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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:01 PM Original message |
You have to be stupid to believe in god, and other myths found on DU |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. There's no such thing as "challenging" people who have already given up the game of rationality. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I'm disappointed |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. I'm hungover - not firing on all cylinders atm. :P |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. white unity? what the fuck are you talking about, dear? |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. I think that post was directed at BlooInBloo, and not you. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #38 |
58. Quite right, quite right. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Attempting to do so is equivalent to mental masturbation |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
59. Believe what you want, I don't care |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 08:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
42. And no sense "challenging" people who are anti-religion bigots either. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. Lecture # 1,312,498 or is it 1,312,499? |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. yes it appears to be |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. 1,400,000 n/t |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. We MUST be over 2,000,000 served by now. nt |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. someone needs to update the sign. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. What's your point? |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Check the supermarket thread n/t |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. uh oh, have you become a DU legend |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. LOL |
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Mr_Jefferson_24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. You must be new to DU. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. I am new |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. and inane and ugly little personal attacks are what inflated little Mr. J. does. |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 11:52 PM Response to Reply #31 |
44. Mr_Jefferson_24 does what the very greatest thinkers on DU do... |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 11:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
43. I am confident that the Original Post would be clear to me even if I were new to DU. |
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Mr_Jefferson_24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #43 |
54. I remain hopeful, but not especially confident, that one day you will... |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 12:02 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. I admit that there are many flaws in my posts, |
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exothermic (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
5. William Coffin Sloan? |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 08:34 AM Response to Reply #5 |
47. William Sloane Coffin is I think who was meant. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. well that completely confused me...... |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. People who are stupid enough to assume they know everything |
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parasim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. That's exactly how I feel. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Precisely n/t |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Yep. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #12 |
53. So agnostics are superior to either atheists of believers? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. .... |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. In an universe that is composed of 97% dark matter and energy (undetectable), |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Bingo |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 08:38 AM Response to Reply #22 |
49. Good point! nt |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
23. willfully gullible, perhaps, but certainly not stupid. n/t |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
24. Nice. |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
26. You don't have to be... |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
27. Here's the thing-- too many religious people seem to view honest discussion as an attack on their |
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Q3JR4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 08:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. Yep, |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #27 |
55. I completely agree with you! |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
30. There is no god as far as I'm concerned, but believing in it is not stupid... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:23 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. first, in answer to your question, no that's not even a little bit rude in my book |
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Q3JR4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 08:20 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. Not rude at all. |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #41 |
60. Having been one of those to come to the door with the Book of Mormon, |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 08:35 AM Response to Reply #30 |
48. I don't think that's rude. I tell them pretty much the same: |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
33. Dumb? Not because they believe. Weak and/or scared is more like it. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:37 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. I don't think that's true at all. |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
34. I think we should all defer to a higher order of knowledge on this subject: |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
35. I must be a flaming moran because I DO believe in God. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 08:19 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. I have 0 problem with people believing or not believing in god just as long as |
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Democrats_win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
37. Attacking Jehovah's Witnesses is like Killing a Mocking Bird. SHAME ON YOU! |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 10:12 AM Response to Reply #37 |
50. Yes, Jehovah's Witnesses are up front, especially if |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 11:56 AM Response to Reply #37 |
56. That's nice. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
45. ick |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 06:43 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. There was a religion war |
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onager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 10:52 AM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Not that "Fundamentalist Atheist" crap again? |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 11:01 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. $5??? |
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