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skepticscott

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29. Apparently you think

Reply to Fortinbras Armstrong (Reply #27)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 03:15 PM

Feb 2013

that there should be no relationship between the seriousness of wrongdoing and the degree of punishment.

Which is the attitude taken by all sociopaths.

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Why Sometimes Religion Should Be Criticized [View all] cleanhippie Feb 2013 OP

Excellent Post! skepticscott Feb 2013 #1

Walling off ideas kairos12 Feb 2013 #2

Personally, I think all ideas are up for debate. nt ZombieHorde Feb 2013 #3

It is nonsense to suggest that good manners demands a hands-off attitude Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #4

Beautifully said + 1,000! truegrit44 Feb 2013 #22

Good argument. hrmjustin Feb 2013 #5

I'm in agreement! meeshrox Feb 2013 #6

Great article. trotsky Feb 2013 #7

By all means, criticize religion and religious bodies Fortinbras Armstrong Feb 2013 #8

A "Catholic reporter" may be able to criticize Meshuga Feb 2013 #9

"bringing up a child to be a believer is worse than child abuse" trotsky Feb 2013 #10

It is not a straw man Fortinbras Armstrong Feb 2013 #11

Prove it. trotsky Feb 2013 #12

I see that you are unable to use Google Fortinbras Armstrong Feb 2013 #13

Thanks so much! Here's the FULL quote, IN CONTEXT. trotsky Feb 2013 #14

The fact remains, Dawkins said it was "worse than child abuse" Fortinbras Armstrong Feb 2013 #15

Why won't you answer my question? trotsky Feb 2013 #16

I suspect that he won't answer because, other than the constant whine that atheists are bigots, mr blur Feb 2013 #19

Did he say atheists are bigots? Starboard Tack Feb 2013 #21

What I said was SOME atheists, such as Dawkins, are bigots Fortinbras Armstrong Feb 2013 #24

I agree that some atheists are bigots, especially Dawkins and his sycophants. Starboard Tack Feb 2013 #25

I'm sorry to hear you believe in eternal torture for some people. trotsky Feb 2013 #26

In other words, you believe that there should not be consequences for one's actions Fortinbras Armstrong Feb 2013 #27

lol, there are many EvilAL Feb 2013 #28

Apparently you think skepticscott Feb 2013 #29

+1000 trotsky Feb 2013 #30

Not to sociopaths..nt skepticscott Feb 2013 #31

No, I didn't say that, but you obviously have no comeback except to lie about what I did say Fortinbras Armstrong Feb 2013 #32

You response to post 26 skepticscott Feb 2013 #35

And I thought we were friends. Starboard Tack Feb 2013 #20

You realize that article doesn't support what you claim he said. Goblinmonger Feb 2013 #17

As we've seen in many threads... trotsky Feb 2013 #18

I believe Dawkins main sin is having 600,000 twitter followers and teaching them dimbear Feb 2013 #23

Richard Dawkins has made it quite clear that he is a bigot Fortinbras Armstrong Feb 2013 #33

You've thrown that word around so much, and had so many posts deleted for incivility and intolerance trotsky Feb 2013 #34