Granddaddy of all ironies: they are Calvinists (Reply #71)

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Thu Nov 12, 2015, 03:29 PM

WhaTHellsgoingonhere (5,252 posts)

71. Granddaddy of all ironies: they are Calvinists

As much as they pillory the French, they owe their entire Christian ideology to a Frenchman, Jehan Cauvin.

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71 replies	Author	Time	Post
I'm getting sick of you conservatives-what a Godless bunch of selfish excuses for human beings [View all]	Stargazer99	Nov 2015	OP
AntiabortionistS.	Codeine	Nov 2015	#1
Do you mean Paul Ryan?	smirkymonkey	Nov 2015	#2
Or Rand Paul?	BlueMTexpat	Nov 2015	#3
Or Ayn Rand?	Frank Cannon	Nov 2015	#19
Instead of "Who's on 1st" it's "Who comes 1st"	demwing	Nov 2015	#48
Yes, Paul Ryan, thanks	Stargazer99	Nov 2015	#11
Paul Ryan is a Catholic. Not a 'godless' whatever.	AtheistCrusader	Nov 2015	#68
So we are to take it "godless" is some kind of negative character trait?	Act_of_Reparation	Nov 2015	#4
I've known athiest with far more humane attitude than conservatives	Stargazer99	Nov 2015	#12
Well, that was a weird-ass and highly inaccurate choice of words.	Arugula Latte	Nov 2015	#16
So if you know more humane godless people, why call the inhumane godless?	Iggo	Nov 2015	#30
It's the worst slur he/she can think of..	Fumesucker	Nov 2015	#34
Because it's totally astounding that some conservatives are even WORSE that teh godless, silly	Warren DeMontague	Nov 2015	#54
The basic rule "do unto others as you would have done to you"	Stargazer99	Nov 2015	#69
So insulting a whole bunch of atheists...	Iggo	Nov 2015	#70
So where do atheists fit in?	Goblinmonger	Nov 2015	#36
WOW!!!!! REALLY?	Warren DeMontague	Nov 2015	#52
They are "Godless" in the sense that they nullify their own God.	Oneironaut	Nov 2015	#37
They claim they are worshiping the right way	Lordquinton	Nov 2015	#38
Because they're full of shit	Oneironaut	Nov 2015	#40
I'm an atheist and I take offence to it	Lordquinton	Nov 2015	#41
But he isn't calling YOU godless.	OriginalGeek	Nov 2015	#43
the point is you equate being a good person with belief in God	JI7	Nov 2015	#50
I must be a self-loathing, terrible person, then.	Oneironaut	Nov 2015	#57
your argument is still a problem. you can correct out by taking out godless	JI7	Nov 2015	#58
I'm not the OP	Oneironaut	Nov 2015	#60
Yeah, that's bullshit.	Act_of_Reparation	Nov 2015	#45
No, I just enjoy making posts with actual content.	Oneironaut	Nov 2015	#47
If by "content" you mean "fiction", then you must be pretty pleased with yourself.	Act_of_Reparation	Nov 2015	#66
Yeah, i cant imagine why any Atheist would take offense to "godless" being used as a slur.	Warren DeMontague	Nov 2015	#56
It's not even a slur. It's just stupid.	Oneironaut	Nov 2015	#59
You are confusing being personally hurt with something being inappropriate and bigoted.	Warren DeMontague	Nov 2015	#62
Conservatives are a lot of things; many you have accurately described.	MindPilot	Nov 2015	#5
Which is actually rather the problem	whatthehey	Nov 2015	#8
If wealth is a sign of God approving of you (to hell with the poor...they asked for it)	Stargazer99	Nov 2015	#10
Jesus would say to many of conservatives (I know you not) because they do not express love and	Stargazer99	Nov 2015	#13
Jesus might also ask you why you haven't sold everything you own.	trotsky	Nov 2015	#25
They don't know that Jesus	BuelahWitch	Nov 2015	#44
Hilarious!	treestar	Nov 2015	#55
Jesus also said his followers have to hate their families.	Mariana	Nov 2015	#63
ISIS thinks they are upright also.....American Taliban fits perfectly	Stargazer99	Nov 2015	#15
I am so tired of being angry at them, so tired of the outrage.	randys1	Nov 2015	#26
Pro life = pro poverty. A rich women will pull money out of the bank ,get on a plane and	Person 2713	Nov 2015	#6
Jolly old England doesn't sound so bad. It's jolly for one thing.	el_bryanto	Nov 2015	#7
yes, I mean a class system-an evil	Stargazer99	Nov 2015	#9
They're not "Godless" -- their professed belief in their invisible imaginary friend	Arugula Latte	Nov 2015	#14
Remember - Jesus himself said that the dark one will pose as creature of light.	Initech	Nov 2015	#17
Please remove the term "godless" from this. Thank you. nt	LostOne4Ever	Nov 2015	#18
See post #12 on this thread.	Mariana	Nov 2015	#20
Wow.	trotsky	Nov 2015	#24
It seems you're very close to the absolute bottom.	Mariana	Nov 2015	#39
I love getting edumacated here on the DU!	trotsky	Nov 2015	#42
Jolly Old England has universal health care. (nt)	Nye Bevan	Nov 2015	#21
You have it exactly backwards...	Fumesucker	Nov 2015	#22
Godless?	trotsky	Nov 2015	#23
Woah, hang on, Godless?	Lordquinton	Nov 2015	#27
You mean conservatives don't practice what they preach?	Rex	Nov 2015	#28
I am proud to be a godless liberal. nt	DLevine	Nov 2015	#29
Godless? That's a slur now on a progressive site?	Goblinmonger	Nov 2015	#31
+1	Lordquinton	Nov 2015	#32
Conservatives want a tiered society with clear differences and privileges.	Oneironaut	Nov 2015	#33
Maternity pay and leave, from Jolly Old England.gov	Bluenorthwest	Nov 2015	#35
Well, from Jolly Old England, why don't you fuck off?	mr blur	Nov 2015	#46
They are far from godless, they are god-bothering sycophants who are faithful to their beliefs...	Humanist_Activist	Nov 2015	#49
you are claiming being Godless makes one a bad person	JI7	Nov 2015	#51
being "godless" is a GOOD thing from where i sit. nt	m-lekktor	Nov 2015	#53
Wait...don't we like godless people???	ileus	Nov 2015	#61
I'm sans a god.	Solly Mack	Nov 2015	#64
Religious upbringing associated with less altruism, study finds	ErikJ	Nov 2015	#65
Swinging a mighty big brush there, bucky.	AtheistCrusader	Nov 2015	#67
Granddaddy of all ironies: they are Calvinists	WhaTHellsgoingonhere	Nov 2015	#71

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