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TexasProgresive

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11. Nah! He's an autolatrist.

Reply to stone space (Original post)

Sun Oct 23, 2016, 01:55 PM

Oct 2016

autolatry (ɔːˈtɒlətrɪ
n
the worship of oneself
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

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Sam Harris: Donald Trump would be our first atheist president [View all] stone space Oct 2016 OP

Seems to me that Trump worships at the Church of the Golden Calf. stone space Oct 2016 #1

As much as I want one HAB911 Oct 2016 #2

If Trump is an atheist, he's an atheist who aspires to Godhood. stone space Oct 2016 #3

I'm surprised he's not voting for him. rug Oct 2016 #4

His view of Muslims? deathrind Oct 2016 #5

His view of Muslims. rug Oct 2016 #6

He's a Presbyterian shenmue Oct 2016 #7

I guess he is equating amoralism with atheism. RaymondLuxuryYacht Oct 2016 #9

... that we know of. eppur_se_muova Oct 2016 #10

Nah! He's an autolatrist. TexasProgresive Oct 2016 #11

In today's parlance, Jefferson would be an atheist. Goblinmonger Oct 2016 #12

Agnostics can't speak for atheists. That's just a way to make true atheists invisible. stone space Oct 2016 #14

Hell, people called him that in his time too Bradical79 Oct 2016 #18

Huh. trotsky Oct 2016 #13

So far as I know, he hasn't. stone space Oct 2016 #15

I honestly have no idea what you're on about here. trotsky Oct 2016 #16

Your comment seemed to suggest that you were using the NTS meme as a polygraph. stone space Oct 2016 #17

My comment suggested nothing of the sort. trotsky Oct 2016 #19

Trump self-identifies as a respecter of women. He's been quite clear about this. stone space Oct 2016 #21

If you truly understood what the No True Scotsman logical fallacy was about, trotsky Oct 2016 #22

If you have no answer, that's fine. I kind of anticipated that, actually. stone space Oct 2016 #23

Trump could have a delusion in the opposite end of the spectrum Bradical79 Oct 2016 #20