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Goblinmonger

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3. Reminds me of my favorite Sam Harris quotation:
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 04:22 PM
Aug 2012
“The president of the United States has claimed, on more than one occasion, to be in dialogue with God. If he said that he was talking to God through his hairdryer, this would precipitate a national emergency. I fail to see how the addition of a hairdryer makes the claim more ridiculous or offensive.”


If someone were to come in to Religion and post a wonderfully heartwarming story about seeing an angel and it told them to love their Grandma and they did and then she died the next week and without the angel they never would have reconnected with G'ma in time, I couldn't count on both hands the number of people that would respond with how wonderful a story that was. Make that angel ONJ and have it tell you to kill someone and all of a sudden that person's insane. At least you, me, and the other atheists are consistent that we don't buy ANY of them.
Found guilty, but mentally ill, and sentenced to life without parole. cbayer Aug 2012 #1
There's an important question here, though. trotsky Aug 2012 #2
Reminds me of my favorite Sam Harris quotation: Goblinmonger Aug 2012 #3
Yes - exactly. trotsky Aug 2012 #4
Exactly which particular religion do you think this is? struggle4progress Aug 2012 #5
Does that matter? trotsky Aug 2012 #6
So you can't support your claim that involves a religion struggle4progress Aug 2012 #8
Are you saying that your god could not, if it chose, trotsky Aug 2012 #10
Apparently the answer to your question skepticscott Aug 2012 #21
Let's say it's Mormon? Goblinmonger Aug 2012 #7
Are you confusing the Mormons with the Southern Baptists? struggle4progress Aug 2012 #9
Are you being deliberately obtuse? Goblinmonger Aug 2012 #11
I don't think obtuse... rexcat Aug 2012 #12
Bullshit. Invoking angels/demons automatically makes it about religion. onager Aug 2012 #13
No, it makes it about insanity. cbayer Aug 2012 #14
Are you saying anyone who believes angels and demons exist is insane? trotsky Aug 2012 #16
If I would have said that about someone posting about their nice encounter with angels Goblinmonger Aug 2012 #17
Wait...you just posted a story about a friend who was visited by the angel of a dead friend Heddi Aug 2012 #18
Plain as day. trotsky Aug 2012 #19
No, we won't skepticscott Aug 2012 #20
Ask yourselves this.... RobertEarl Aug 2012 #22
Please tell me you aren't going to say Goblinmonger Aug 2012 #23
Can you answer the question? RobertEarl Aug 2012 #24
No, I have not. Goblinmonger Aug 2012 #25
LOL EvolveOrConvolve Aug 2012 #26
Ok, I've asked myself skepticscott Aug 2012 #28
You were a little more blunt Goblinmonger Aug 2012 #27
It would be less foolish if you blamed this on Barry White. rug Aug 2012 #29
Speaking of intellectual bankruptcy skepticscott Aug 2012 #30
When you are able to coment without extraneous ad hominems I'll be happy to tell you why rug Aug 2012 #31
Unlikely, and irrelevant in any case skepticscott Aug 2012 #32
Nope, that's not it. rug Aug 2012 #33
A more famous example, Martin Luther. dimbear Aug 2012 #15
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