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cbayer

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18. Can we seriously have a conversation without there being some gross prejudice shown towards

Reply to AtheistCrusader (Reply #17)

Wed May 21, 2014, 10:15 AM

May 2014

believers?

Your response was nonsense, imo. And you didn't answer my questions.

If this incident or ones similar to the ones described in this article were to have happened to an atheist group, even a small local one, would you have responded in this way? Be honest.

I would guess you would have been outraged, and rightfully so.

When one finds that they would respond completely differently to two similar incidents based solely on who it happened to, there is a very good possibility that there is some kind of prejudicial filter in place.

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Jewish extremists vandalize Jerusalem church [View all] Lordquinton May 2014 OP

How in the hell is this news? AtheistCrusader May 2014 #1

It is news. hrmjustin May 2014 #2

Can't be. okasha May 2014 #3

Never said either. Thanks for your baseless speculation thought. AtheistCrusader May 2014 #5

Never said you did. okasha May 2014 #7

Name them. trotsky May 2014 #10

We'll be eagerly awaiting your evidence for that assertion. Warren Stupidity May 2014 #11

Then maybe you put your response in the wrong place, addressing a 'no' that was AtheistCrusader May 2014 #12

And making it news far and wide does what? AtheistCrusader May 2014 #4

This was done because the pope is coming. The vatican is scared because of security concerns. hrmjustin May 2014 #6

You know how you can't observe a subatomic particle, like a quark, and simultaneously know AtheistCrusader May 2014 #8

Your point is taken but in this day and age news flows fast and something like this will be covered. hrmjustin May 2014 #9

I suppose it depends on whose ox is gored. rug May 2014 #13

I certainly don't think that should be national news either. AtheistCrusader May 2014 #14

IIRC, the FFRF put out a press release about this. rug May 2014 #16

I don't see it, but I do see this one. AtheistCrusader May 2014 #19

I don't think it's for lack of trying. rug May 2014 #21

FFrF is an agenda-driven org. AtheistCrusader May 2014 #23

Really? Let me ask you this. cbayer May 2014 #15

That didn't happen. AtheistCrusader May 2014 #17

Can we seriously have a conversation without there being some gross prejudice shown towards cbayer May 2014 #18

YES I WOULD HAVE RESPONDED THE SAME. AtheistCrusader May 2014 #20

When you resort to screaming at me, I have generally found that I have touched a nerve. cbayer May 2014 #22

I get sick and tired you demanding that I repeat myself. AtheistCrusader May 2014 #24

Flinging rude, false accusations does indeed touch a nerve in most people, cbayer. trotsky May 2014 #25

"Extremist" is the key here, imo. Extremism in any sphere is a problem. pinto May 2014 #26