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BolivarianHero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 05:06 PM Original message |
So I just finished reading Genesis for one of my classes... |
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Blue State Blues (575 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes. And yet many of those who believe it |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
59. Bingo |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. They put their faith in their religious leaders |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 08:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
74. They don't understand it. No one does as it doesn't make sense. But they put their FAITH in it. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 08:51 PM Response to Reply #74 |
87. They are pseudo-rationalists, too afraid to imagine a mystery greater than their own minds, too lazy |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 10:46 PM Response to Reply #74 |
101. i have both old and new |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's called "faith". (And no,I don't have it.) |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. The George Micheal song? |
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MissMarple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. You betcha! |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. It would seem so. Check out this uproar.. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. I saw that earlier and refrained from adding to it |
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Ardent15 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
43. Millions of people are superstitious, willfully ignorant, etc. nt |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
6. Yes. |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. There are people who actually believe that this is the only universe that exists, too. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. Yes, because faith requires you leave reason behind |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 09:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
92. Not completely. It requires that you leave certain select aspects of reason behind, while |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
10. Because religious thought is not rational thought. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
45. I'll tell you what the story teaches: |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 09:17 PM Response to Reply #45 |
95. But life would be no fun without you |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
11. How many of those "1/3 of Americans" do you figure actually read it? |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 05:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Exactly. Not many. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 05:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Ha! |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 06:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Don't talk about some itinerant tent maker like that! |
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OswegoAtheist (440 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:49 PM Response to Reply #27 |
62. Itinerant tent maker from Scandanavia... |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 05:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. probably lots of them |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 09:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
96. I highly recommend Isiaah and Daniel |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
13. What is even more interesting is all the gosphels left out |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. most western christians have never heard of the coptic church |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:40 PM Response to Reply #19 |
49. Most American Christians have never heard of the eastern orthodox churches either |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 08:55 PM Response to Reply #49 |
89. +1 |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 09:08 PM Response to Reply #49 |
93. And yet, Gnosticism was essential to the context for the story of Yeshua and his cousin, John, was |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
91. And the fool in the post above thinks I'm basing my opinions on Dan Brown. |
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ProfessorPlum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
68. Easy on the "DaVinci Code" version of history |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 08:55 PM Response to Reply #68 |
88. Actually, I'm reading Elain Pagels, not Dan Brown |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #88 |
102. Though I will admit Dan brown can be entertaining |
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ProfessorPlum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 05:29 AM Response to Reply #88 |
127. Then why do you think Constantine had anything to do with |
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MarjorieG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
15. When I was at JTS, they did a Genesis series with Bill Moyer, likening it to folk, modern stories |
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GodDamLiberal (135 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
16. 4 to 14 |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
32. Its called branding |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
17. Was it Genesis One (what most people think off when talking of Genesis) |
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chollybocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
18. Just curious... Why are you reading the Bible in school? |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. World Fiction? |
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Blue State Blues (575 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
21. So I just finished listening to Genesis |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
46. Heretic. You'll burn for that. |
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Blue State Blues (575 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 08:59 PM Response to Reply #46 |
90. Now be reasonable |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
23. children are. They believe in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
24. Yes, they are THAT gullible. Take for example, the belief in sacrificing the lives of thousands |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
54. I can understand nature gods |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 09:46 PM Response to Reply #54 |
97. Good point, XemaSab. One beautiful summer day I saw a thundercloud come out of |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
25. Yep - and those are the braindead ignorant shitwads the Republicans keep putting in office. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
26. Because there are a lot of really stupid motherfuckers out there |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 06:48 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Such as President Obama? |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Lying is an occupational hazard for politicians... |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:08 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. If you're trying to be subtle about it, you're not succeeding. |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:16 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. This is a political discussion board |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:24 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. OP wasn't talking about people who read the Bible. |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:43 PM Response to Reply #37 |
53. And there are moron atheists who claim to be experts on the Bible |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:51 PM Response to Reply #53 |
65. Name one. |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 12:01 AM Response to Reply #65 |
105. No I won't violate DU TOS like you have. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #105 |
135. Where have I violated the rules? |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 08:33 PM Response to Reply #35 |
82. May you soon be with your fucking precious lord. Very soon. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 10:29 PM Response to Reply #35 |
98. This is a political discussion board of progressives. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:12 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Obama believes in a literal interpretation of Genesis? |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:24 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. I don't know. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:28 PM Original message |
The default position for intelligent people is "no." |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
50. You are using a straw man. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #50 |
58. Speaking of "fail", you tried to put words in Obama's mouth, and you were wrong. |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 08:02 PM Response to Reply #58 |
72. Show me the post where I put any words in Obama's mouth. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 08:06 PM Response to Reply #72 |
76. Post 29. |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 12:17 AM Response to Reply #76 |
111. Never said that and you know that. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #111 |
136. You also claimed he believed it literally. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 08:09 PM Response to Reply #72 |
77. "is he lying to us?" |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 12:24 AM Response to Reply #77 |
112. I never said Obama believes Genesis is "literally true" |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 12:58 AM Response to Reply #112 |
115. Please, please, provide "links". And I'd like an explanation, however short, of what EXACTLY |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 07:55 AM Response to Reply #112 |
131. Obama is a Christian who turned to UCC |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:50 PM Response to Reply #50 |
63. Evolution is inconsistent with a literal interpretation of the Bible. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:13 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. You know, I don't think he necessarily takes the Genesis stuf literally |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:28 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. I believe in the general story of Genesis |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:29 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Explain what you mean by "general." |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:38 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. DNA evidence has shown we are descented from a common |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:43 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. DNA evidence has also shown that we share common ancestors with chimps, cats, dogs |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:44 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. You really don't understand DNA do you? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. What don't I understand about DNA? Please, be specific. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:49 PM Response to Reply #55 |
61. It's correct. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:50 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Stop, or you'll "embarass yourself", too. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 08:00 PM Response to Reply #55 |
70. Still waitin'. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 08:06 PM Response to Reply #55 |
75. I "understand DNA" pretty well.... |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 12:51 AM Response to Reply #55 |
113. He understands a lot more about it than you do. As do I. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:48 PM Response to Reply #47 |
60. You've got both the science and the mythology wrong. |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 08:01 PM Response to Reply #60 |
71. No one knows what the english word "day" means |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 08:04 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. "Day" means the time it takes the earth to spin on its axis. |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 12:06 AM Response to Reply #73 |
106. Hate to break it to you |
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eomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 06:37 AM Response to Reply #106 |
128. What possible use is it to you, then, if the simplest, plainest words in it |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #106 |
134. No, Harkadog. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #47 |
69. That article says nothing of the kind |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #47 |
132. Sorry, that's actually wrong. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:41 PM Response to Reply #29 |
51. Obama's own words: |
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BolivarianHero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 11:03 PM Response to Reply #29 |
104. Stop being an idiot... |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 07:37 AM Response to Reply #29 |
130. Show us a link or citation as evidence that Obama is a biblical literalist |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #130 |
133. Actually, I've got quotes from Obama where he specifically says the opposite. |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
36. Show me where 1/3 of Americans believe in Genesis |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:25 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. It's actually a little higher. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #36 |
78. Here's a Gallup Poll from a few years back on biblical literalism in the US: |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
42. Mandatory castration/hysterectomy percentage n/t |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
44. Because it requires less thinking to believe in a fairy tale than to comprehend complex reality? |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 09:12 PM Response to Reply #44 |
94. real freedom is scarey |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
48. K & R for later |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
56. What really gets me is that they thing the Bible is divinely written! They totally |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:56 PM Response to Reply #56 |
67. What would you put back in? |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 10:53 PM Response to Reply #67 |
103. Personally? Nothing. I don't really like the Bible, so it's not something I would |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 08:37 PM Response to Reply #56 |
85. But...but...but...that was divine...editing! |
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NAO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
66. keep reading, it gets better |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
79. Really, tell the bitch to lighten up. |
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arthritisR_US (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
80. Just the other day my burning bush and I were talking about this very thing.... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
81. sorry |
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frogmarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
83. Most people I know are |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 01:57 AM Response to Reply #83 |
123. Tell them they once had gills and a tail!! |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
84. They are as gullible and superstitious as Medieval peasants who had to rely on the priest... |
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Generic Brad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
86. Did you know "gullible" is not in the dictionary? |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
99. Wonderful! Peter Gabriel or Phil Collins Era? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 01:05 AM Response to Reply #99 |
118. Oh, dude, that's no contest. |
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ChoppinBroccoli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
100. Have I Got A Treat For You |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
107. I read a genesis once. "Epileptic warning. Playing video games may cause serious... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
108. They've never actually studied it |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
109. One thing I have learned from this thread |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 01:03 AM Response to Reply #109 |
116. * |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 01:08 AM Response to Reply #116 |
120. Thank you for proving my point. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 01:09 AM Response to Reply #120 |
121. Again, Obama's own words on the matter: |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 01:56 AM Response to Reply #121 |
122. i would put all those words in bold |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 03:31 AM Response to Reply #122 |
126. This one? |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 01:05 AM Response to Reply #109 |
117. Give it up. Nobody's buying what you have to sell. |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 01:06 AM Response to Reply #117 |
119. Happy to see you speak for everybody. |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #119 |
138. Everybody else's responses to you are obvious. No need to speak for them. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #109 |
137. One thing I have learned from this thread is that many trolls are rather inept |
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kid a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
110. "One man's faith is another man's delusion" |
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Bolo Boffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
114. You've got to be carefully taught. n/t |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
124. Is this the forum where they put heretics on the rack? |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
125. Even when I called myself a christian, I never believed it. n/t |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 06:57 AM Response to Original message |
129. The Bible stories are ancient sci-fi blockbusters. |
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