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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:16 PM Original message |
Religious Tolerance and DU (aka: We Need to Recruit Liberal Theists) |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. Not a believer, but I completely agree |
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Loonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. Hear, Hear! |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. The word you are looking for is Apostate |
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cosmicaug (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. Apostate wrong word. |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 12:54 AM Response to Reply #19 |
152. Here's a more specific definition of apostate, cosmic |
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adamblast (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. Sounds to me more like... |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I'm all for a good debate on religion |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I'm sure that type of post represents a minority of posters |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Absolutely. |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. I'd agree |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:51 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Again, I agree |
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Woodstock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 07:07 PM Response to Reply #26 |
90. Yes, I've gotten it in both directions |
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AgadorSparticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 03:06 AM Response to Reply #90 |
161. well said! i agree.... |
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Sophree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
31. And that's too often the problem. |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 06:45 PM Response to Reply #18 |
84. no need |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 09:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
116. There are about 3 on the anti-Xian side and a couple on the |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. nope - it is a common post - usually phrased as ghost in the sky or |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
34. A minority, but one which can say very offensive things. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 03:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Also, forgot to mention. |
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Dob Bole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 06:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
77. Agreed...Am I to assure friends that only a few DUers will scream N*er? |
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shimmergal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 04:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
59. Exactly. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 09:32 PM Response to Reply #59 |
120. Exactly. When respect exits the building, idiocy walks right in. |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. As a "liberal theist", I agree wholeheartedly! |
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MoonAndSun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
6. I see this as going down a slippery slope, what you and your wife |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Please see my reply #7 |
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MoonAndSun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I understand what you are trying to convey, but that still does not |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
8. What do you classify as anti-religion? |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. For starters... |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Not trying to be thick here... |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. It depends |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
13. I invited my anti-war priest to this site |
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cprise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 07:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
97. Christian=fundamentalist is how the fundies want people to think |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
14. my kids go to a baptist school |
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hexola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:39 PM Original message |
Send them to FreeRepublic |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
27. And we need to undo the GOP's efforts there! |
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Jose Diablo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 03:23 PM Response to Reply #27 |
44. I wouldn't call the neo con repubs Christian |
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Malva Zebrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
15. I have thought about this |
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dwckabal (854 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 03:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
41. This is what I see also |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 09:41 PM Response to Reply #41 |
123. But you state the problem very clearly yourself: |
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A J (97 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
16. I agree completely |
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scottcsmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
20. I was hoping for a religion forum |
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Malva Zebrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. I am not sure what you mean by religious forums |
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MoonAndSun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. The Meeting Room often has threads on various religious topics. |
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Redbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
22. Amen, brother. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 09:46 PM Response to Reply #22 |
124. As well as slamming those who don't. |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
24. Like the candidate wars... |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 06:54 PM Response to Reply #24 |
86. well said |
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Sophree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 09:12 PM Response to Reply #86 |
112. Huh? |
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Sophree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
25. We should welcome people of faith |
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Sandpiper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
28. I agree that DUers ought to refrain from |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 09:51 PM Response to Reply #28 |
126. I absolutely agree--and I'm on the believer side of the fence. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
32. Freedom of religion also means freedom from religion. |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 03:53 PM Response to Reply #32 |
48. My sentiments exactly... |
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Vernunft II (247 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:36 AM Response to Reply #32 |
170. My sentiments exactly. |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
35. Tolerance and respect |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
36. further, i have great love for the fundamentalist |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
38. i would never try to talk about "theist issues" of which i am concerned |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
39. No, what we need is progressive religious non-theists |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 03:21 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. What is a religious non-theist? |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
40. I have gotten to the point where I cringe at proselytizing as well as |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 03:25 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. fundamentalist isnt a bad word |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
42. If the pro-religionists don't have the wherewithal to back their beliefs |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 04:14 PM Response to Reply #42 |
52. Deleted message |
stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 05:58 PM Response to Reply #52 |
75. Well, your term "Pro-FeelsGoodIsGood" is such a narrowly |
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Blue_Chill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 09:26 PM Response to Reply #75 |
115. It was only meant to annoy |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 04:29 PM Response to Reply #42 |
57. The nonbelievers have to learn something too |
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JasonDeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
45. I agree. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
47. yes, but |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
49. no way... no free rides... |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 04:39 PM Response to Reply #49 |
61. I'm not talking about banning any philosophy |
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Malva Zebrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 06:22 PM Response to Reply #49 |
81. anti religion threads need to be controlled |
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cally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
50. This is the one issue on DU |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
51. Without dialog the camps only grow farther apart |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 04:16 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. You forgot the people who are willing to kill or let other people |
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throwthebumsout (361 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
54. I'm not afraid of diversity of ideas. Why are you? |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 04:45 PM Response to Reply #54 |
62. *sigh* |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
55. I disagree. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
56. encourage all people with open minds, who don't mind debating |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 04:51 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. I think targeting demographics is entirely appropriate |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
58. I have never seen |
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Blue_Chill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
60. I see the same lame bullshit coming from the anti-thiest camp. |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 04:52 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. AMEN! |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 05:00 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. A respectful manner? |
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Blue_Chill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 05:23 PM Response to Reply #65 |
72. YES a respectful manner! |
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Sandpiper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 07:14 PM Response to Reply #72 |
91. Ah yes, but the problem is |
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Blue_Chill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 08:03 PM Response to Reply #91 |
99. That isn't a problem |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:12 AM Response to Reply #99 |
173. You raise exactly the problem to which i refer! |
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Malva Zebrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 05:59 PM Response to Reply #60 |
76. I think it is called "political correctness" |
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Blue_Chill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 08:07 PM Response to Reply #76 |
102. Not what I'm talking about |
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Malva Zebrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 08:12 PM Response to Reply #102 |
104. Excuse me |
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Blue_Chill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 08:52 PM Response to Reply #104 |
110. THAT is a knee jerk reaction |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 09:35 PM Response to Reply #102 |
121. in your demand |
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Blue_Chill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 09:54 PM Response to Reply #121 |
127. Yes I do demand respect.... |
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tkulesa (556 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 12:39 PM Response to Reply #127 |
180. Respect |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 07:28 PM Response to Reply #60 |
94. Weren't you the one... |
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Blue_Chill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 08:06 PM Response to Reply #94 |
101. No. |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
66. A prime objective of religious belief is the demand special treatment |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 05:22 PM Response to Reply #66 |
71. the four agreements |
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Malva Zebrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 08:28 PM Response to Reply #66 |
107. Like it or not, this is A PRO-RELIGION site. |
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JohnOneillsMemory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 01:26 AM Response to Reply #107 |
153. No. Not pro-'religion.' Pro-Constitution and 1st Amendment: Bill of Rights |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:22 AM Response to Reply #153 |
174. All the more reason to have respectful conversations about religion |
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Sophree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 12:46 PM Response to Reply #174 |
182. exactly n/t |
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JohnOneillsMemory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 12:49 PM Response to Reply #174 |
183. Agreed. I merely offer why anger surfaces, politics and religion ARE mixed |
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Sophree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 12:45 PM Response to Reply #153 |
181. There you haveit- |
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JohnOneillsMemory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 01:05 PM Response to Reply #181 |
185. Absolutely. I wish the Berrigan Bros. followers were a billion strong. n/t |
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Sophree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 01:19 PM Response to Reply #185 |
186. Who are the Berrigan Bros.? |
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JohnOneillsMemory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 01:32 PM Response to Reply #186 |
188. Catholic priests Daniel+Phillip. Anti-war/nuke/poverty activists since60s |
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Sophree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 02:08 PM Response to Reply #188 |
190. I will, thank you! |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
67. I'm Christian, but don't want religion anywhere near my politics |
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Dob Bole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 06:38 PM Response to Reply #67 |
82. I'm not following... |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 07:25 PM Response to Reply #82 |
93. well there's this |
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Dob Bole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 07:35 PM Response to Reply #93 |
96. Sure... |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 08:26 PM Response to Reply #82 |
106. I'm Catholic-so I am Familiar with the Bible |
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Malva Zebrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 09:03 PM Response to Reply #106 |
111. I think that is a correct observation |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 09:49 PM Response to Reply #111 |
125. Good Observations |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 10:12 PM Response to Reply #82 |
130. That is exactly one of the points that |
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Woodstock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 07:15 PM Response to Reply #67 |
92. If Bush uses religion and the pope uses religion |
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AgadorSparticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 03:28 AM Response to Reply #92 |
163. exactly, I have a problem when religion is used as a tool to control |
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populistmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 09:28 PM Response to Reply #67 |
117. Exactly |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:28 AM Response to Reply #67 |
175. Not the point of my thread. |
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Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
68. Seems like someone always wants to 'control' someone else... |
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Malva Zebrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 05:57 PM Response to Reply #68 |
74. Amen to that |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:40 AM Response to Reply #68 |
176. I never suggested banning such threads |
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camero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
69. I've thought about this thread all day |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 10:53 PM Response to Reply #69 |
139. Keep the gov't out of my worship and religion out of my government. |
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camero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 12:28 AM Response to Reply #139 |
151. Ain't it the truth |
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Ysabel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
70. in general... |
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Woodstock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 07:29 PM Response to Reply #70 |
95. That's a good message, Ysabel |
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Ysabel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 02:42 AM Response to Reply #95 |
160. thank you... |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
73. I don't see |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
78. We have to be careful. |
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truthbetold (525 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
79. I'm a liberal Catholic. |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
80. Liberal free speech, like the constitution says. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 06:45 PM Response to Reply #80 |
83. ah sweetheart |
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Malva Zebrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 06:47 PM Response to Reply #80 |
85. I honestly do not think I have seen that many posts that purport to |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 09:24 PM Response to Reply #85 |
114. Who is it indeed? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 10:59 PM Response to Reply #85 |
141. I've never seen it, and I'm pretty sure you know where I stand. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 07:00 PM Response to Reply #80 |
87. Being aware of how we are perceived is not the same as censorship |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 09:30 PM Response to Reply #87 |
118. over the top atheists |
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Spentastic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 04:49 AM Response to Reply #118 |
167. I'd just like to say |
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Woodstock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
88. My thoughts |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 09:31 PM Response to Reply #88 |
119. You're right. |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
89. As a fundamentalis christian I agree, |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 07:52 PM Response to Reply #89 |
98. One thing you stated. |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 08:51 PM Response to Reply #98 |
109. My response |
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Malva Zebrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 08:06 PM Response to Reply #89 |
100. Carter stuck with the Southern Baptist Convention for a long time |
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tkulesa (556 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
103. I can't be the only person laughing at this thread. |
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Sandpiper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 10:21 PM Response to Reply #103 |
131. So ingrained in our culture |
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tkulesa (556 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 10:51 PM Response to Reply #131 |
138. I had not thought of a comparison to White Privilage |
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JohnOneillsMemory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 01:37 AM Response to Reply #138 |
154. Chosen Few=Master Race=Murder. It is being done for years, friend. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 01:45 AM Response to Reply #154 |
156. Watch out what you say about your white facist politicians, |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:06 AM Response to Reply #103 |
172. Have you actually READ what I wrote? |
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tkulesa (556 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 04:27 PM Response to Reply #172 |
192. Of course I read what you wrote |
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mumon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
105. My frank and honest opinion... |
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Malva Zebrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 08:39 PM Response to Reply #105 |
108. However, I also tend to think, as of lately, that this forum is verging a |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 09:39 PM Response to Reply #105 |
122. The irony of Buddhist bashing |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 10:02 PM Response to Reply #122 |
128. you talk my talk |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 11:25 PM Response to Reply #128 |
146. brilliant ! |
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dawn (876 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 03:21 AM Response to Reply #122 |
162. Great post! |
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arewethereyet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
113. its a tall order |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 10:45 PM Response to Reply #113 |
137. Please see post 134. I'm Christian, too. |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 11:08 PM Response to Reply #113 |
144. Hail the straw man! |
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arewethereyet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 11:56 PM Response to Reply #144 |
148. ah, but I agree with most of this |
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tkulesa (556 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 12:52 PM Response to Reply #144 |
184. Excellent point! |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
129. We don't have to go to the Admins. If we want to be able to debate |
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tkulesa (556 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 11:01 PM Response to Reply #129 |
143. Except for that part about |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 01:50 AM Response to Reply #143 |
157. me too |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
132. Observations from a battle scarred "belief" soldier; there is enough |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
133. Then we can knock off the ReTHUGlican bashing... |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 10:33 PM Response to Reply #133 |
135. I'm a Christian who doesn't believe in hell, actually. |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 01:53 AM Response to Reply #135 |
158. curious |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
134. This may be the ONE place in the world where non-believers |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 10:54 PM Response to Reply #134 |
140. Good post |
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arewethereyet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 12:01 AM Response to Reply #134 |
149. its a valid point that we are in the hefty minority here |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
136. Perhaps we believers are worrying too much about DU. |
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Malva Zebrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 11:00 PM Response to Reply #136 |
142. these are values atheists subscribe to also |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 11:11 PM Response to Reply #142 |
145. Sorry--of course I know that, I stated it poorly. |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
147. my thoughts on a double standard. |
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tkulesa (556 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 12:13 PM Response to Reply #147 |
177. I swear that this is a humorous thread. :) |
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Goldberg (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
150. As a Christian, I like this! |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
155. I'm anti-dogma, but usually get along fine with liberal theists |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 02:39 AM Response to Original message |
159. DU has always had this problem and it |
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Qanisqineq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 04:39 AM Response to Reply #159 |
166. needs repeating |
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LibertyorDeath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 03:35 AM Response to Original message |
164. Get a grip. There adults? they can stand on their own 2 feet. |
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corporatewhore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 03:51 AM Response to Original message |
165. well...... |
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Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 06:54 AM Response to Original message |
168. Reading through some of the posts... |
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Vernunft II (247 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
169. I´m probably a minority here but I think |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 12:21 PM Response to Reply #169 |
179. What about free speech? |
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Jose Diablo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
171. A good thread |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
178. Did you forget about free speech? |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 02:04 PM Response to Reply #178 |
189. Did you read the thread, or just post a knee-jerk reaction? |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
187. if the sentiment isn't friendly and you can't handle opposing views..... |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
191. :shrug: |
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