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Wow. What a bunch of self-serving claptrap. djean111 Dec 2012 #1
+10 Atman Dec 2012 #3
^^^THIS^^^ cleanhippie Dec 2012 #18
Haul in your defensiveness. That is not what he is saying. Thats my opinion Dec 2012 #20
Haul in your own. It most certainly is what he is saying, and he says it openly. Squinch Dec 2012 #27
Radical cruelty is eminently thinkable to the religious mind, and always has been toby jo Dec 2012 #2
Have you seen this? rug Dec 2012 #6
Atheists just don't travel around in little groups or whatever. djean111 Dec 2012 #13
Actually, it is saying that because believers "travel around in little groups", rug Dec 2012 #17
Nobody said that Thats my opinion Dec 2012 #21
NO, the Storm is over the essay's negatives on atheism as compared to religion-- Moonwalk Dec 2012 #25
Criticism of religion is fair--so is criticism of atheism. Thats my opinion Dec 2012 #30
Atheism and Enlightenment tama Dec 2012 #36
Yep, all those positives dballance Dec 2012 #26
No, the article also pushes many right wing talking points muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #38
Perhaps my #62 reply should have appeared here. nt Thats my opinion Dec 2012 #63
Toby jo. You make a good point. Thats my opinion Dec 2012 #23
Oh my! How arrogant religious writers can be amongst themselves! Michelle Johnson Dec 2012 #4
Keep reading. rug Dec 2012 #5
Why don't you just summarize it for us ? Michelle Johnson Dec 2012 #7
Why don't you just read? rug Dec 2012 #9
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Oh, 11 posts in and you're calling people trolls? rug Dec 2012 #12
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Lol! rug Dec 2012 #15
You caught on to ruggie quick skepticscott Dec 2012 #24
Nice transparency page scottie. rug Dec 2012 #28
if you don't read hateful posts, you will save lots of time in good old "religion." nt Thats my opinion Dec 2012 #31
Let me be blatantly honest about this article, it's pure bullshit!! Michelle Johnson Dec 2012 #8
Lol! rug Dec 2012 #10
"Us" is the people reading your thread muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #40
If you think "us" refers to casual readers and not a peanut gallery, rug Dec 2012 #41
Get back to us about all the research and statistics and documentation muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #46
Cool, tell me who I should send it to. rug Dec 2012 #48
Try discussing something, rather than posting pointless one-liners muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #51
Yep, 44,000 one-liners, nary a discussion in there. rug Dec 2012 #53
Nobody has a minopoly on just peopleooors bad apples for that matter. Thats my opinion Dec 2012 #22
You got it! Thats my opinion Dec 2012 #29
I guess there is no way for theists to discuss the fabulousness of religion without djean111 Dec 2012 #37
It's a lot easier than discussing atheism without discussing theism. rug Dec 2012 #42
More crap from you muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #47
I take seriously much of what you had to say Thats my opinion Dec 2012 #62
Probably some merit there, the problem is your lack of consistently applying it to both sides. eomer Dec 2012 #52
This message was self-deleted by its author cbayer Dec 2012 #61
Absolute self-satisfied bigoted bullshit. mr blur Dec 2012 #16
EXACTLY !! Did you read the entire diatribe of this "Jewish scholar"? Michelle Johnson Dec 2012 #19
Excellent points. xfundy Dec 2012 #34
The Lawd saved me while all my neighbors perished, wise and mighty is the Lawd Fumesucker Dec 2012 #32
"I know I'm being a bigoted nutpicking asshole." xfundy Dec 2012 #35
Yes, the "religious" are just so much better than the rest of us. xfundy Dec 2012 #33
Not having been a fundamentalist, I'll have to take a pass on what you consider a True Christian™. rug Dec 2012 #43
rug, do you see the religious mind-set as being as right wing as that? muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #39
A religious mindset, not being a political mindset, isn't caharcterized as right or left. rug Dec 2012 #44
The article is highly political (and right wing), but titled 'the religious mind-set' muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #45
Where's the politics in this? rug Dec 2012 #49
See #38 (nt) muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #50
In the US at least most atheists were raised as believers.. Fumesucker Dec 2012 #54
How interesting. A statement without evidence. rug Dec 2012 #55
Every bit as much evidence as the OP you posted Fumesucker Dec 2012 #56
The OP is an opinion piece. You stated an unsupported fact. rug Dec 2012 #57
From the OP, reads like statement of fact Fumesucker Dec 2012 #58
I see your point. rug Dec 2012 #59
There are a whole lot of generalizations here with really nothing to back them up. cbayer Dec 2012 #60
One way of summarizing the commonalities would be to listen to the current BBC newscast. dimbear Dec 2012 #64
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