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In reply to the discussion: Woman on CNN tells Wolf " um i am actually a Atheist" [View all]xtraxritical
(3,576 posts)39. Well put, god bless America and we'll win the game!
I'm reading Jon Meacham's Thomas Jefferson The Art of Power 763 pages on Jefferson's and the US history. It is very clear that the founders were merely deferential to Christians. They had no real care for religion at all. Please read Thomas Paine's The Age of Reason. Jefferson edited the New Testament removing all the "miracles" and just keeping the words of Jesus. He threw out the Old Testament entirely. Madison encouraged the separation of church and state. Tbaggers are clueless.
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... and if 0 had done so, what would it have "meant" then?, but, nevermind, I enjoy voting. nt
patrice
May 2013
#237
Would would anyone who believed that God and Satan are both imaginary, as are stories about either
merrily
May 2013
#193
God's way are a mystery! You cannot know the mind of God. Maybe there was a purpose.
defacto7
May 2013
#18
I think a great example of the shear silliness is when a 100 yard dasher that wins says
rhett o rick
May 2013
#57
My point was that if 10 racers all pray to God to win and only one wins, that means
rhett o rick
May 2013
#255
All the good stuff is God (And not the people doing it) and the bad stuff is nature
Scootaloo
May 2013
#177
actually the effectiveness of prayer has been studied fairly extensively..
Phillip McCleod
May 2013
#124
You have an amazing way with words--that last sentence just shook me to my core. nt
Stardust
May 2013
#166
At least Wolf's follow-up statement wasn't, "so, YOU'RE the cause of this tornado!"
stopbush
May 2013
#208
Ironically, wouldn't this tornado kinda prove there is no God? Unless it is a vengeful one.
JaneyVee
May 2013
#3
Maybe it proves that circular upward rotation of a convectionally created Cumulonimbus cloud
Nanjing to Seoul
May 2013
#119
the force in the universe that is mysterious and not knowable to our meager consciousness.
Nanjing to Seoul
May 2013
#172
But what first started that natural process is what unites the universe, and that is, in my
JDPriestly
May 2013
#221
I don't see any conflict between science and the concept of God, of a unifiying force
JDPriestly
May 2013
#276
I'll trust my easily proven science. You trust your "trust in the invisible man" idea
Nanjing to Seoul
May 2013
#264
I believe that question has been addressed by the likes of Thomas Aquinas...
LanternWaste
May 2013
#34
When the admitting person at the hospital asked my religious preference last week
GentryDixon
May 2013
#7
Back then, in boot camp, we had to choose a religion. "None" was not an option. And it went on your
Fuddnik
May 2013
#75
I know someone who would answer every "Religion?" question with: "No thank you."
Arugula Latte
May 2013
#17
I just hope we didn't violate some CNN/Blitzer copyright or trademark on that
pinboy3niner
May 2013
#24
"Why aren't you giving prayers of thanks to the loving invisible omnipotent deity who destroyed
Arugula Latte
May 2013
#19
More evidence, I think, that non-belief is going more and more mainstream.
Arugula Latte
May 2013
#70
Me, too! I've bookmarked this thread to show my grandson. And I love the surfing gif (can't recall
Stardust
May 2013
#168
5% of Americans does represent an increase, but I'm not sure if I consider 5% = mainstream.
merrily
May 2013
#201
so much irony in what he asked -- he just didn't ask a long enough question
tomm2thumbs
May 2013
#73
exactly.. he may as well been handing her a leaflet and pushing his way into her house
tomm2thumbs
May 2013
#63
This Oklahoma prayer thing reminds me of the sick cycle of domestic violence.
Arugula Latte
May 2013
#42
Really? Because I don't think the Red Cross can survive on prayers alone. MONEY? Yes.
WinkyDink
May 2013
#202
He sort of laughed nervously, like, Oh shit, this woman is much smarter than I'd assumed.
Arugula Latte
May 2013
#158
Kinda like some Redneck asking me, "What are we going to do about the n****r in the white house?
decrepittex
May 2013
#140
Well, maybe The Deity was busy determining the outcomes of sporting events and grammy nominations.
Arugula Latte
May 2013
#157
Poor Wolf Blitzer! guess he's still trying to fit in as a Journalist in-da-know...
FrenchieCat
May 2013
#156
actually i wonder if he would have asked someone from New York, Jersey etc the same thing
JI7
May 2013
#161
It is equally foolish of you to equate "God" and "prayer" with Christianity.
WinkyDink
May 2013
#200
Before Bush, I thought I could almost see TV personalities trying to steer people away from
merrily
May 2013
#195
I never understood why I would THANK something, but I wouldnt BLAME it for sending a tornado...
CarrieLynne
May 2013
#212
Wolf Blitzer was God-baiting her. What an idiot he is. Meanwhile, she is smarter than
Coyotl
May 2013
#265
That's pretty much the case in nations where reporters don't bug people about how they prayed
Fumesucker
May 2013
#279