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Wed Nov-23-11 11:41 AM
Response to Reply #116 |
| 122. Erasmus made a valiant effort |
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to translate an untranslatable word. It is one of the difficulties of dealing with concepts from different cultures. "Logos" in the Greek world means neither word or speech/conversation. If we only had the conceptual language of the Chinese we would understand the notion of the "Tao." And that is exactly the word we use in our Chinese translations. And it covers a lot of ground philosophically that we just don't have in English--or even Greek.
The Jesus Seminar---now the Bible Seminar--- is not fixated on voting. It has evolved more into a consensus model. It tends first to elicit the best research available.
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Thats my opinion |
Nov-19-11 06:35 PM |
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Sorry, but that's what you're going to get here. |
demosincebirth |
Nov-19-11 06:39 PM |
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So you surround yourself with so-called theologians who make it their hobby to weed out other Scots |
darkstar3 |
Nov-19-11 06:41 PM |
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reccomend.... |
madrchsod |
Nov-19-11 06:44 PM |
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Tell them that if they truly want to understand Christianity |
moobu2 |
Nov-19-11 06:47 PM |
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Personally, I am only using this site for sex. Can't speak for anyone else though. |
riderinthestorm |
Nov-19-11 06:53 PM |
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Basically you want to pretend that *your* version of Christianity |
NMMNG |
Nov-19-11 07:04 PM |
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+1 |
darkstar3 |
Nov-19-11 07:20 PM |
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I have never inferred |
Thats my opinion |
Nov-20-11 11:11 PM |
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You're hell-bent on ignoring the "dark side" |
NMMNG |
Nov-20-11 11:30 PM |
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And his insistence about them being fictitious and/or marginal enables them further. |
darkstar3 |
Nov-20-11 11:32 PM |
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Indeed |
NMMNG |
Nov-21-11 12:09 AM |
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bye. nt |
skepticscott |
Nov-21-11 05:18 AM |
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Did you bring a couple of stone tablets with you? |
WhollyHeretic |
Nov-19-11 07:13 PM |
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No. He but he bought the T-Shirt. |
PassingFair |
Nov-20-11 10:56 AM |
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The OP's are never very good |
rrneck |
Nov-20-11 11:37 AM |
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Then you know what? |
trotsky |
Nov-19-11 07:14 PM |
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So now we are just caricatures? |
Goblinmonger |
Nov-19-11 07:17 PM |
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The yummy bits of nastiness dug up from the internet? Jeez, they must be really deep thinking |
Lint Head |
Nov-19-11 07:25 PM |
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This is exactly what the Bible Seminar will look at. |
Thats my opinion |
Nov-19-11 10:33 PM |
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You bet there were |
Thats my opinion |
Nov-20-11 01:44 PM |
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In the end |
edhopper |
Nov-19-11 07:35 PM |
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You must be a superior genius |
Thats my opinion |
Nov-19-11 10:36 PM |
#26 |
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So help us out |
rrneck |
Nov-19-11 11:36 PM |
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From your various post |
edhopper |
Nov-20-11 08:20 AM |
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Thank you for the last sentence. |
Thats my opinion |
Nov-20-11 01:50 PM |
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Wait, what? You just agreed that the heart of the disagreement is that non-believers question |
cleanhippie |
Nov-20-11 09:22 PM |
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bye nt |
Thats my opinion |
Nov-20-11 09:40 PM |
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Bwahahahahaha! Bye? THAT is your response, bye? |
cleanhippie |
Nov-21-11 09:13 AM |
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LOL...wow. |
Iggo |
Nov-21-11 10:39 AM |
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If we keep asking uncomfortable questions |
rrneck |
Nov-21-11 06:35 PM |
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I think he already DOES have the entire forum on ignore. |
cleanhippie |
Nov-21-11 07:01 PM |
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... |
rrneck |
Nov-21-11 08:10 PM |
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Aw, and I didn't even get a "Bye. nt." |
Iggo |
Nov-21-11 08:22 PM |
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Hello, hello. Each of those hellos should be worth at least half a bye. |
Boojatta |
Nov-21-11 08:47 PM |
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You're right. |
Iggo |
Nov-21-11 08:47 PM |
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So now you've been told |
skepticscott |
Nov-20-11 07:04 PM |
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It would seem that he is really not any different after all. |
cleanhippie |
Nov-20-11 09:25 PM |
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bye nt |
Thats my opinion |
Nov-20-11 09:41 PM |
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LOL |
NMMNG |
Nov-20-11 09:50 PM |
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Is it supposed to bother us |
skepticscott |
Nov-21-11 05:16 AM |
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Good news! |
rrneck |
Nov-19-11 07:41 PM |
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What is r/t? |
snagglepuss |
Nov-19-11 08:16 PM |
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R/T = the Religion/Theology forum |
NMMNG |
Nov-19-11 08:41 PM |
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Thanks. I think I've reached an acronym tipping point |
snagglepuss |
Nov-19-11 09:11 PM |
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Welcome back! |
bananas |
Nov-19-11 08:45 PM |
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It's also a place |
rrneck |
Nov-19-11 08:51 PM |
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Absolutely agree. nt |
bananas |
Nov-19-11 09:06 PM |
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Fair summary. |
rug |
Nov-19-11 08:51 PM |
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5) It's a place to discuss religion and theology from ALL points of view. |
darkstar3 |
Nov-19-11 09:13 PM |
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What fundie hell-holes? |
Mariana |
Nov-19-11 10:01 PM |
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Good point. |
darkstar3 |
Nov-19-11 10:02 PM |
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Well said |
NMMNG |
Nov-19-11 10:21 PM |
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So they admins |
Thats my opinion |
Nov-19-11 10:42 PM |
#27 |
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And YOU tried to get the admins to shut R/T down |
skepticscott |
Nov-19-11 10:58 PM |
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The admins were "able" tomove discussion here |
rrneck |
Nov-20-11 09:52 AM |
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The OP remains convinced |
skepticscott |
Nov-20-11 10:38 AM |
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Yep. |
rrneck |
Nov-20-11 10:41 AM |
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What you've seen since you've been here is mild compared to how it used to be. nt |
bananas |
Nov-20-11 10:46 AM |
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Hi. I still think there is room for a rational conversation. |
Thats my opinion |
Nov-20-11 09:45 PM |
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But YOU are the one not interested in rational conversation. |
cleanhippie |
Nov-21-11 11:08 AM |
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When your notion of |
skepticscott |
Nov-21-11 06:04 PM |
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You don't want rational conversation |
NMMNG |
Nov-21-11 06:12 PM |
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I'm proud to be there. |
rrneck |
Nov-21-11 06:27 PM |
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"New Atheism" is an intolerant religious belief system based on pseudo-science |
bananas |
Nov-20-11 11:30 AM |
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Strange how you completely misinterpreted that quote. |
trotsky |
Nov-20-11 01:27 PM |
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Sam Harris: "Science Must Destroy Religion" |
bananas |
Nov-20-11 02:51 PM |
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Science does destroy religion. |
darkstar3 |
Nov-20-11 03:00 PM |
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So we now know two things: |
trotsky |
Nov-20-11 03:01 PM |
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I didn't misrepresent the quote. nt |
bananas |
Nov-20-11 03:04 PM |
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Oh but you absolutely did. |
trotsky |
Nov-20-11 04:01 PM |
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Such fantasy, really quite astonishing, and so intolerant, too. |
MarkCharles |
Nov-20-11 01:56 PM |
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"a mishmash of Buddhism and "Time-Life Mysteries of The Unknown" |
bananas |
Nov-20-11 03:03 PM |
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"One of the leaders"? |
darkstar3 |
Nov-20-11 03:11 PM |
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Sam Harris is not just a leader but one of the founders of New Atheism |
bananas |
Nov-23-11 07:21 AM |
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Can you explain something? |
laconicsax |
Nov-23-11 11:38 AM |
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Stop. Using. Facts. And. Evidence. |
cleanhippie |
Nov-23-11 12:50 PM |
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Sorry, my bad. n/t |
laconicsax |
Nov-23-11 03:05 PM |
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Every year, car dealerships announce New Car Models |
bananas |
Nov-24-11 04:36 AM |
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Wow, that was the best answer |
skepticscott |
Nov-24-11 08:34 AM |
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LOL! Good one! |
laconicsax |
Nov-25-11 03:02 PM |
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SAM HARRIS ALERT woo-woo! woo-woo! |
bananas |
Nov-20-11 03:10 PM |
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Why are you so intolerant of Sam Harris? |
trotsky |
Nov-20-11 04:04 PM |
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Interesting how those fearful religious believers turn the lack of belief in a god into a |
MarkCharles |
Nov-20-11 04:16 PM |
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Just so I understand your post................ |
Angry Dragon |
Nov-19-11 11:31 PM |
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It is all true. |
Thats my opinion |
Nov-20-11 09:59 PM |
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Yeah, your "head in the sand" approach is just another form of wilfull ignorance. |
cleanhippie |
Nov-21-11 09:17 AM |
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That's your problem. |
rrneck |
Nov-21-11 06:23 PM |
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There's your problem |
NMMNG |
Nov-21-11 06:31 PM |
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Why do I get the feeling... |
trotsky |
Nov-20-11 07:18 AM |
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I just returned from a serious academic conference about school education |
LeftishBrit |
Nov-20-11 08:35 AM |
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+1 |
Adsos Letter |
Nov-20-11 04:40 PM |
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You are right. |
Thats my opinion |
Nov-20-11 10:06 PM |
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Again, you're mistaken as to the purpose of this forum. |
laconicsax |
Nov-20-11 10:16 PM |
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He's not hard of reading |
NMMNG |
Nov-20-11 10:41 PM |
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Editing, because I'd thought your reply was just to me! |
LeftishBrit |
Nov-21-11 06:26 AM |
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"just changed the group to whom I now respond" |
rrneck |
Nov-20-11 10:16 PM |
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That's a good cause |
tama |
Nov-21-11 07:16 PM |
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When you lose a debate, you win an opportunity to lose a misconception. |
Boojatta |
Nov-21-11 07:45 PM |
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If debates and rational arguments |
tama |
Nov-21-11 08:16 PM |
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Edit your conclusion a bit and it might be visibly paradoxical. |
Boojatta |
Nov-21-11 08:41 PM |
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Who and what am "I" or "us"? |
tama |
Nov-21-11 08:57 PM |
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I agree for the most part. |
rrneck |
Nov-21-11 08:07 PM |
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I would call |
tama |
Nov-21-11 08:47 PM |
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I don't think one can approach religion |
rrneck |
Nov-21-11 09:18 PM |
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Rationality and practice |
tama |
Nov-22-11 11:51 AM |
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The evaluation of the effects |
rrneck |
Nov-22-11 12:07 PM |
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I can fly |
tama |
Nov-23-11 03:16 AM |
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Very true. |
rrneck |
Nov-23-11 01:02 PM |
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Another OP fails. |
cleanhippie |
Nov-20-11 09:41 AM |
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bye nt |
laconicsax |
Nov-20-11 09:46 PM |
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"slightest idea about what is going on in religion" |
Deep13 |
Nov-21-11 09:25 AM |
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Asking thatsmyopinion questions will get you put on ignore, apparently. |
cleanhippie |
Nov-21-11 11:05 AM |
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He was a crummy conversationalist any. nt |
Deep13 |
Nov-22-11 11:16 AM |
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I don't much give a shit. |
rrneck |
Nov-21-11 06:20 PM |
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Philological studies of ancient scriptures |
tama |
Nov-21-11 07:07 PM |
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So, new ways of looking at the same old writings? nt |
Deep13 |
Nov-22-11 11:15 AM |
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To put it short, |
tama |
Nov-23-11 03:34 AM |
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Christians are the instigators. |
Quartermass |
Nov-21-11 11:37 AM |
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Not much? |
Iggo |
Nov-21-11 03:24 PM |
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At a meeting of PhD astronomers you don't get many people who buy astrology |
dmallind |
Nov-21-11 04:16 PM |
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What if |
tama |
Nov-21-11 06:54 PM |
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Religion isn't supposed to be rational |
rrneck |
Nov-21-11 08:29 PM |
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I don't know |
tama |
Nov-21-11 09:14 PM |
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Oh, they certainly would recognize the caricatures... |
onager |
Nov-21-11 09:52 PM |
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The "caricatures" still rule |
tama |
Nov-23-11 04:17 AM |
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Practicing Christianity |
tama |
Nov-23-11 04:45 AM |
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Erasmus made a valiant effort |
Thats my opinion |
Nov-23-11 11:41 AM |
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"If the evangelical mainstream wants me to view the religious right as marginal,... |
muriel_volestrangler |
Nov-23-11 07:55 AM |
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You can expect |
skepticscott |
Nov-23-11 10:38 AM |
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The religious right does represent much of main street religion, |
Thats my opinion |
Nov-23-11 11:52 AM |
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But you just called them an unrecognizable caricature in your OP. |
laconicsax |
Nov-23-11 11:55 AM |
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NOW you admit that |
skepticscott |
Nov-23-11 12:12 PM |
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Imagine that! In one of your few actual responses to a question, you contradict yourself. AGAIN! |
cleanhippie |
Nov-23-11 12:52 PM |
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Progressive christians benefit from their activities nonetheless. nt |
rrneck |
Nov-23-11 03:17 PM |
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I disagree that they do - but perhaps it's because I'm from a different country |
LeftishBrit |
Nov-24-11 09:07 AM |
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We have already begun our national orgy of consumerism |
rrneck |
Nov-24-11 09:31 AM |
#134 |
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