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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:12 PM Original message |
"YOU don't believe in God? And you're an American?" |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. I've started carrying a Q'Ran with me... |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 06:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. You might also try |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 06:20 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I know a lot of Atheists who consider Scientology a cult |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. They have a strategy for "non committed" believers, but |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I hear you |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. The editor in me feels compelled to mention that... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. There switched it to plethora |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Yes. Yes, I am. |
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LordJFT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
7. Founding Fathers |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 11:32 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Pretty much all of them. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 11:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. TJ was pretty much an atheist |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 02:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
52. Depends on how you define 'founding father' |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
9. I have encountered a lot of theists that just had no idea that there were atheists |
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Shine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
10. I believe in God/Goddess/Great Spirit/Divinity....there are many names |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 11:53 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Can you imagine roving bands of Atheists going door to door on a Saturday morning... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 11:57 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Actually you probably have more in common with my worldview |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
14. And its not at all like that in other countries |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 12:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Not only that, but in Europe Atheism is the dominant worldview |
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SacredCow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
16. Without fail..... |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
17. Oh how I hate the "you're with us or against us" mentality. Makes me sick. |
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NewWaveChick1981 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. I am in the process for hiring a new employee... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 02:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Right on! |
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NewWaveChick1981 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 02:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Thanks! Sanity must prevail... |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 06:21 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Thank God you're in charge! |
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NewWaveChick1981 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 06:37 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Thanks, ThomCat! |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 11:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
39. that is code |
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NewWaveChick1981 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 10:06 AM Response to Reply #39 |
48. I figured as much. |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 05:41 PM Response to Reply #18 |
55. why, oh why do you hate 'merikuh NWC? |
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NewWaveChick1981 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 07:27 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Thanks, Mr. Kicker... |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 07:40 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. so now it's "Mr. Kicker?" |
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Generic Brad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 09:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
58. At the DOJ they would be a shoe in for an interview though |
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NewWaveChick1981 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 07:52 AM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Yep, it was one of the hiring criteria. |
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My Good Babushka (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
20. think of the children! |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 02:54 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Darwin Carols? LOL... |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 04:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Kinda like this? |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 06:23 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. That is great! |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 06:36 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I doubt there's video |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 08:23 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. That is awesome! Thank you for the link. |
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Neoma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 12:19 AM Response to Reply #24 |
45. I heart that. |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 01:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
51. Actually, that wasn't my VBS experience. |
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lizerdbits (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 10:52 PM Response to Reply #51 |
60. That's what happened to me |
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LNM (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
23. That's funny. |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
25. 'Get right with god' |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 06:19 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Yeah, isn't there an old Baptist hymn called "Just as I am" ? |
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TheCentepedeShoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
26. "Get right with god" |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
34. Amen... commerce. |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
35. I mentioned the Masons once in a letter to the editor.... |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
37. If someone encouraged me to join a Bible study so I could "get right with God," |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
38. Masons freak me out |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 11:22 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Me too |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
41. "You're asking a question like that? And you're an American?" |
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Rue (210 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 02:08 PM Response to Reply #41 |
53. I'll say amen to that. (nt) |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
42. Oh man, I can relate!!! |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
43. We are spoiled in the Bay Area |
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ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
44. Just ask back. . . |
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Neoma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 12:29 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Hehe. |
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Neoma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
47. Well... |
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Rob H. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
49. Years ago when I started a new job... |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
50. Man - I must be good at picking people to talk to and hang out with. |
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Labors of Hercules (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
54. A funny think happened on the street today... |
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joneschick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 06:59 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. priceless |
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Generic Brad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
59. I've been accused of the same thing by my family |
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