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pokerfan

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15. I remember when Sagan died
Fri Dec 16, 2011, 02:00 PM
Dec 2011

There were tons of disgusting posts on USENET from disgusting Christians gleefully cheering the fact that Sagan the pagan was burning in hell. I'm not normally a fan of kill files but I plonked many that day.

Yeah yeah, those weren't True Christians yadda yadda. Whatever.

Saw a "I'll bet he believes in god and the devil NOW" post BiggJawn Dec 2011 #1
Send them this. RC Dec 2011 #12
That cartoon is demeaning to women. PassingFair Dec 2011 #13
Come on, really? truebrit71 Dec 2011 #19
No, I really find it offensive. PassingFair Dec 2011 #20
No. The last panel is pretty terrible. n/t iris27 Dec 2011 #24
After thinking about it, you are correct. The original could have been better. RC Dec 2011 #25
Thank you! PassingFair Dec 2011 #26
Nice. -nt CrispyQ Dec 2011 #28
It is. CrispyQ Dec 2011 #27
He was so young.. 62 is really young in my book kdmorris Dec 2011 #2
Half genius and half "gin-soaked popinjay"... PassingFair Dec 2011 #3
Who isn't? n/t Ian David Dec 2011 #5
LOL! PassingFair Dec 2011 #6
But the very same people who are good sometimes are the very same people who are bad sometimes. Ian David Dec 2011 #7
Classy Armin-A Dec 2011 #17
DU Jurors. trotsky Dec 2011 #11
Yeah - I can be a complete bitch at times, too kdmorris Dec 2011 #9
62 is looking younger to me every day! trotsky Dec 2011 #10
Yeah.. 20 years ago it seems "reallly really old!!" :) n/t kdmorris Dec 2011 #14
Somewhat torn on the responses dmallind Dec 2011 #4
Wasn't a big fan of his TZ Dec 2011 #8
I never understood that. ChadwickHenryWard Dec 2011 #18
Sam Harris was the same. PassingFair Dec 2011 #21
One thing though TZ Dec 2011 #29
I remember when Sagan died pokerfan Dec 2011 #15
There was a war on Twitter this morning... OswegoAtheist Dec 2011 #16
I fully expected this, but I still find it disgusting. Quartermass Dec 2011 #22
"He who is without sin can cast the first stone." lindysalsagal Dec 2011 #23
therein lies the problem... awoke_in_2003 Dec 2011 #30
but Hitchens didn't believe in Hell JI7 Dec 2011 #31
For any version of Christianity that believes in Hell, most definitely. iris27 Dec 2011 #35
Says a lot about people who believe in hell. RueVoltaire Dec 2011 #32
Or masochistic laconicsax Dec 2011 #33
And religious believers are "offended" and "insulted" when we ask them to stand up and MarkCharles Dec 2011 #34
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