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humblebum

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50. If nothing fits the textbook definition, then
Tue Aug 14, 2012, 08:40 PM
Aug 2012

where do textbooks obtain the information to define what they are defining? "Pathetic...flailing ...lying" standard skepticscott blather. Now that is pathetic. LOL

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I have no difficulty understanding why someone would be an atheist Fortinbras Armstrong Aug 2012 #1
A measured response to yours and OP longship Aug 2012 #2
You are a great example of how to do it right, imo, longship. cbayer Aug 2012 #3
I deliberately did not address the billboards. ;-) longship Aug 2012 #4
I though a lot of the FFRF ones were good as well and agree with their agenda on cbayer Aug 2012 #5
Very well said. eqfan592 Aug 2012 #14
Thanks, and I agree about Dr. Plait (obviously). longship Aug 2012 #15
Religion does not exist skepticscott Aug 2012 #16
"so many of them"??? unblock Aug 2012 #27
I notice that you do not answer my question Fortinbras Armstrong Aug 2012 #28
sorry, i see no question marks in the post to which i was replying. unblock Aug 2012 #36
You do not see the question? Fortinbras Armstrong Aug 2012 #39
fascinating. and yet you dismiss my post as unresponsive. unblock Aug 2012 #41
Because it was unresponsive Fortinbras Armstrong Aug 2012 #59
consider the following conversations: unblock Aug 2012 #60
Consider the actual conversation Fortinbras Armstrong Aug 2012 #62
you need to reread my post, perhaps several times, because that is not what i said. unblock Aug 2012 #64
In my real life, I have rarely run into atheists who were nasty to non-atheists. cbayer Aug 2012 #63
My reaction to that, for what it's worth, Goblinmonger Aug 2012 #48
Galatians 6:7 " .......God is not mocked........ " dimbear Aug 2012 #6
Complete Galatians 6:7 cbayer Aug 2012 #8
"the Marines of free thought" rug Aug 2012 #7
Then we have "God's Marines..." onager Aug 2012 #22
Don't forget the Domini Canes, the Dogs of the Lord. rug Aug 2012 #23
bigots. nt humblebum Aug 2012 #9
You keep using that word Goblinmonger Aug 2012 #10
Actually if it conveys the intended and commonly understood meaning, it fits perfectly. humblebum Aug 2012 #11
2 question Goblinmonger Aug 2012 #12
We both know that humblebum will never tell you that. Ever. cleanhippie Aug 2012 #19
The rest of this subthread Goblinmonger Aug 2012 #46
Yeah, his response of "Because I say so" was pretty much what I was expecting. eqfan592 Aug 2012 #53
Well. humblebum Aug 2012 #20
So, you don't have an answer. Goblinmonger Aug 2012 #24
Answers have been supplied and should be easily understood. You are simply humblebum Aug 2012 #25
Answers have not been supplied and you made the affirmative claim Goblinmonger Aug 2012 #31
I gave you my answers. What you care to do with is your business. nt humblebum Aug 2012 #37
Actually, no, it doesn't fit the textbook definition nor does it fit Westboro.... Moonwalk Aug 2012 #32
Looks pretty darned text book to me. I'll stick with my opinion. This is hardly an isolated incident humblebum Aug 2012 #49
So your argument is that hating the belief is equal to hating the believer? eqfan592 Aug 2012 #54
Why do you throw hate into the mix? I called it bigotry. It mocks the beliefs humblebum Aug 2012 #55
From the definition you posted... eqfan592 Aug 2012 #56
That was a pretty broad definition. But the intolerance part holds true. humblebum Aug 2012 #57
Actually, I'd say your personal definition of what constitutes bigotry... eqfan592 Aug 2012 #65
By any measure the sign is bigotry. No amount of spin is gonna change that. humblebum Aug 2012 #66
Which makes you a bigot. And by your own definition, equal to Westboro Church... Moonwalk Aug 2012 #67
So then you are admitting that the sign is bigotry. Thank you. nt humblebum Aug 2012 #68
Actually, I think what he is saying is that if the sign qualifies, then you qualify as well. eqfan592 Aug 2012 #69
Lol, by any measure my ass. eqfan592 Aug 2012 #71
Tell ya what. We'll just let the public decide. nt humblebum Aug 2012 #72
Except that nothing fits the textbook definition skepticscott Aug 2012 #47
If nothing fits the textbook definition, then humblebum Aug 2012 #50
You do indeed have a high threshold of shame skepticscott Aug 2012 #58
Now you aren't just spinning as usual. You are spinning your own spin. LOL. humblebum Aug 2012 #61
humblebum, it's really laughable for you to be accusing anybody else on this planet of "spinning." eqfan592 Aug 2012 #70
It's been a while, but this post is well deserving of it. eqfan592 Aug 2012 #13
LOL EvolveOrConvolve Aug 2012 #17
But oh so necessary.nt humblebum Aug 2012 #21
Projection. nt cleanhippie Aug 2012 #18
Terrible billboard Auggie Aug 2012 #26
I do so wish that that symbol of atheism MineralMan Aug 2012 #29
I think atheists do have some things in common. cbayer Aug 2012 #30
With no apologies amuse bouche Aug 2012 #33
Frankly I don't find these billboards anymore offensive than those of snappyturtle Aug 2012 #34
Some of those Christian right billboards are really offensive to me. cbayer Aug 2012 #38
Here's what I got from the video: snappyturtle Aug 2012 #40
Does that message say "Keep religion out of politics" to you? cbayer Aug 2012 #42
Here's the exact quote: snappyturtle Aug 2012 #43
I had read that no one in the Tampa area would take his signs. cbayer Aug 2012 #44
I don't really object to the message, JoeyT Aug 2012 #35
Very reminiscent of the story of David and Goliath. A small spunky upstart vs. an entrenched dimbear Aug 2012 #45
Billboards mock Romney, Obama Religion? The displayed billboard doesn't mention Romney or Obama AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2012 #51
They were developed for display outside the conventions where a a Mormon and a Christian cbayer Aug 2012 #52
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