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Thu Nov-17-11 09:27 AM
Response to Reply #94 |
| 99. Wow, hard to imagine that you would ever agree that I was right about you! |
| -Great new billboard from American Atheists |
No Joe |
Nov-16-11 09:12 AM |
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The far right one isn't a myth - it's the reason for OWS. |
HopeHoops |
Nov-16-11 09:14 AM |
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That's insulting |
No Joe |
Nov-16-11 09:18 AM |
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Good point. |
HopeHoops |
Nov-16-11 09:26 AM |
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Satan honors his contracts ... |
zbdent |
Nov-16-11 10:35 AM |
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You just reminded me of a brilliant line from one of my favorite shows: |
redqueen |
Nov-16-11 12:22 PM |
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Truth be told, that's the best photo of Eric Cantor I've seen in years... |
johnfunk |
Nov-16-11 09:18 AM |
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Oh that's just so wrong to say. |
HopeHoops |
Nov-16-11 09:26 AM |
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Clearly the picture on the right... |
brooklynite |
Nov-16-11 09:24 AM |
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"Since 1963" implies that atheism itself is a recent phenomenon, and that Madalyn Murray O'Hair |
LeftinOH |
Nov-16-11 09:28 AM |
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i don't get your objection |
barbtries |
Nov-16-11 09:33 AM |
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Only if you mistakenly infer they are referring to atheism itself. Which is ridiculous. |
redqueen |
Nov-16-11 09:34 AM |
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I don't mistake the date as referring to atheism itself.. but I'm looking at it objectively; |
LeftinOH |
Nov-16-11 12:23 PM |
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I think that is when American Atheists was founded. |
cleanhippie |
Nov-16-11 11:28 AM |
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That is American Atheist establishment date... |
and-justice-for-all |
Nov-17-11 06:09 AM |
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Why would an atheist waste their money to spread the word? |
TheManInTheMac |
Nov-16-11 09:32 AM |
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For precisely the same reason a homosexual would spend his/her money to 'spread the word' |
Lance_Boyle |
Nov-16-11 09:36 AM |
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I've never been told there is anything wrong with me for being an atheist. |
TheManInTheMac |
Nov-16-11 09:50 AM |
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So because you've never personally experienced it, religious discrimination doesn't exist? |
beam me up scottie |
Nov-16-11 11:14 AM |
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Ever tried to run for office? (nt) |
redqueen |
Nov-16-11 12:20 PM |
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So discrimination doesn't exist because you've never experienced it? |
NMMNG |
Nov-16-11 06:10 PM |
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The atheists organizations out there |
Goblinmonger |
Nov-16-11 10:07 AM |
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Hahahahahahah |
cleanhippie |
Nov-16-11 11:29 AM |
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Silence = Death |
Deep13 |
Nov-16-11 11:29 PM |
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Why put up this billboard at all? |
lunatica |
Nov-16-11 09:33 AM |
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Yeah, they should tithe instead. |
Lance_Boyle |
Nov-16-11 09:36 AM |
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So it's either one or the other? |
lunatica |
Nov-16-11 12:32 PM |
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Because they aren't atheists at all. |
TheManInTheMac |
Nov-16-11 09:39 AM |
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Spoken like a true AthIest. |
beam me up scottie |
Nov-16-11 10:35 AM |
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Simple. I don't believe in god. |
TheManInTheMac |
Nov-16-11 02:01 PM |
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Geez, mister, thank you! I never thought of it that way. I'se jest one o'dem stoopid uppity atheists |
beam me up scottie |
Nov-16-11 02:20 PM |
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You're welcome. |
TheManInTheMac |
Nov-16-11 07:12 PM |
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Wow. Your demonstration of ignorance is stupefying. |
cleanhippie |
Nov-16-11 11:30 AM |
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No |
NMMNG |
Nov-16-11 06:38 PM |
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Why? Oh Why? Maybe it has something to do with free speech and.. |
MarkCharles |
Nov-16-11 12:21 PM |
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Going up December 11 |
NMMNG |
Nov-16-11 09:36 AM |
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Putting the Gingrinch's face on the devil would be a nice touch. |
HopeHoops |
Nov-16-11 09:51 AM |
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Just thinking the exact same thing. nt |
Deep13 |
Nov-16-11 11:31 PM |
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K&R - For those who are confused by this expenditure, AA is merely looking for more members. |
qb |
Nov-16-11 10:08 AM |
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They want your money, so they insult believers. I wonder how many will fall for it. |
Kurmudgeon |
Nov-16-11 10:33 AM |
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Why would atheists need to insult believers when religionists' hypocrisy is their own worst enemy? |
beam me up scottie |
Nov-16-11 11:06 AM |
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How is that an insult? |
Goblinmonger |
Nov-16-11 11:23 AM |
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Oh, and just to get you on record, how many myths do you see? |
Goblinmonger |
Nov-16-11 11:25 AM |
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Looks like you are falling for it right now. |
cleanhippie |
Nov-16-11 11:32 AM |
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One can only be insulted if one chooses to feel that way. If I were to.. |
MarkCharles |
Nov-16-11 12:18 PM |
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Because Christians never put up billboards insulting others |
NMMNG |
Nov-16-11 06:08 PM |
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Strength in numbers. nt |
Deep13 |
Nov-16-11 11:31 PM |
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Great billboard, makes one think, unless one claims to .. |
MarkCharles |
Nov-16-11 12:16 PM |
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Actually, I'm fairly certain some christians on DU don't consider the use of that term an insult. |
beam me up scottie |
Nov-16-11 12:27 PM |
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Well, thanks for your response, and I believe you without citations, because.. |
MarkCharles |
Nov-16-11 12:49 PM |
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Yeah, that's the reason for the edit in my post. |
beam me up scottie |
Nov-16-11 12:54 PM |
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Oh I know for a fact there are Christians, on DU and elsewhere... |
trotsky |
Nov-16-11 01:02 PM |
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It's unfortunate that their religion is so badly represented by others in this thread. |
beam me up scottie |
Nov-16-11 01:44 PM |
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Need to post a billboard showing famous atheist activists. |
humblebum |
Nov-16-11 12:24 PM |
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Never gets old. |
Goblinmonger |
Nov-16-11 12:28 PM |
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Funny, never does the atheist crap either. nt |
humblebum |
Nov-16-11 12:30 PM |
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How is the billboard "atheist crap"? n/t |
Goblinmonger |
Nov-16-11 12:56 PM |
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Oh I forgot. We are not allowed to criticize atheism. |
humblebum |
Nov-16-11 12:59 PM |
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So you're saying that putting up a billboard is the moral equivalent of murdering people. |
Jim Lane |
Nov-16-11 01:15 PM |
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You are the one that made that comparison, not me. NT |
humblebum |
Nov-16-11 01:40 PM |
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Um, you might want to look up a couple posts |
Goblinmonger |
Nov-16-11 01:44 PM |
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Um? All inspire hatred, and radical atheism has a stellar record of violence and intolerance. nt |
humblebum |
Nov-16-11 01:47 PM |
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OK...Keep focused. |
Goblinmonger |
Nov-16-11 02:03 PM |
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So saying that something is a myth is the same as 'inspiring hatred'? |
LeftishBrit |
Nov-24-11 09:13 AM |
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Of course you do, probably because your religion thinks its okay to kill non-christians. |
beam me up scottie |
Nov-16-11 01:27 PM |
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All exhort intolerance and foster hatred. And to my knowledge the Westboro |
humblebum |
Nov-16-11 01:44 PM |
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Did you even read my post? I said your fellow christians at Westboro "murder by proxy". |
beam me up scottie |
Nov-16-11 01:51 PM |
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Um? Your cohorts in the old USSR, China, Tibet, Cambodia, Laos, etc. |
humblebum |
Nov-16-11 01:57 PM |
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You just keep talking, there 'bum, atheists don't have to say a word when you're on a roll. |
beam me up scottie |
Nov-16-11 02:04 PM |
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BMUS for the win! |
cleanhippie |
Nov-16-11 02:25 PM |
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Do you see the genius behind those billboards? |
beam me up scottie |
Nov-16-11 02:33 PM |
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Its fucking brilliant! |
cleanhippie |
Nov-16-11 06:47 PM |
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i honestly don't ever recall seeing a KKK or Westboro billboard. |
humblebum |
Nov-16-11 02:35 PM |
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Hey, that's a DIFFERENCE not a similarity. Keep your focus. n/t |
Goblinmonger |
Nov-16-11 02:41 PM |
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The KKK uses more traditional media, that's true: |
beam me up scottie |
Nov-16-11 08:49 PM |
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The KKK and Westboro Baptists cannot even begin to compete with the |
humblebum |
Nov-17-11 05:56 AM |
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Focus, focus, focus humblebum |
Goblinmonger |
Nov-17-11 08:01 AM |
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I would sworn Madeline Murray O'Hare was an American. nt |
humblebum |
Nov-17-11 10:31 AM |
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OK, awesome, so please give me an example of what Madeline Murray O'Hare |
Goblinmonger |
Nov-17-11 10:37 AM |
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I could not care less what you consider to be "general, dog-whistle, statements." |
humblebum |
Nov-17-11 10:54 AM |
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Translation: "I've got nothing." |
Goblinmonger |
Nov-17-11 11:12 AM |
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Translation: bigotry is bigotry. American Atheists have done so publicly for |
humblebum |
Nov-17-11 11:27 AM |
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Are you saying this billboard is the same? |
Goblinmonger |
Nov-17-11 11:34 AM |
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Oh cry me a river! The vast majority of historians believe that |
humblebum |
Nov-17-11 11:55 AM |
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Wow. So much to say. |
Goblinmonger |
Nov-17-11 12:17 PM |
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Are you drunk? "Other than one thing that we already KNOW was a forgery" |
humblebum |
Nov-17-11 01:01 PM |
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Nice deflection. |
Goblinmonger |
Nov-17-11 01:12 PM |
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I am very familiar with Josephus, and do not doubt what it says. |
humblebum |
Nov-17-11 01:32 PM |
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"huge number of sources that must be debunked." |
Goblinmonger |
Nov-17-11 01:39 PM |
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What a joke. Notice that your argument is structured to give |
humblebum |
Nov-17-11 02:01 PM |
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Name one |
dmallind |
Nov-17-11 02:08 PM |
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Oh, there were a lot |
Goblinmonger |
Nov-17-11 02:12 PM |
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The Bible doesn't count as proof of Jesus being a real person. |
Goblinmonger |
Nov-17-11 02:09 PM |
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About as much as Ovid is proof of the gods of Rome surely? nt |
dmallind |
Nov-17-11 03:59 PM |
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Who is claiming proof? Christians do not claim objective proof, but there certainly is |
humblebum |
Nov-17-11 04:24 PM |
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I never said that. Don't lie. |
Goblinmonger |
Nov-17-11 07:55 PM |
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Uh huh. nt |
humblebum |
Nov-17-11 08:37 PM |
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Hard to argue with that retort. n/t |
Goblinmonger |
Nov-18-11 07:12 AM |
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None of those listed were even ALIVE! NT |
dmallind |
Nov-18-11 08:39 AM |
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Ya mean they wrote those things when they were dead? Now |
humblebum |
Nov-18-11 08:48 AM |
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Or, more germanely, long before they were born. Origen was born in 184CE! |
dmallind |
Nov-18-11 09:26 AM |
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Whoever said he was an eyewitness? Nor was it implied. |
humblebum |
Nov-18-11 09:50 AM |
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Then why suggest him as a historian who could support JESUS' existence as I asked? |
dmallind |
Nov-18-11 10:53 AM |
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I am aware of the number of supposedly eyewitness accounts of |
humblebum |
Nov-18-11 11:21 AM |
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Here's the definition of myth. |
Goblinmonger |
Nov-18-11 11:08 AM |
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When Jesus is posted beside Santa Claus, or a tooth fairy, or a pink unicorn, |
humblebum |
Nov-18-11 11:25 AM |
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Do you have proof they don't? n/t |
Goblinmonger |
Nov-18-11 11:49 AM |
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So then, I assume that you do differentiate beween myth and folklore. |
humblebum |
Nov-18-11 12:06 PM |
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As an English teacher, that's a bad definition. |
Goblinmonger |
Nov-18-11 12:24 PM |
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Actually, it is a very well rounded definition, and much more inclusive than |
humblebum |
Nov-18-11 01:04 PM |
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It's not a good definition. Inclusivity isn't the only standard. |
Goblinmonger |
Nov-18-11 01:07 PM |
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I said that it was equivocal, which would indicate a broader usage |
humblebum |
Nov-18-11 02:00 PM |
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Narrow definitions are generally better |
Goblinmonger |
Nov-18-11 02:05 PM |
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The definition says what it says, not necessarily what you intend it to say. |
humblebum |
Nov-18-11 02:40 PM |
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I'm not talking about the specific definition anymore |
Goblinmonger |
Nov-18-11 02:45 PM |
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Take it up with Random House or Webster's or the dreaded OED. And appealing to authority is |
humblebum |
Nov-18-11 05:40 PM |
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Who's appealing to authority? |
Goblinmonger |
Nov-18-11 06:33 PM |
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Yes, trusting a dictionary for the definition of a particular word is indeed a logical fallacy. |
humblebum |
Nov-18-11 07:25 PM |
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The fallacy is that you trust it just because it is the OED |
Goblinmonger |
Nov-18-11 07:49 PM |
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And Websters and Random House, etc. You have not only insulted |
humblebum |
Nov-18-11 07:52 PM |
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What are you talking about? |
Goblinmonger |
Nov-18-11 07:57 PM |
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Yes, its just a pity that the publishers of the Oxford dictionary don't hire "experts" |
humblebum |
Nov-18-11 09:29 PM |
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Pretty much done with you misstating what I have said |
Goblinmonger |
Nov-19-11 08:15 AM |
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When did I say that no criticism is allowed? |
Goblinmonger |
Nov-16-11 01:42 PM |
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What differentiates religion from myth? |
PassingFair |
Nov-18-11 08:51 AM |
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That's a very good question. Of course, not all of religion is |
MarkCharles |
Nov-18-11 02:46 PM |
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Oh I'm sure he would love to use new material. |
beam me up scottie |
Nov-16-11 12:32 PM |
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Those people were CAMPAIGNING for atheism? Only ... |
MarkCharles |
Nov-16-11 01:06 PM |
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Well. let's see. |
humblebum |
Nov-16-11 05:08 PM |
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LOL @ your calling murderous dictators "atheist activists"... |
redqueen |
Nov-16-11 01:55 PM |
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Oh, thats pretty standard rhetoric for humblebum. |
cleanhippie |
Nov-16-11 06:55 PM |
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But absolutely true. And the story needs to be told much more often.nt |
humblebum |
Nov-17-11 05:59 AM |
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Wow, hard to imagine that you would ever agree that I was right about you! |
cleanhippie |
Nov-17-11 09:27 AM |
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I'm OK with this billboard as long as there's no picture of pasta. |
Jim Lane |
Nov-16-11 01:09 PM |
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So I guess being insulting is ok if your group does it? |
Sal316 |
Nov-16-11 07:44 PM |
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Which part offends you? |
laconicsax |
Nov-16-11 07:48 PM |
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Calling myths myths is insulting, |
NMMNG |
Nov-16-11 07:53 PM |
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Radical atheism getting more popular everyday, yesiree. And I'll bet |
humblebum |
Nov-16-11 08:23 PM |
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Still throwing around non-specific claims? |
Goblinmonger |
Nov-16-11 08:33 PM |
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Um? Where did I say they were "worse than Westboro and the KKK?" |
humblebum |
Nov-16-11 09:16 PM |
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OK, you're right. Here's your claim. |
Goblinmonger |
Nov-17-11 07:59 AM |
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Actually we just just love watching paranoid christians' heads exploding. |
beam me up scottie |
Nov-16-11 08:34 PM |
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I think Sal still believes in Santa and is offended by the suggestion that Santa isn't real. |
laconicsax |
Nov-16-11 11:09 PM |
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! |
trotsky |
Nov-17-11 05:57 AM |
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Perhaps you could explain, Sal... |
trotsky |
Nov-16-11 08:30 PM |
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Obviously, the whole thing happened exactly as the Bible says... |
laconicsax |
Nov-16-11 10:59 PM |
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Were you put off with the publication |
Goblinmonger |
Nov-16-11 08:41 PM |
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I support it and will bitch anyway. |
Deep13 |
Nov-16-11 11:34 PM |
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Which went up first? Which makes more offensive claims? |
dmallind |
Nov-17-11 11:51 AM |
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Excellent...they are all myths of course..nt |
and-justice-for-all |
Nov-17-11 06:08 AM |
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There's an ad on TV for Dr. Pepper.... |
PassingFair |
Nov-18-11 08:55 AM |
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I wish I were better at Photoshop. |
Goblinmonger |
Nov-18-11 01:08 PM |
#137 |
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Ask and ye shall receive |
NMMNG |
Nov-18-11 10:08 PM |
#150 |
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That. Is. Awesome. |
Goblinmonger |
Nov-19-11 03:21 PM |
#152 |
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