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cbayer

(146,218 posts)
3. He has spoken and He has not stuttered.
Sat Sep 22, 2012, 12:04 PM
Sep 2012

Thank you. We can probably just shut this group down now.

I hardly think East Germany is the MOST godless place on Earth TlalocW Sep 2012 #1
The whole universe is godless... AlbertCat Sep 2012 #2
He has spoken and He has not stuttered. cbayer Sep 2012 #3
The noises people hear when they have tinnitus aren't real. dimbear Sep 2012 #8
Of course they are real. Just because others can't hear it does not make it less real. cbayer Sep 2012 #9
Real in the same sense God is real. Not real in the sense a brass band is real. dimbear Sep 2012 #10
The Czechs might argue with that onager Sep 2012 #4
They were in the same poll; 39.9% said they didn't believe in God muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #5
I would love to visit Prague some time. Odin2005 Sep 2012 #19
East Germany is very economically disadvantaged vs. the rest of the country. dimbear Sep 2012 #6
I've never heard of Jugendweihe either. cbayer Sep 2012 #7
What 'forced atheism'? muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #11
Sounds forced to me: cbayer Sep 2012 #12
Except that 'sort of atheist' seems to mean 'secular' muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #13
OK, won't call if forced, but ceremonies like this in communist countries cbayer Sep 2012 #14
I looked up Angela Merkel's father, since he was a pastor in the GDR muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #15
Interesting. cbayer Sep 2012 #16
Well, an authoritarian state like the GDR would note it on her record muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #17
One of the few good things to come out of Soviet domination. Odin2005 Sep 2012 #18
If you consider atheism by compulsion to be a good thing. rug Sep 2012 #20
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