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Thu Sep-22-11 12:24 AM
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| 57. TMO, please don't assume your personal experience must be universally shared. |
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I can assure you I know more people who do that than those who don't.
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| -Are the details of your religion important to you? |
Silent3 |
Sep-19-11 03:00 PM |
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There will never be a honest discussion in this forum about Religion. NT |
William769 |
Sep-19-11 03:05 PM |
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+1 |
1620rock |
Sep-19-11 03:10 PM |
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I don't care about the details of my religion because they came |
roguevalley |
Sep-20-11 02:33 PM |
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+100 |
demosincebirth |
Sep-19-11 03:27 PM |
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Why not honest? |
FiveGoodMen |
Sep-19-11 03:38 PM |
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All one has to do is read through the threads in this forum to know the answer. |
William769 |
Sep-19-11 03:57 PM |
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There's nothing dishonest about atheism |
FiveGoodMen |
Sep-19-11 04:44 PM |
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There is nothing dishonest about atheism. |
William769 |
Sep-19-11 06:05 PM |
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And there are some atheists who spend their time here responding to broad-brushes like that one. |
darkstar3 |
Sep-19-11 07:51 PM |
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How does "only knocking religion" equate to not having an honest discussion? |
Silent3 |
Sep-19-11 08:07 PM |
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each side has people who hate and smear it all over the topic |
roguevalley |
Sep-20-11 02:35 PM |
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That still sounds like a comment addressing tone... |
Silent3 |
Sep-21-11 12:19 AM |
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But there is a noticeable change here |
Thats my opinion |
Sep-22-11 02:12 PM |
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At least not from many of the religious posters. |
cleanhippie |
Sep-19-11 04:06 PM |
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Thanks for proving my point. |
William769 |
Sep-19-11 04:08 PM |
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Oh, I think you are doing just fine on your own. |
cleanhippie |
Sep-19-11 04:17 PM |
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I'm really curious to know why you think the discussions are not honest |
EvolveOrConvolve |
Sep-19-11 06:55 PM |
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I can't answer any of your questions, but I think it works like this: |
PassingFair |
Sep-19-11 03:11 PM |
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Excellent response |
Dogtown |
Sep-19-11 03:55 PM |
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When the shoe fits! |
PassingFair |
Sep-19-11 04:24 PM |
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It does |
NMMNG |
Sep-19-11 07:11 PM |
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I don't know anyone who does that-- |
Thats my opinion |
Sep-19-11 08:41 PM |
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You think a third of the country is unlikely to be known to any of us |
dmallind |
Sep-20-11 04:24 AM |
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Of course I do |
NMMNG |
Sep-20-11 09:47 AM |
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TMO, please don't assume your personal experience must be universally shared. |
iris27 |
Sep-22-11 12:24 AM |
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Yup. As long as your religion doesn't interfere with my life, or the lives of others. |
HERVEPA |
Sep-20-11 01:28 PM |
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Rec'd to zero. n/t |
laconicsax |
Sep-19-11 03:14 PM |
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Yes, details like a lack of dogma. |
dtexdem |
Sep-19-11 03:20 PM |
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Do those commitments actually fit well... |
Silent3 |
Sep-19-11 03:50 PM |
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What most people would understand as a "religion"? |
tama |
Sep-20-11 05:49 AM |
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"anthropological comparative study of religions" are a bit removed... |
Silent3 |
Sep-21-11 12:41 AM |
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thanks for that |
Thats my opinion |
Sep-22-11 02:27 PM |
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Who are these antagonists who "hate all religion"? |
laconicsax |
Sep-22-11 03:12 PM |
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There is allways the possibility |
tama |
Sep-25-11 12:48 PM |
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And that is why I belong to a UU Fellowship. |
cleanhippie |
Sep-19-11 04:08 PM |
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Sep-22-11 02:28 PM |
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I agree with you. I feel at home with the UUs. |
Manifestor_of_Light |
Sep-21-11 04:48 PM |
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Here's how it works in America: The details are very important |
Bluenorthwest |
Sep-19-11 03:46 PM |
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Wow, man. That was beautiful! |
cleanhippie |
Sep-19-11 04:10 PM |
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I recently read a message-board comment by a British Conservative ... |
LeftishBrit |
Sep-20-11 02:50 AM |
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I'm a Christian and couldn't agree more. |
jeepnstein |
Sep-20-11 07:49 AM |
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When I was a practicing Christian, the details were the ONLY part that mattered... |
Scuba |
Sep-19-11 04:17 PM |
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You can't have an honest discussion about religion here |
NMMNG |
Sep-19-11 06:39 PM |
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I am a Reform Jew so... |
Meshuga |
Sep-19-11 08:17 PM |
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Doesn't that almost become more of a cultural tradition then... |
Silent3 |
Sep-19-11 09:23 PM |
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Yes, |
Meshuga |
Sep-20-11 05:56 AM |
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The answers! |
Pterodactyl |
Sep-19-11 09:39 PM |
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Thank you for your answers. |
Silent3 |
Sep-19-11 10:13 PM |
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My respect for the sincerity of others is based on my respect for them as human beings. |
Pterodactyl |
Sep-19-11 10:30 PM |
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How do you deal with people who sincerely believe bad things? |
Silent3 |
Sep-19-11 11:14 PM |
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Yes, there are... |
tortoise1956 |
Sep-19-11 11:44 PM |
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believing that someone is "going to hell" is identical to hating them. |
yodermon |
Sep-20-11 04:50 PM |
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Not necessarily. Someone on the highway to hell is in need of rescue! |
Pterodactyl |
Sep-20-11 11:19 PM |
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I didn't answer your question |
tortoise1956 |
Sep-19-11 11:48 PM |
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We send the military to Afghanistan to work on those folks! |
Pterodactyl |
Sep-20-11 09:45 PM |
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"motivated to do good and serve God" |
trotsky |
Sep-21-11 07:07 AM |
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Fred Phelps is full of it. I'm not trying to excuse bad behavior here. |
Pterodactyl |
Sep-21-11 09:42 PM |
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What if an atheist does good? |
laconicsax |
Sep-21-11 10:48 PM |
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God is pleased when they do good. |
Pterodactyl |
Sep-22-11 10:11 PM |
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But you're missing the point. |
trotsky |
Sep-22-11 06:09 AM |
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Just because Phelps THINKS he is doing good, does not make it so. |
Pterodactyl |
Sep-22-11 10:15 PM |
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You bet your booties I know. |
Thats my opinion |
Sep-24-11 07:50 PM |
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And if Fred Phelps |
skepticscott |
Sep-25-11 06:56 AM |
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... |
cleanhippie |
Sep-25-11 05:47 PM |
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If so, I will probably be told |
skepticscott |
Sep-25-11 06:42 PM |
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When I was trying to be a Christian... |
Deep13 |
Sep-20-11 09:54 AM |
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It is taking a long time, but Christianity is spreading in China. |
Pterodactyl |
Sep-21-11 09:46 PM |
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So how many Chinese people have gone to hell in the meantime. |
Deep13 |
Sep-26-11 08:06 PM |
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I take something like the approach Meshuga describes |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Sep-21-11 01:28 PM |
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I appreciate your response. I hope you can understand... |
Silent3 |
Sep-21-11 02:53 PM |
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If you are really interested in a rational discussion of these questions |
Thats my opinion |
Sep-22-11 12:47 AM |
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How is "looking for a crack in the armor", as you put it... |
Silent3 |
Sep-22-11 11:31 PM |
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While we may honestly disagree |
Thats my opinion |
Sep-23-11 10:43 AM |
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You might be trying to steer clear of judging other Christians... |
Silent3 |
Sep-24-11 02:17 PM |
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In any culture |
Thats my opinion |
Sep-24-11 03:52 PM |
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Ask most Christian Americans about the historicity of Jesus... |
Silent3 |
Sep-24-11 04:43 PM |
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Good discussion. |
Thats my opinion |
Sep-24-11 07:46 PM |
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I can't, and have no desire to, take away anyone's "right to find... |
Silent3 |
Sep-24-11 11:42 PM |
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Sep-25-11 07:01 AM |
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"Epistemological abyss" |
tama |
Sep-25-11 01:44 PM |
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I find it incredibly interesting... |
trotsky |
Sep-25-11 09:46 AM |
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And which of those things |
skepticscott |
Sep-24-11 06:00 PM |
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If |
tama |
Sep-25-11 01:56 PM |
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Not remotely an answer to what I asked |
skepticscott |
Sep-25-11 04:47 PM |
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OK |
tama |
Sep-25-11 05:35 PM |
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CAN religion provide "spiritual" experiences? |
skepticscott |
Sep-25-11 06:35 PM |
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OK |
tama |
Sep-25-11 08:21 PM |
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Another non-answer |
skepticscott |
Sep-25-11 08:51 PM |
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Do you remember the scene in Mel Brooks' History of the World part I where... |
cleanhippie |
Sep-26-11 01:44 PM |
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I'm just waiting |
skepticscott |
Sep-26-11 07:59 PM |
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Church hierarchies |
tama |
Sep-25-11 01:32 PM |
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Is debate |
tama |
Sep-25-11 01:07 PM |
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The rules of behavior and the reasons for them are very important to me |
Yo_Mama |
Sep-25-11 06:28 PM |
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solid post |
Thats my opinion |
Sep-25-11 07:03 PM |
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Got a mouse in your pocket? |
darkstar3 |
Sep-25-11 07:25 PM |
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What about internet-generated examples |
skepticscott |
Sep-25-11 07:28 PM |
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The reason you should care |
skepticscott |
Sep-25-11 07:26 PM |
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I thought it was clear |
Yo_Mama |
Sep-26-11 06:47 AM |
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As an aside... |
trotsky |
Sep-26-11 07:02 AM |
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Creationism is not "a competing theory" |
Silent3 |
Sep-26-11 09:55 AM |
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So you've answered your own question about |
skepticscott |
Sep-26-11 07:58 PM |
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Many of the rules of behavior for many religions... |
Silent3 |
Sep-26-11 09:43 AM |
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Your point betrays a lack of knowledge of at least my religion |
Yo_Mama |
Sep-26-11 01:55 PM |
#100 |
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