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MellowOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-11 12:48 PM
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15. It was a typo
Get over it.
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  -Positive side of Christianity MellowOne  Sep-05-11 12:06 PM   #0 
  - "Christians are the largest prosecuted group in the world". NO, they are not.  cleanhippie   Sep-05-11 12:09 PM   #1 
  - Read this  MellowOne   Sep-05-11 12:19 PM   #5 
     - The guy who wrote that article calls himself a "Holy Spirit Examiner."  Lucian   Sep-05-11 12:31 PM   #7 
     - BECAUSE of christianity? If thats the case, then child-raping priests do that BECAUSE of it too.  cleanhippie   Sep-05-11 01:01 PM   #19 
        - Because I was commenting on the positive side  MellowOne   Sep-05-11 01:06 PM   #25 
           - Exactly my point.  cleanhippie   Sep-05-11 02:30 PM   #46 
           - So....  Goblinmonger   Sep-05-11 03:51 PM   #61 
  - Hmmm...  Lucian   Sep-05-11 12:11 PM   #2 
  - I seriously doubt  MellowOne   Sep-05-11 12:47 PM   #14 
     - You seriously doubt it? What, do you live under a rock?  cleanhippie   Sep-05-11 01:02 PM   #20 
     - Dude, I've seen that too.  bengalherder   Sep-05-11 01:16 PM   #29 
     - You are making generalized statements  MellowOne   Sep-05-11 01:44 PM   #33 
        - OK, you are now taking the role of cultie abuser  bengalherder   Sep-05-11 02:29 PM   #44 
        - They invented it.  immoderate   Sep-05-11 02:29 PM   #45 
        - You are in a traumatised state. I was exactly like you once.  anAustralianobserver   Sep-05-11 06:37 PM   #81 
        - As darkstar pointed out in another thread...  LAGC   Sep-06-11 12:46 AM   #101 
     - Yeah they do.  Deep13   Sep-06-11 06:08 PM   #117 
  - The most positive thing that Christians have done for me is to give me a day off on December 25th  Orrex   Sep-05-11 12:14 PM   #3 
  - Hey, this reminds me --  klook   Sep-05-11 09:02 PM   # 
     - This war calls for heavy artillery  Orrex   Sep-05-11 11:15 PM   #99 
  - Largest prosecuted group?  klook   Sep-05-11 12:14 PM   #4 
  - It was a typo  MellowOne   Sep-05-11 12:48 PM   #15 
  - One can only wish. nt  Lost-in-FL   Sep-05-11 02:10 PM   #37 
  - How about all the politicians and people out there that  Angry Dragon   Sep-05-11 12:29 PM   #6 
  - Chances of the US becoming an actual theocracy are slim to none.  humblebum   Sep-05-11 12:35 PM   #9 
  - I am fine with atheocracy  Lost-in-FL   Sep-05-11 01:02 PM   #21 
  - Some do yearn for the old Soviet Union. NT  humblebum   Sep-05-11 01:34 PM   #32 
     - Tee hee…  Lost-in-FL   Sep-05-11 02:02 PM   #36 
  - LOL! Once again, you show your profound ignorance.  laconicsax   Sep-05-11 01:53 PM   #35 
     - You are certainly entitled to your opinion, but I think it can safely  humblebum   Sep-05-11 02:11 PM   #38 
        - Uh huh, that's what I thought you'd say.  laconicsax   Sep-05-11 03:26 PM   #55 
           - Don't blame me. The Court made the ruling. And believe your opinions  humblebum   Sep-05-11 03:39 PM   #56 
              - Like it or not, you live in an atheocracy, AKA a secular democracy.  laconicsax   Sep-05-11 03:44 PM   #57 
                 - God bless America. nt  humblebum   Sep-05-11 04:28 PM   #66 
  - What people are trying to turn the USA into a Theocracy?  LARED   Sep-05-11 05:35 PM   #77 
     - I believe I said politicians and people  Angry Dragon   Sep-05-11 05:47 PM   #78 
        - Well that depends on what God is telling them to do  LARED   Sep-05-11 05:56 PM   #79 
  - Prosecuted, er, Persecuted by who, exactly?  xfundy   Sep-05-11 12:31 PM   #8 
  - It was a typo  MellowOne   Sep-05-11 12:44 PM   #12 
  - This is not a difficult question to answer  AmericaIsGreat   Sep-05-11 12:38 PM   #10 
  - You totally missed the point of my post.  MellowOne   Sep-05-11 12:45 PM   #13 
     - It would seem that everyone missed it. Perhaps there just wasn't one to begin with.  cleanhippie   Sep-05-11 01:04 PM   #22 
        - I made a profound point  MellowOne   Sep-05-11 01:14 PM   #28 
           - Thats a nice straw-man you have there. No one "blamed god" for anything.  cleanhippie   Sep-05-11 02:32 PM   #47 
           - You don't get to choose whether your point is profound.  darkstar3   Sep-05-11 03:49 PM   #58 
  - My problem with this is pretty simple...  aSpeckofDust   Sep-05-11 12:39 PM   #11 
  - Excellent question  MellowOne   Sep-05-11 12:55 PM   #17 
     - Ahh, the "transformation." That explains it all. Why didn't you just say so in the first place?  cleanhippie   Sep-05-11 01:04 PM   #24 
     - It's very easy to laugh  MellowOne   Sep-05-11 01:11 PM   #26 
        - Oh, I understand it quite well.  cleanhippie   Sep-05-11 02:35 PM   #48 
     - That didn't actually answer the question..  aSpeckofDust   Sep-05-11 01:28 PM   #30 
     - Oh  NMMNG   Sep-05-11 09:40 PM   #98 
     - Wouldn't secular therapy be more helpful, it has a better track record, after all...  Humanist_Activist   Sep-08-11 11:15 AM   #144 
  - If "god" wants me to "find Jesus" I'm sure he/she/it will figure out  The Velveteen Ocelot   Sep-05-11 12:50 PM   #16 
  - I totally agree with you  MellowOne   Sep-05-11 01:04 PM   #23 
  - Pagans are pretty persecuted too.  bengalherder   Sep-05-11 12:56 PM   #18 
  - "Christians are the largest persecuted group in the world."  Lost-in-FL   Sep-05-11 01:12 PM   #27 
  - +1  darkstar3   Sep-05-11 03:50 PM   #59 
  - Are Christians being  frogmarch   Sep-05-11 01:31 PM   #31 
  - Are you kidding me?  MellowOne   Sep-05-11 01:48 PM   #34 
  - We are being adult.  bengalherder   Sep-05-11 02:16 PM   #39 
  - This is a forum in which to discuss religion. There's a  frogmarch   Sep-05-11 02:21 PM   #40 
  - I liked your post.  rug   Sep-05-11 02:23 PM   #42 
  - On a previous thread, you agreed that the idea of Christians being persecuted in the USA  trotsky   Sep-05-11 08:26 PM   #91 
     - You were expecting consistency?  laconicsax   Sep-05-11 08:30 PM   #92 
     - How could you ever formulate a post without a smiley?  rug   Sep-10-11 10:57 PM   #150 
        - It might take a post of yours with more than a subject line.  laconicsax   Sep-11-11 10:47 PM   #151 
     - Not at all. In fact, you've just confirmed the predictability.  rug   Sep-10-11 10:56 PM   #149 
        - You did not address the question, but instead changed the subject.  trotsky   Sep-12-11 06:28 AM   #153 
  - How does ridicule=persecution? Ridicule is an aspect of Freedom of Expression.  Adsos Letter   Sep-05-11 02:50 PM   #52 
  - Because we all didn't bow down to your profoundness?  Goblinmonger   Sep-05-11 03:56 PM   #63 
  - Oh, please. Whenever YOU are ready to have the adult conversation...  cleanhippie   Sep-05-11 05:22 PM   #72 
  - Oh, please  skepticscott   Sep-06-11 03:32 AM   #103 
  - Persecuted does not mean what you think it means.....  Marrah_G   Sep-07-11 12:30 AM   #136 
  - You are really exhibiting a sort of paranoia if you feel that everyone who  David Sky   Sep-12-11 01:01 PM   #157 
  - That chart looks more like this:  laconicsax   Sep-05-11 03:53 PM   #62 
     - Pac Man! :-)  frogmarch   Sep-05-11 05:35 PM   #76 
  - xtianity is a death cult. Very negative.  Manifestor_of_Light   Sep-05-11 02:23 PM   #41 
  - Christianity is based on life after death.  humblebum   Sep-05-11 02:27 PM   #43 
     - Um, not two choices there.  bengalherder   Sep-05-11 02:38 PM   #49 
     - If you noticed, I inserted the term "generally". nt  humblebum   Sep-05-11 03:12 PM   #53 
     - "And I don't have to be a christian to believe I live on in some quantum form after death"  humblebum   Sep-05-11 03:21 PM   #54 
     - Indeed, since only one qualifies as a cult.  immoderate   Sep-05-11 02:44 PM   #50 
     - Atheism believes you should help people in the HERE AND NOW.  Manifestor_of_Light   Sep-05-11 04:28 PM   #67 
        - "Atheism believes you should help people in the HERE AND NOW."  humblebum   Sep-05-11 04:49 PM   #71 
           - Whaddya know, you are wrong again.  cleanhippie   Sep-05-11 05:26 PM   #74 
              - Well don't tell me, tell the guy who said "Atheism believes...." nt  humblebum   Sep-05-11 06:47 PM   #83 
                 - Go ahead! Spill the beans! Publish the entire "atheist belief system."  immoderate   Sep-05-11 07:08 PM   #86 
                    - Shhhhhhhh! It's a secret!  cleanhippie   Sep-05-11 09:00 PM   #94 
                    - Let me start over.  Manifestor_of_Light   Sep-05-11 09:08 PM   #96 
                       - I hope you mean this for post #83.  immoderate   Sep-05-11 09:16 PM   #97 
     - I don't think you understand the meaning of "death cult."  Goblinmonger   Sep-05-11 03:58 PM   #64 
     - Who worships death? We worship the one who rose from the dead. Otherwise,  humblebum   Sep-05-11 04:31 PM   #68 
        - The major symbol is a torture device.  Goblinmonger   Sep-05-11 04:37 PM   #69 
        - Do you believe that death is the end result of all who live? nt  humblebum   Sep-05-11 04:44 PM   #70 
           - Yes. We all die. There is no afterlife.  Goblinmonger   Sep-05-11 05:31 PM   #75 
              - Hey, how about a spoiler warning!  pokerfan   Sep-08-11 03:32 PM   #147 
        - What's your evidence that happened?  laconicsax   Sep-05-11 06:00 PM   #80 
           - christianity doesn't claim objective proof, but I base my belief upon  humblebum   Sep-05-11 06:52 PM   #84 
              - Thousands of historians say Jesus rose from the dead?  Goblinmonger   Sep-05-11 07:48 PM   #88 
              - Well, that's a load!  laconicsax   Sep-05-11 07:56 PM   #89 
              - Well, One well known scholar who thinks Jesus existed is Bart Ehrman.  humblebum   Sep-06-11 12:39 AM   #100 
              - HAHAHAHAHA!  laconicsax   Sep-06-11 12:26 PM   #108 
                 - where did I say there was anyone who could prove that Jesus rose?  humblebum   Sep-06-11 04:44 PM   #111 
                    - Right here:  laconicsax   Sep-06-11 05:23 PM   #113 
                       - You're right. There is as much written about his death and resurrection as  humblebum   Sep-06-11 05:27 PM   #114 
                          - And it's all hearsay.  laconicsax   Sep-06-11 06:00 PM   #115 
                             - The bulk of ancient history can be considered hearsay. nt  humblebum   Sep-06-11 07:42 PM   #118 
                                - Only if you don't know how historians corroborate ancient history.  darkstar3   Sep-06-11 10:58 PM   #128 
                                - Only if you reject corroborating sources.  laconicsax   Sep-06-11 11:15 PM   #130 
              - Maybe he just popped into being out of nothingness then out again.  humblebum   Sep-07-11 01:07 AM   #138 
                 - Uh huh.  laconicsax   Sep-07-11 01:40 PM   #143 
              - Oh. My. God. Bwahahahahahahahahahaha!  cleanhippie   Sep-05-11 09:02 PM   #95 
                 - Absolutely. Some people think there is more to enquiry and reasoning than  humblebum   Sep-06-11 04:50 PM   #112 
                    - Since when did thinking = imagining?  cleanhippie   Sep-06-11 09:23 PM   #121 
                       - Let's see? Imagining? Is that kinda like thinking outside the box and  humblebum   Sep-06-11 10:20 PM   #125 
                          - Imagination is not exploration.  darkstar3   Sep-06-11 10:22 PM   #126 
                          - Well imagine that! nt  humblebum   Sep-06-11 10:48 PM   #127 
                             - I can imagine a lot of things.  darkstar3   Sep-06-11 11:01 PM   #129 
                                - At least we know another one of those 'other ways of knowing.'  laconicsax   Sep-06-11 11:21 PM   #131 
                                   - When that hearsay is accompanied with a large amount of subjective and supporting  humblebum   Sep-06-11 11:30 PM   #132 
                                   - So UFO abductions are valid, now?  darkstar3   Sep-06-11 11:52 PM   #134 
                                   - Don't forget about Bigfoot.  laconicsax   Sep-07-11 01:39 PM   #142 
                                   - Sure, its a common method of getting gullible people to believe, like the vaccine/autism stuff.  cleanhippie   Sep-07-11 09:34 AM   #140 
                                   - You asshole!  LAGC   Sep-07-11 01:00 AM   #137 
                          - And when there is no evidence to support it, it stays imagination.  cleanhippie   Sep-07-11 09:31 AM   #139 
     - There you go again, with your dishonest postings.  cleanhippie   Sep-05-11 05:24 PM   #73 
        - When that becomes evident from the statements and actions of  humblebum   Sep-05-11 06:55 PM   #85 
           - No god, no sacred writings, no rituals, no requirements, no prophets...  immoderate   Sep-05-11 07:18 PM   #87 
           - Um? leaders, worship, etc., but no god.  humblebum   Sep-06-11 07:20 AM   #105 
              - I see, any hierarchy, any group that has a convention, is a religion.  immoderate   Sep-06-11 09:48 AM   #107 
                 - If you will notice in the billing off to the right, it also says  humblebum   Sep-06-11 12:49 PM   #109 
                    - Whatever helps you rationalize your behavior.  darkstar3   Sep-06-11 08:37 PM   #120 
                    - Teaching is a religion? Teaching about religion is a religion?  immoderate   Sep-06-11 09:51 PM   #122 
                    - If teaching is a religion, then humblebum is praying at our altar.  cleanhippie   Sep-06-11 10:13 PM   #124 
                    - Notice how humblebum never resonds to factual rebuttals of his nonsense?  cleanhippie   Sep-08-11 12:26 PM   #145 
                    - I guess that makes my college a religion  NMMNG   Sep-06-11 09:57 PM   #123 
           - Yeah, sure it is. You keep believing that, ok?  cleanhippie   Sep-05-11 08:59 PM   #93 
           - Atheists make Democrats look like army ants by comparison..  Fumesucker   Sep-06-11 01:17 AM   #102 
  - "Christians aren't trying to shove God down your throat..."  EvolveOrConvolve   Sep-05-11 02:49 PM   #51 
  - "It doesn't take much effort to read or hear about someone who has turned their life around..."  laconicsax   Sep-05-11 03:50 PM   #60 
  - Let's count the outright falsehoods.  darkstar3   Sep-05-11 04:06 PM   #65 
  - Right  NMMNG   Sep-05-11 06:41 PM   #82 
  - That'd be the backside view of them leaving my property. (n/t)  Iggo   Sep-05-11 08:24 PM   #90 
  - persecuted group?  deacon_sephiroth   Sep-06-11 04:27 AM   #104 
  - There is definitely a positive side of Christianity.  trotsky   Sep-06-11 08:10 AM   #106 
  - There are a lot of Unitarian-universalist Atheists.  Manifestor_of_Light   Sep-06-11 02:51 PM   #110 
  - I have no faith in Unitarian Atheists.  Deep13   Sep-06-11 08:33 PM   #119 
     - It's a good place to make atheist friends.  Manifestor_of_Light   Sep-06-11 11:52 PM   #133 
        - Good thing to keep in mind. nt  Deep13   Sep-07-11 11:00 AM   #141 
  - SOME Christians are trying to shove god down our throats as you put it.  Deep13   Sep-06-11 06:06 PM   #116 
  - As a Wiccan I find it hard to see Christians as persecuted  Marrah_G   Sep-07-11 12:28 AM   #135 
  - I would disagree with your first sentence  LeftishBrit   Sep-08-11 02:41 PM   #146 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Sep-10-11 10:23 PM   #148 
  - I'm going to let you in on a secret: We already know and we're not interested.  LeftyMom   Sep-12-11 01:12 AM   #152 
  - Wait, what? You don't want to be constantly accosted by god-botherers? Thats persecution, you know.  cleanhippie   Sep-12-11 08:40 AM   #154 
     - I do love the Biblical mandate to bang on my door at 8 am on Saturdays,  LeftyMom   Sep-12-11 09:13 AM   #155 
  - Wait - what? "Most persecuted group in the world???"  Taverner   Sep-12-11 12:25 PM   #156 
 

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