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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:28 PM Original message |
I'm sick and tired of people of faith pretending they are the oppressed |
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progmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Are there people on DU who have been claiming that? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. There have been several posts from people of faith accusing |
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Maine Mary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. There are people on DU who voted for Shrub? |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Hugs darlin! |
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Maine Mary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Woohooo Thanks- You made some good points BTW |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. No, I worded that wrong. |
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Doohickie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
31. I voted for Kerry |
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VioletLake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:07 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. There you go again. |
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progmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 05:09 PM Response to Reply #40 |
106. I'm not sure I understand that. |
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Doohickie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 09:53 PM Response to Reply #106 |
121. Progmom- |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
65. I see what you are saying... |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:08 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. Then YOU (the moderate Christians) need to speak out! |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:48 PM Response to Reply #69 |
98. I certainly have spoken up... |
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Doohickie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 09:58 PM Response to Reply #69 |
122. The problem is that a good part of what we, as moderate Christians, as |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 11:02 AM Response to Reply #69 |
157. It's hard to speak out when the media controls the perception |
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progmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 05:11 PM Response to Reply #65 |
107. Excellent post - thanks. n/t |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:22 PM Response to Reply #31 |
76. Please find a link where you're called a RWing, nazi, or white supremacist |
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Redleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:26 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. A small proportion of DUers has used very harsh words for Catholics |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:45 PM Response to Reply #79 |
94. I've seen some anti-Catholic stuff, BUT IT IS RARE! |
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Redleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:46 PM Response to Reply #94 |
96. Some undoubtedly feel oppressed here at DU. |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:50 PM Response to Reply #96 |
99. As a Christian, I have noticed a lot of whining from my fellow Christians |
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Redleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:53 PM Response to Reply #99 |
100. I am not saying that. I am just playing Devil's Advocate. |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 09:58 PM Response to Reply #96 |
123. criticism isn't oppresion |
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Redleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 02:48 PM Response to Reply #123 |
176. I disagree. |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 07:29 PM Response to Reply #176 |
179. it might be DEPRESSING |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:47 PM Response to Reply #79 |
97. awww |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:54 PM Response to Reply #97 |
101. Deleted message |
Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:56 PM Response to Reply #101 |
102. LMAO |
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Redleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:58 PM Response to Reply #102 |
103. I'm glad you're having fun at the expense of our Christian brothers and |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:59 PM Response to Reply #103 |
104. Nah,just you |
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Redleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 05:05 PM Response to Reply #104 |
105. I am not trying to make victims of anyone. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 05:24 PM Response to Reply #105 |
109. Perhaps I'll post where I see fit |
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Redleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 02:45 PM Response to Reply #109 |
173. And you are victimizing them with your callous disregard for their |
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RapidCreek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 03:47 AM Response to Reply #79 |
150. So what are you saying... |
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Redleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 02:47 PM Response to Reply #150 |
174. I didn't say that. I said that some posters have called Catholics |
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Doohickie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 10:47 PM Response to Reply #76 |
128. One particular person addressed these gems to me on another thread |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 10:11 PM Response to Reply #31 |
126. Ha Ha Ha Doohickie! |
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Doohickie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 10:53 PM Response to Reply #126 |
129. I have in a few threads.... |
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RapidCreek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 03:36 AM Response to Reply #31 |
148. What Accommidations? |
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Doohickie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 10:53 AM Response to Reply #148 |
155. Accommodation, as in |
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MuseRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. If they are so oppressed |
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ewagner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. A view of the "oppression" |
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LisaLynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
4. The only way ... |
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progmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Hi Lisa Lynne |
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LisaLynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Welcome to DU! |
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Doohickie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
35. Another moderate-to-liberal Christian checking in. |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 10:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
124. Welcome |
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progmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 11:01 PM Response to Reply #124 |
130. Thanks for the welcome! |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:20 AM Response to Reply #130 |
137. I think they have a different Bible |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
5. Religious Right members are always going to court to say.. |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
6. That was pure poetry! |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
8. Twain cited the attitude |
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Cuban_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
9. I haven't seen anyone on DU claiming that. |
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Doohickie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
36. Claiming which? |
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Cuban_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:16 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Claiming that people of faith are opressed. n/t |
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Doohickie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:26 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. I'm sure some would say that I have made that claim... |
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VioletLake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:28 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. blame it on the title |
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Doohickie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:31 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. I've already admitted that was a mistake |
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VioletLake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:35 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. It's not worth the time. |
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Doohickie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:37 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. No problem.... |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:30 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. WOw..imagine that..inflammatory title gets you flamed...how rare |
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Doohickie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:35 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. Oh, I'll survive |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 10:07 PM Response to Reply #47 |
125. it wasn't the title |
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Doohickie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 11:04 PM Response to Reply #125 |
131. Fair enough |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
10. There are Muslims in the US you might want to avoid |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Yes, usually the powerless get away with mocking the power brokers |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Help! Help! I'm being oppressed! |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. No, I didn't. |
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Pathwalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. Yeah, fat people are never ridiculed ANYWHERE. |
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VioletLake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. Nope, never noticed it. |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. Yeah, don't mock gays...bash them and legally make them 2nd class citizens |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
87. ...and if the homos fight back & point out the injustice and hypocrisy... |
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genieroze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
32. Mock Christians, no it not okay |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
34. Humor hits everywhere. We can't help it if you're into PC. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
37. Yup. |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
42. What ridiculous twaddle |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:57 PM Response to Reply #42 |
64. I wish I had written that |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:29 PM Response to Reply #42 |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:32 PM Response to Reply #81 |
86. sooo only Christians have moral standards? |
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chiburb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:39 PM Response to Reply #42 |
91. What a beautiful post... thank you! n/t |
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Castilleja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 01:05 AM Response to Reply #42 |
142. Purity of Essence... |
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RapidCreek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 04:15 AM Response to Reply #42 |
151. Wow...awesome post |
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Goldmund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 11:21 AM Response to Reply #42 |
159. Booyakasha! |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:42 PM Response to Reply #42 |
170. I want to make it crystal clear: I do NOT want immunity from criticism. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 07:17 PM Response to Reply #42 |
183. I don't know |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
46. That's hilarious. |
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m berst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
62. that is far, far from true |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
63. Um, No I Hadn't Noticed |
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UpsideDownFlag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
67. heh, that's what gives america it's greatness! |
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Redleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
77. That's a bunch of doo doo. |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
82. I'd rather ridicule your user name |
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Unstuck In Time (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
83. Of the people on this list, which could realisticallly... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
88. Ooo Ooo, you're getting mocked, I'm soooo sorry, tell you what friend |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 11:05 PM Response to Reply #88 |
132. Hell yes. |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
14. Yar but it works. |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
15. 90% of Americans claim to believe in God |
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Lisaben2619 (193 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. It almost seems like paranoia to some extent |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:07 PM Response to Reply #28 |
41. It's more like Passive-aggression |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:46 PM Response to Reply #41 |
59. they need others to justify their folly |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:14 PM Response to Reply #28 |
119. it's a siege mentality |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
24. They are so "oppressed" there is a temple on every street corner... |
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ArkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:17 PM Response to Reply #24 |
44. Wouldn't temple be Jewish? |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:20 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Using temple in the broad sense.... |
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m berst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
26. they are oppressed |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:58 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Baloney. Christians in my own party are fine with tolerating my oppression |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. Some atheists, Jews, liberals, etc have no problem with it either |
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m berst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:28 PM Response to Reply #29 |
49. Baloney? |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:34 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. Again my friend (and sorry for the use of the word baloney) ALLOWING |
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m berst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:03 PM Response to Reply #54 |
66. you missed my point |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:08 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. I understand that..but again...they chose to have their religion in their |
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m berst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:13 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. where do we draw the line? |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:16 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Maybe we need to get better at connecting dots than drawing lines |
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m berst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:32 PM Response to Reply #73 |
84. there are allies there |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:21 PM Response to Reply #71 |
75. That's a very interesting point |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
78. Damn! I think I'm on Michael's name again |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:26 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. You and Salin are the liberal Christians I love most :) |
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progmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 05:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
110. The only thing I object to.. |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:30 PM Response to Reply #29 |
169. But NSMA, where can you find any group that does not have this |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
72. There have been all kinds of posts |
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NinetySix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
30. They are not at liberty to impose their will on us all... |
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Quill Pen (179 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
33. Loose definition of "oppression." |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:06 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. BEST.POST.EVER. on this particular subject |
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Senator Lamb (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:29 PM Response to Reply #39 |
50. the principles |
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progmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 05:33 PM Response to Reply #50 |
112. YES! |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
53. It actually makes sense. |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
58. fundamentalism, by definition, includes feeling threatened |
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rndmprsn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
60. freedom of religion...more than just words |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
61. I'm So With You! |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
70. Oppressed? What a laugh. They run the country. |
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greyfox (692 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
74. As a NON-supporting Bush Christian |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:38 PM Response to Reply #74 |
90. Too Late. The Damage Has Been Done. |
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greyfox (692 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:12 PM Response to Reply #90 |
166. Then shucks... |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 05:45 PM Response to Reply #74 |
115. I completely appreciate your post and always do my best to distinguish |
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greyfox (692 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:16 PM Response to Reply #115 |
167. Well, thanks... |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
85. Thank You For Posting This! |
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ventvon (137 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
89. Move to the middle east if you want to see oppression |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 05:42 PM Response to Reply #89 |
114. Um....we're not dropping 2 ton bombs on Christians over there |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 10:39 PM Response to Reply #89 |
127. you know that the |
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slutticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
92. People of faith are constantly oppressed. |
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ventvon (137 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:41 PM Response to Reply #92 |
93. What is a person of "faith"? |
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slutticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:45 PM Response to Reply #93 |
95. Well, as an atheist I don't know first hand, but generally.. |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:17 PM Response to Reply #95 |
168. How about this definition: |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:10 PM Response to Reply #92 |
118. True. We don't hear much about "bands of atheists" killing Christians |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
108. It Is Irrational To Give Religious Dogma An Exemption From Harsh Criticism |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 11:24 PM Response to Reply #108 |
133. That does seem to sum up what I have witnessed |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
111. in my experience |
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m berst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 05:56 PM Response to Reply #111 |
117. you are so right |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:43 PM Response to Reply #111 |
120. Two posts in two days (at least on my threads) where you beautifully |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 02:13 AM Response to Reply #120 |
144. I did?! |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 11:49 AM Response to Reply #144 |
161. In the lounge th other day |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 02:17 PM Response to Reply #161 |
172. You made my day! |
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southlandshari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:43 AM Response to Reply #111 |
140. Direct hit - well said |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
113. They seem to forget "You will be hated, just as they hate me" |
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Sin (446 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
116. yes yes |
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Jack Schitt (535 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
134. Amen! |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
135. Oh for goodness sakes! Christians *like* to be oppressed! |
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m berst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 03:21 AM Response to Reply #135 |
146. ROFL |
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RPM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
136. agreed - 1500 years of framing debates... |
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m berst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 03:35 AM Response to Reply #136 |
147. all true |
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southlandshari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
138. I'm with you, nothingshocksmeanymore |
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southlandshari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:41 AM Response to Reply #138 |
139. What do you make of this? |
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Lexingtonian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 03:37 AM Response to Reply #139 |
149. If I understand the question you're asking |
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southlandshari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 02:48 PM Response to Reply #149 |
175. Thanks! |
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Lexingtonian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 04:57 AM Response to Reply #175 |
181. more historical stuff |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 11:52 AM Response to Reply #139 |
162. Lexingtonian said it better than I could |
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the other rick (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 01:53 PM Response to Reply #138 |
171. Try looking at the thread "outrage!!" |
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KnowerOfLogic (841 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
141. Yep; they call it discrimination when they're not allowed to discriminate. |
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Old Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 01:12 AM Response to Original message |
143. not a popular view but... |
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m berst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 04:20 AM Response to Reply #143 |
152. welcome |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 10:59 AM Response to Reply #143 |
156. Welcome to DU |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 11:55 AM Response to Reply #143 |
163. Sorry my friend but look at the big bucks in organized religion |
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TWiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 11:59 AM Response to Reply #143 |
164. I heard a story on NPR |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:07 PM Response to Reply #143 |
165. We need to understand the social / political dichotomy |
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Old Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 07:11 PM Response to Reply #165 |
178. Possibly... |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 12:20 AM Response to Reply #178 |
180. http://www.theocracywatch.org |
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Lexingtonian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 02:41 AM Response to Original message |
145. I'm with you |
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m berst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 04:26 AM Response to Reply #145 |
154. I love Bierce |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 04:22 AM Response to Original message |
153. I am now a Taoist, but I was raised as a Christian and studied |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
158. So you find people who act oppressed oppressive. |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
160. Wow, I'm shocked, NSMA. I have come to expect a more nuanced argument... |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
177. I agree with everything you said. It is the sarcasm and the condescension |
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shockra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
182. Religious fanatics are oppressed by society... |
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