin |
wtmusic |
Oct-27-11 05:23 PM |
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Ha! |
kayakjohnny |
Oct-27-11 05:25 PM |
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ROFL! n/t |
Ian David |
Oct-27-11 05:27 PM |
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ha! |
fishwax |
Oct-27-11 06:02 PM |
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"Most quotes on the Internet are false." -- Abraham Lincoln |
liberation |
Oct-27-11 06:07 PM |
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ROFLMAO |
McCamy Taylor |
Oct-27-11 06:35 PM |
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Illustrates the importance of sourcing . . . |
snot |
Oct-27-11 05:25 PM |
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Oops. Our bad. n/t |
Ian David |
Oct-27-11 05:26 PM |
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In fairness, there are no quotation marks on that billboard |
Orrex |
Oct-27-11 05:27 PM |
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Good save! n/t |
Ian David |
Oct-27-11 05:29 PM |
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Actually it is correct... |
and-justice-for-all |
Oct-27-11 05:28 PM |
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No, the original doesn't exist. |
Sal316 |
Oct-27-11 05:39 PM |
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uh okay...nt |
and-justice-for-all |
Oct-27-11 05:44 PM |
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No, your version is unknown in his writings too |
muriel_volestrangler |
Oct-27-11 05:44 PM |
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You just can't believe anything a skeptic says! |
bananas |
Oct-27-11 06:42 PM |
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Hey, if makes some people happy, what's the harm? nt |
greyl |
Oct-27-11 05:29 PM |
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If a made-up Jefferson quote isn't enough to convice those |
hughee99 |
Oct-27-11 05:30 PM |
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Oh come on, you expect them to know everything? |
gratuitous |
Oct-27-11 05:30 PM |
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Jefferson owned several hundred slaves. |
Nye Bevan |
Oct-27-11 05:33 PM |
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Not really. |
Shadowflash |
Oct-27-11 05:57 PM |
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Well, technically it is the Old Testament |
liberation |
Oct-27-11 06:06 PM |
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Are you kidding? Christians all over the world have been slave owners almost since 33AD |
McCamy Taylor |
Oct-27-11 06:34 PM |
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Isn´t this Ben Franklin? |
Lars77 |
Oct-27-11 05:46 PM |
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I'll be glad to claim it then. I'm the one who said it! |
ScottLand |
Oct-27-11 05:53 PM |
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They meant this quote: "Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of |
McCamy Taylor |
Oct-27-11 06:12 PM |
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And yet in none of those instances can you find where Christ would have approved. |
Kurmudgeon |
Oct-27-11 06:15 PM |
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Jefferson was talking about Christians, not Christ. He never said Christ murdered. |
McCamy Taylor |
Oct-27-11 06:23 PM |
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“I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.” |
McCamy Taylor |
Oct-27-11 06:17 PM |
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"They are all alike founded on fables and mythology" is also widely quoted on the Internet |
McCamy Taylor |
Oct-27-11 06:21 PM |
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Confucious Say |
Livluvgrow |
Oct-27-11 06:21 PM |
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Especially when we all know that the spirit of the Billboard is correct and the Internet |
McCamy Taylor |
Oct-27-11 06:29 PM |
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And maybe the misquote was intentional to get buzz. nt |
valerief |
Oct-27-11 06:35 PM |
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Naw. They just got sloppy and figured if 1000s of Internet sites had the quotes they were probably |
McCamy Taylor |
Oct-27-11 06:38 PM |
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A lot of people here propagate a phony Lincoln quote too |
bluestateguy |
Oct-27-11 06:47 PM |
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Locking |
cbayer |
Oct-27-11 07:00 PM |
#38 |
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