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CrispyQ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-12-10 10:43 AM
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91. What do we adhere to?
We adhere to moral conduct. Do no harm. What you do to one, you do to all. Treat others the way you want to be treated.

There are outstanding people of character & compassion in every group, believers and non, just like there are real shits in every group.

Morality is about how you conduct yourself, not what you believe.

Let me ask you a question. If there were suddenly proof that God doesn't exist, how much would your behvaior change? Is it only your belief in God that adheres you to a moral path?
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  -Atheist billboard has fundie undies in a knot in Oklahoma marmar  Sep-10-10 08:29 PM   #0 
  - "It's kind of like they're poking a finger in your eye." - poor persecuted Pastor Dan. nt  Bluebear   Sep-10-10 08:33 PM   #1 
  - Pastor Dan doesn't know poke in the eye.  Matariki   Sep-10-10 09:48 PM   #15 
  - He doesn't know a poke in the eye  Heywood J   Sep-11-10 10:17 AM   #51 
  - Are his beliefs really that insecure?  CanonRay   Sep-11-10 10:09 AM   #50 
     - So so true.  Hansel   Sep-13-10 12:55 PM   #122 
  - "It's not a question of 'Can you?' It's a question of 'Should you?'" sounds very familiar.  IntravenousDemilo   Sep-10-10 08:35 PM   #2 
  - "Should you?"  GordonOKC   Sep-11-10 06:20 AM   #37 
  - To be fair,  Codeine   Sep-11-10 01:04 PM   #58 
     - Next thing you know, the good Rev. will want to burn our invisible holy book!  Dr.Phool   Sep-11-10 01:27 PM   #63 
        - Just you keep you hands off my FSM literature  Vincardog   Sep-11-10 03:25 PM   #68 
  - This is hilarious.  HuckleB   Sep-10-10 08:36 PM   #3 
  - I know. I remember driving thru Dallas seeing those billboards and...  RainDog   Sep-10-10 09:04 PM   #9 
  - Since when does Satan have anything to do with the Coalition of Reason"  depakid   Sep-10-10 08:37 PM   #4 
  - Hint; they don't really worship "enemy"  nightgaunt   Sep-10-10 10:00 PM   #18 
     - Found it sort of interesting that the AP would include that  depakid   Sep-10-10 10:24 PM   #22 
        - Agreed. That's typical bullshit from fundie land  RainDog   Sep-11-10 12:47 AM   #24 
  - In a state where more than eight out of 10 people say they are Christians.  givemebackmycountry   Sep-10-10 08:38 PM   #5 
  - I manage...somehow...  Wednesdays   Sep-10-10 09:12 PM   #11 
  - That's not much off the national average  NeedleCast   Sep-11-10 06:28 AM   #38 
  - Hey, come on! there are DUers from OK posting everyday.  bobbieinok   Sep-11-10 04:10 PM   #69 
  - poking a finger in your eye?  tulsakatz   Sep-10-10 08:53 PM   #6 
  - people start thinking, Pastor Dan could be out of work.  rurallib   Sep-10-10 08:57 PM   #7 
  - let's hope so..........n/t  tulsakatz   Sep-11-10 02:45 AM   #30 
  - Look at the large number of Catholics now in USHR -- don't know about Senate ....  defendandprotect   Sep-10-10 09:08 PM   #10 
  - yes I remember what Stupak did.....  tulsakatz   Sep-11-10 02:48 AM   #31 
  - Have to correct that Catholic Congressional info cause it looks like  defendandprotect   Sep-11-10 10:09 AM   #49 
     - yep, Frist is the cat killer.........  tulsakatz   Sep-12-10 02:54 AM   #90 
  - yeah Catholic Dems in the House tend to be fine with most social issues  tigereye   Sep-13-10 01:05 PM   #126 
  - Can athiest's claim tax exempt status?  tech9413   Sep-10-10 10:00 PM   #19 
     - you have to be a part of a church to get tax exempt status.....  tulsakatz   Sep-11-10 02:43 AM   #29 
  - When you consider the vastness and WEALTH of organized patriarchal religion ....  defendandprotect   Sep-10-10 09:00 PM   #8 
  - part of the allure is that there is a reason for the monopoly  Supersedeas   Sep-13-10 04:02 PM   #131 
  - There was a time...  Dappleganger   Sep-10-10 09:30 PM   #12 
  - I'm pretty sure they still do consider it a mark of faith.  Mariana   Sep-10-10 09:56 PM   #17 
     - Good one!  Dappleganger   Sep-10-10 10:01 PM   #21 
  - Forget the poke in the eye. Their God should just smite the athiests  Generic Brad   Sep-10-10 09:41 PM   #13 
  - Oh, I'm sure He'll send someone along to deface them soon..  Fumesucker   Sep-10-10 09:44 PM   #14 
     - God may work in mysterious ways  Generic Brad   Sep-10-10 09:50 PM   #16 
     - Bumper sticker: "Dear God, Save me from your followers." --nt  CrispyQ   Sep-12-10 10:45 AM   #92 
     - I have a cure for that......  msanthrope   Sep-11-10 09:49 AM   #47 
  - I'm a non religious Okie  madokie   Sep-10-10 10:00 PM   #20 
  - I am too.........  tulsakatz   Sep-11-10 02:56 AM   #32 
     - in Tulsa????  bobbieinok   Sep-11-10 04:14 PM   #70 
        - yes, I'm in Tulsa.....  tulsakatz   Sep-11-10 11:58 PM   #85 
  - Yes. They should.  Lucian   Sep-10-10 10:26 PM   #23 
  - How are those insulting to Christians? They don't attack, they don't belittle...  jobycom   Sep-11-10 01:01 AM   #25 
  - They exist. nt.  Mariana   Sep-11-10 04:33 AM   #34 
  - Some Christians believe that if you arent a Christian, you are poking a finger in their eye. nm  rhett o rick   Sep-11-10 08:10 PM   #79 
  - Wait until we start going door-to-door, explaining things like Geological Time and DNA.  Warren DeMontague   Sep-11-10 01:03 AM   #26 
  - LOLOLOL! n/t  RainDog   Sep-11-10 07:44 AM   #43 
  - LOL!!  Ishoutandscream2   Sep-11-10 04:38 PM   #73 
  - perfect.  Soylent Brice   Sep-13-10 12:33 PM   #115 
  - "It's kind of like they're poking a finger in your eye."  The Wizard   Sep-11-10 01:29 AM   #27 
  - No you fucking fake christian....  WCGreen   Sep-11-10 01:32 AM   #28 
  - My .02USD worth.  tourivers83   Sep-11-10 03:36 AM   #33 
  - debit declined  Regret My New Name   Sep-11-10 05:02 AM   #35 
  - Yes  GordonOKC   Sep-11-10 06:17 AM   #36 
  - Of course there's such a thing as an atheist  NeedleCast   Sep-11-10 06:33 AM   #39 
  - Of course I see your point but what lies beyond?  tourivers83   Sep-12-10 04:51 PM   #99 
     - Why does something have to "lie beyond?"  NeedleCast   Sep-13-10 12:45 PM   #118 
     - You should watch the Discovery channel more often..  snooper2   Sep-13-10 12:45 PM   #119 
        - Thank you for your answer.  tourivers83   Sep-13-10 03:47 PM   #129 
  - Of course this world must have been intelligently designed...  WhollyHeretic   Sep-11-10 06:41 AM   #40 
  - Not believing is not nearly as insulting as pretending to have all the answers  MajorChode   Sep-11-10 07:05 AM   #42 
  - The Stars are a nighttime fireworks show.  tourivers83   Sep-11-10 09:15 AM   #46 
  - ...  CrispyQ   Sep-12-10 10:57 AM   #93 
     - I'm not so convinced  MajorChode   Sep-12-10 05:01 PM   #102 
  - Science seems a better explanation than "a great and powerful wizard."  Nevernose   Sep-11-10 09:06 AM   #44 
  - Thank you, that was a beautiful post.  tourivers83   Sep-11-10 01:43 PM   #65 
  - Although I'm sure there are exceptions, Wiccans in general have no problem with science.  foxfeet   Sep-11-10 02:24 PM   #67 
  - Science doesn't require belief, it exists whether anyone  dropkickpa   Sep-11-10 11:05 PM   #84 
  - "something" is a looong way from "authoritarian guy on a cloud"  elehhhhna   Sep-11-10 11:56 AM   #53 
  - A female seminarian I know  Tsiyu   Sep-13-10 01:37 PM   #127 
  - tourivers83 --  Arugula Latte   Sep-11-10 01:05 PM   #59 
  - I don't know.  tourivers83   Sep-11-10 01:32 PM   #64 
  - Yes. Yes there is.  Codeine   Sep-11-10 01:07 PM   #61 
  - i can look at all those things and marvel at nature. not a bearded fellow.  spanone   Sep-11-10 01:11 PM   #62 
  - So, what's your opinion about the billboard?  Commie Pinko Dirtbag   Sep-12-10 01:50 AM   #88 
     - Who's that peeking in my window?  tourivers83   Sep-12-10 05:26 PM   #106 
        - Um, right.  Commie Pinko Dirtbag   Sep-13-10 10:25 AM   #110 
           - Why the hell does that pancake have a bunny under it?  Regret My New Name   Sep-13-10 12:36 PM   #116 
           - ?????  tourivers83   Sep-13-10 03:11 PM   #128 
  - I don't see that billboard message as being offensive.  Crystal Clarity   Sep-11-10 06:59 AM   #41 
  - The invisible sky wizard clan is just going to have to bitch...  and-justice-for-all   Sep-11-10 09:14 AM   #45 
  - God help me, but I just dearly love it when something  saltpoint   Sep-11-10 09:53 AM   #48 
  - Well, at least these fundamentalist have not, to my  Gecko6400   Sep-11-10 11:09 AM   #52 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Sep-11-10 04:21 PM   #72 
  - It's kind of like poking a finger in your hypocrisy, Pastor Dan. nt  Snotcicles   Sep-11-10 12:03 PM   #54 
  - How many fingers have "religious" people poked in the unbeliever's eye  old mark   Sep-11-10 12:17 PM   #55 
  - Amen, mark, so to speak.  Arugula Latte   Sep-11-10 01:02 PM   #57 
  - A rose by any other name.  tourivers83   Sep-11-10 12:54 PM   #56 
  - Same, but less useful  dmallind   Sep-11-10 04:39 PM   #74 
     - I have faith I need a beer about now and Amanda does too.  tourivers83   Sep-11-10 05:15 PM   #75 
        - Yes - and by far most of them who see that sign will doubt in God, not Allah. NT  dmallind   Sep-11-10 05:17 PM   #76 
  - the fox news version of this story ties the atheists in with satanists  spanone   Sep-11-10 01:06 PM   #60 
  - The first sentence is badly worded!  CrispyQ   Sep-11-10 02:13 PM   #66 
  - got this pic in New Orleans last week  handmade34   Sep-11-10 04:20 PM   #71 
  - I believe in multiple Gods  AnnieBW   Sep-11-10 05:18 PM   #77 
  - Ah, but what DO these people "believe" in/adhere to? Defining oneself by what one is NOT makes one  KittyWampus   Sep-11-10 05:52 PM   #78 
  - It most certainly does not make one negative and inauthentic.  IntravenousDemilo   Sep-11-10 08:35 PM   #80 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Sep-12-10 02:49 PM   #96 
     - lol. what a stupid argument  RainDog   Sep-12-10 06:51 PM   #107 
     - Are you aware you just called one of the smartest mofos in this board "philosophically illiterate"?  Commie Pinko Dirtbag   Sep-13-10 10:31 AM   #111 
     - I've seen you post creationist material on numerous occasions.  HiFructosePronSyrup   Sep-13-10 12:17 PM   #113 
  - Let me put it this way for you...  Fumesucker   Sep-11-10 08:48 PM   #81 
  - that's rather silly  fishwax   Sep-11-10 10:23 PM   #83 
  - a-theism. without god. so no, it's not silly.  KittyWampus   Sep-12-10 02:46 PM   #95 
     - yes, it's still silly  fishwax   Sep-12-10 04:53 PM   #100 
        - are you political or apolitical?  RainDog   Sep-12-10 07:08 PM   #108 
  - Really? Are vegetarians "negative and inauthentic"?  beam me up scottie   Sep-12-10 12:40 AM   #86 
  - Vegetarians eat vegetables and grains. See? Now that wasn't hard, was it?  KittyWampus   Sep-12-10 02:46 PM   #94 
  - not hard, no -- but nor is it adequate, since basically everybody eats vegetables and grains  fishwax   Sep-12-10 05:12 PM   #104 
  - Hey, you know what? I think I'll make some lemonade out of this. Listen:  Commie Pinko Dirtbag   Sep-13-10 12:04 PM   #112 
  - This post is not a poke in the eye.  Commie Pinko Dirtbag   Sep-12-10 01:58 AM   #89 
  - What do we adhere to?  CrispyQ   Sep-12-10 10:43 AM   #91 
  - 1st- I am either a Pantheist or an Athiest but prefer the philosophical label Idealist.  KittyWampus   Sep-12-10 02:55 PM   #97 
     - Your original post didn't make that point at all. --nt  CrispyQ   Sep-12-10 04:10 PM   #98 
  - It is not necessary to "believe" or to "adhere" to anything in order to be an atheist...  Luminous Animal   Sep-13-10 12:55 PM   #123 
  - Some people's faith is fragile enough to be threatened by unabashed atheism. n/t  Orsino   Sep-11-10 10:00 PM   #82 
  - We Atheists are sick of you poking US in the eye, pastor.  Odin2005   Sep-12-10 01:31 AM   #87 
  - You would think that such an overwhelmingly christian city  Quantess   Sep-12-10 04:55 PM   #101 
  - YESSS!  a la izquierda   Sep-12-10 05:02 PM   #103 
  - Hmmmm. So how do they explain the water into wine thing? (nt)  Nye Bevan   Sep-12-10 05:16 PM   #105 
  - I'm tired of them getting in MY FACE all the time, and telling me I'm going to hell.  Manifestor_of_Light   Sep-12-10 10:24 PM   #109 
  - I imagine that more than a handful of less-than-stellar minds  LanternWaste   Sep-13-10 12:25 PM   #114 
  - We need more BillBoards like these  Vehl   Sep-13-10 12:40 PM   #117 
  - Christians think that  frogmarch   Sep-13-10 12:49 PM   #120 
  - As a faithful Christian, I think we should have more of those billboards.  Common Sense Party   Sep-13-10 12:50 PM   #121 
  - "It's kind of like they're poking a finger in your eye."  Ganja Ninja   Sep-13-10 01:01 PM   #124 
  - Satanism, Christianity, Islam. Are religions worth the trouble? nt  valerief   Sep-13-10 01:04 PM   #125 
     - A pox on 'em all, sez I!  Arugula Latte   Sep-13-10 03:50 PM   #130 
 

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